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The Black Country is an area of conurbation to the north and west of Birmingham in the English West Midlands, around the South Staffordshire coal field.1 Scope
Places which comprise the Black Country include parts of the city of Wolverhampton, and the towns of:
- Bilston
- Blackheath
- Coseley
- Darlaston
- Dudley
- Great Bridge
- Halesowen
- Kingswinford
- Oldbury
- Rowley RegisRowley Regis started life centuries ago as a small village which surrounded the parish church of St Giles. It began to develop as a town between the two world wars, when thousands of privately owned and local authority houses were built in the surrounding
- SedgleySedgley was originally a set of villages: Sedgley, Cotwall End, Upper Gornal, Lower Gornal, Gospel End, Gornalwood, Woodsetton, Ettinghsall, Coseley and Brierley. In 1897, the villages of Coseley, Ettingshall and Brierley broke away from the Manor of Sedg
- SmethwickSmethwick is a town adjacent to Birmingham and West Bromwich, Originally the area was an Urban District in the county of Staffordshire, but since 1974 has been part of the metropolitan borough of Sandwell, in the West Midlands county. Smethwick is served
- StourbridgeStourbridge is a town in the West Midlands, England, which in 1991 had a population of 54,661. Originally the town was part of Worcestershire, but since 1974 it has been part of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley. Stourbridge takes its name from the River
- TiptonTipton is a town in the Sandwell borough of the West Midlands, England, with a population of around 47,000. Tipton is located about halfway between Birmingham and Wolverhampton it is a part of the West Midlands conurbation, and is a part of the Black Coun
- WalsallWalsall is an industrial town in the West Midlands of England, it is located northwest of Birmingham and east of Wolverhampton. Walsall is a part of the West Midlands conurbation and a part of the Black Country. In 2002 the town had a population of 178,60 (sometimes taken to include AldridgeAldridge is a town in the West Midlands, England, in the borough of Walsall. In 1981, it had a population of 26,500. Aldridge used to be an industrial town with coal mines and lime kilns. After the Second World War it became a dormitory town for Birmingha and BrownhillsBrownhills is a town in the West Midlands of England. It lies on the ancient Watling Street, but did not exist until the eighteenth century. It quickly grew around the coal mining industry, and became a centre of the canal and railway networks. The town w)
- Warley
- Wednesbury
- Wednesfield
- West Bromwich
- Willenhall
The bounds of the Black Country are controversial, and the city of Wolverhampton is included by some. Despite the 1974 local government boundary, the northern border with Cannock Chase is also rather blurred. Birmingham is most definitely not in the Black Country.
Apart from the area covered by Wolverhampton City Council, the metropolitan boroughs of Sandwell, Dudley and Walsall administer most of the communities in the Black Country. The Black Country has a combined population of around one million.
