Film
Archie Hill Comes Home a four part series for the BBC (1974) - http://www.john-price.me.uk/Archie%20Hill/AHCH.htm
The History and Heritage of Willenhall (circa 2015) - www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kjhth6o30SQ
Simon Briercliffe (Black Country Museum) interview with Myko Clelland (FindMyPast) (March 2021) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCpOVkxLq-k
Archie Hill Comes Home a four part series for the BBC (1974) - http://www.john-price.me.uk/Archie%20Hill/AHCH.htm
The History and Heritage of Willenhall (circa 2015) - www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kjhth6o30SQ
Simon Briercliffe (Black Country Museum) interview with Myko Clelland (FindMyPast) (March 2021) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCpOVkxLq-k
Genealogical Interest
Black Country criminal ancestors 1787-1868
Cochrane, Don T.
D.T. Cochrane, 2003
Churches of the Black Country
Bridges, Tim
Logaston Press, 2008
The Dudley Churchwardens' Book 1618-1725
Roper, John S.
Ace Stationery. 1980
Dudley Parish Registers from the Earliest Period, Described, Tabulated, and Illustrated
Blocksidge, E.
Dudley: E. Blocksidge, 1894
Online at Google Books
Pete's guide to census, parish and nonconformist records for the Black Country: covering the metropolitan boroughs of Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall, Wolverhampton
Chambers, P.
Brierley Hill: P. Chambers, 1996
Parish registers and churches of the West Midlands and Black Country: including district locations of churches, commencement date of registers and guide to their whereabouts
Billington, Eric R.
Birmingham: Birmindex, 1980
Tracing your Black Country Ancestors
Pearson, Michael
Barnsley: Pen & Sword Books, 2012
Towns and Locations
A Brief History of Lye & Wollescote
Cochrane, Don
Published by M.J. Cochrane. 2005
Includes photographs, maps and family trees.
Brierley Hill and Life
Hill, Stan
The Black Country Society. 1999
'Down the Dip' Flood Street Area 50 Years Ago (Dudley)
Stenson, John R.
Publisher J.R. Stenson. 1998
Dudley and the Black Country 1760 to 1860
Davies, V.L. & Hyde, H.
Dudley Public Libraries Transcript No. 16. 1970
Dudley : The Seventeenth Century Town its history to 1660
Roper, J.S.
Dudley Public Libraries Transcript No. 5
First published in 1965, reprinted 1968 and 1974
Dudley - The Town in the Eighteenth Century
Roper, J.S.
Dudley Public Libraries Transcript No. 12. 1968
Glassmakers of Stourbridge and Dudley 1612-2002
Ellis, Jason
Published by Jason Ellis 2002
A Biographical History of a Once Great Industry.
'Gone But Not Forgotten' Wolverhampton Street And The Dock Area 50 Years Ago. (Dudley)
Stenson, John Roderick
Publisher J.R. Stenson. 1999
History of Tipton
Hackwood, F.W.
Dudley: Herald Steam Printing Works 1891
Re-published 2001 by Brewin Books Ltd
A History of West Bromwich
Willett, Mary
West Bromwich: The Free Press Co, 1882
Online at Google Books
A History of Stourbridge
Perry, Nigel
Published by Phillimore & Co. Ltd. 2001
The History and Topography of Westbromwich and its Vicinity
Reeves, Joseph
London: Baldwin and Cradock, 1836
Online at Google Books
From Lye 'To Parts Beyond The Seas'
Cochrane, Don
Published by M.J. Cochrane. 2001
Netherton - Edward I to Edward VIII
Fletcher, M.H.W.
Dudley Public Libraries Transcript No. 15
(Originally issued in 1946 in typescript form. Reprinted 1969 and 1970)
Notes on the Stourbridge Glass Trade
Haden, H.J.
Dudley Public Libraries 1977
Oldbury And Round About
Hackwood, F(redrick).W(illiam).
Originally published in 1915 as a limited edition, printed and published by Whitehead Bros. and Cornish Bros.
(re-published by Brewin Books Ltd. 2002)
Rowley Regis A History
Chitham, Edward
Published by Phillimore & Co. Ltd. 2006
In the Shadow of The Monument
Cochrane, Don
Published by M.J. Cochrane 2004
The Monument stands on Wychbury Hill, Hagley on the estate of Lord Lyttleton.
A true story of love, seduction, incrimination and litigation, between a man and a woman, who both came from respectable and affluent families living in Hagley and Lye in 1842.
Stourbridge and Its Vicinity
Scott, William
Stourbridge: J. Heming, 1832
Online at Google Books
Street Names of Stourbridge & Its Vicinity. Volume 2
Haden. Jack H
The Black Country Society. 1999
History and Culture
Artists in Cameo Glass - Incorporating Thomas Woodall's Memoirs
Haden, Jack H.
The Black Country Society. 1993
Aspects of the Black Country: Black Country social and economic history
Elwell, Charles J. L.
Kingswinford: Black Country Society, 1991
The Black Country
Chitham, Edward
Chalford: Amberley Pub., 2009, 1972
The Black Country
Parsons, Harold
London: Robert Hale, 1997
WorldCat summary: The first paperback edition of a classic guide to the towns, villages and landscape of the Black Country, which explores the region's age-old place names and traditions, the local trades and crafts, and the strong individuality of the people.
Black Country Life 1830-1880
Goode, Dilys J.
Upton-upon-Severn: Images Pub., 1994
Black Country Towns and Villages
Raven, Michael
Tettenhall: Broadside, 1991
The Black Country as seen through antique maps: a survey from 1579 to 1895
Richardson, Eric
Kingswinford: Black Country Society, 2000
The Curiosities of Dudley and the Black Country, from 1800 to 1860
Clark, Charles Francis G.
Birmingham: Buckler Brothers, 1881
Online at Google Books
The Economic Emergence of the Black Country
Raybould, T.J.
David & Charles (Holdings) Limited 1973
A Study of the Dudley Estate
The Folklore and Songs of the Black Country Colliers
Raven, Jon
Tettenhall, Wolverhampton: Broadside, 1990
Grim Almanac of the Black Country
Sly, Nicola
Stroud, Gloucestershire: History Press, 2013
WorldCat summary: a day-by-day catalogue of 366 ghastly tales from around the area. Full of dreadful deeds, strange disappearances and a multitude of murders, this almanac explores the darker side of the Black Country's past. Here are stories of tragedy, torment and the truly unfortunate with diverse tales of mining disasters, freak weather, bizarre deaths and terrible accidents, including the gunpowder explosion at a factory in Tipton which claimed nineteen lives in 1922.
A History of Nailmaking - The Nailmakers
Downing, Harcourt H.
Dudley Libraries. 2001
The History of the Black Country
Wilson-Jones, J.
Cornish Brothers Ltd. 1950
Republished by Janus Books. No date
Joseph Bentley's History of Worcestershire written in 1840
Viewed in recent times by Gordon Hopkins
D. Brown & Sons Ltd. 1985
Including a section on Dudley and its Mines and Canals
Pits and Furnaces; or, Life in the Black Country
Payne Mrs. Alfred
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1869
Online at Google Books
The Place-Names of Staffordshire
David Horovitz
David Horovitz, 2005
Online at Nottingham University (eTheses)
Stories of the old Black Country, vols 1 and 2
Hackett, Clarice
Dudley: Kates Hill, 2001, 2002
Walks in the Black Country and its Green Borderland
Burritt, Elihu
London: Sampson Low, Son, and Marston; 1868
Online at archive.org
Online at Google Books
Mostly Pictorial Works
Black Country Chapels
Williams, Ned
Stroud: Sutton Publishing, 2004
More Black Country Chapels
Williams, Ned
Stroud, Gloucestershire: Sutton Publishing, 2006
Black Country through time
Hodgkins, Keith
Stroud: Amberley, 2010
Britain In Old Photographs - Brierley Hill
Hill, Stan
First published by Alan Sutton Publishing. 1995
Budding Books. 1998
Britain In Old Photographs - Dudley
Atkins, Matthews, Robins
Sutton Publishing Limited. 1998
Britain In Old Photographs - Netherton
Williams, Ned
Sutton Publishing. 2006
A Century of The Black Country
Williams, Ned
Sutton Publishing Limited 1999
Events, People and Places over the last 100 years
Churches of the Black Country
Bridges, Tim
Almeley: Logaston Press, 2008
Dudley: The Twentieth Century
Atkins, Matthews & Robins
Sutton Publishing Limited. 1999
Illustrates aspects of Dudley and Netherton during the twentieth century, and looks at the influence of national events on a local life that has changed considerably since 1900.
In the Frame - Dudley Libraries Millennium Photographic Project
Dudley Libraries. 2002
Golden Years of Dudley
True North Books Limited. 2002
Memories of Dudley - A Pictorial Record
Douglas, Alton
Beacon Broadcasting Ltd. 1996
Old-Time Oldbury - Photographs and memories
Daniels, Terry
Oldbury Local History Group. 2000
Scholarly Studies
Black Country élites: the exercise of authority in an industrialized area, 1830-1900
Trainor, Richard H.
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2001, 1993
WorldCat summary: This text is a study of the Black Country in the 19th century when the area was at the forefront of Britain's industrial development. It aims to enhance the reader's understanding of Victorian society through this researched analysis of the urban elites of the region.
Historic Industrial Scenes - Iron and Steel
Gale, W.K.V.
Moorland Publishing Company. 1977
A History of the County of Staffordshire: Volume 17 Offlow Hundred
Baggs, A.P., Baugh, G.C., Johnston, D.A.
London: Victoria County History, 1976
Covers all aspects of history for the following places: West Bromwich, Smethwick, Walsall & Walsall Wood
Online at British History Online
Industrial Enlightenment: Science, technology and culture in Birmingham and the West Midlands, 1760-1820
Jones, Peter M.
Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2009
The Industrial Development of Birmingham and the Black Country 1860-1927
Allen, George Cyril
London: George Allen and Unwin, 1929
Black Country criminal ancestors 1787-1868
Cochrane, Don T.
D.T. Cochrane, 2003
Churches of the Black Country
Bridges, Tim
Logaston Press, 2008
The Dudley Churchwardens' Book 1618-1725
Roper, John S.
Ace Stationery. 1980
Dudley Parish Registers from the Earliest Period, Described, Tabulated, and Illustrated
Blocksidge, E.
Dudley: E. Blocksidge, 1894
Online at Google Books
Pete's guide to census, parish and nonconformist records for the Black Country: covering the metropolitan boroughs of Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall, Wolverhampton
Chambers, P.
Brierley Hill: P. Chambers, 1996
Parish registers and churches of the West Midlands and Black Country: including district locations of churches, commencement date of registers and guide to their whereabouts
Billington, Eric R.
Birmingham: Birmindex, 1980
Tracing your Black Country Ancestors
Pearson, Michael
Barnsley: Pen & Sword Books, 2012
Towns and Locations
A Brief History of Lye & Wollescote
Cochrane, Don
Published by M.J. Cochrane. 2005
Includes photographs, maps and family trees.
Brierley Hill and Life
Hill, Stan
The Black Country Society. 1999
'Down the Dip' Flood Street Area 50 Years Ago (Dudley)
Stenson, John R.
Publisher J.R. Stenson. 1998
Dudley and the Black Country 1760 to 1860
Davies, V.L. & Hyde, H.
Dudley Public Libraries Transcript No. 16. 1970
Dudley : The Seventeenth Century Town its history to 1660
Roper, J.S.
Dudley Public Libraries Transcript No. 5
First published in 1965, reprinted 1968 and 1974
Dudley - The Town in the Eighteenth Century
Roper, J.S.
Dudley Public Libraries Transcript No. 12. 1968
Glassmakers of Stourbridge and Dudley 1612-2002
Ellis, Jason
Published by Jason Ellis 2002
A Biographical History of a Once Great Industry.
'Gone But Not Forgotten' Wolverhampton Street And The Dock Area 50 Years Ago. (Dudley)
Stenson, John Roderick
Publisher J.R. Stenson. 1999
History of Tipton
Hackwood, F.W.
Dudley: Herald Steam Printing Works 1891
Re-published 2001 by Brewin Books Ltd
A History of West Bromwich
Willett, Mary
West Bromwich: The Free Press Co, 1882
Online at Google Books
A History of Stourbridge
Perry, Nigel
Published by Phillimore & Co. Ltd. 2001
The History and Topography of Westbromwich and its Vicinity
Reeves, Joseph
London: Baldwin and Cradock, 1836
Online at Google Books
From Lye 'To Parts Beyond The Seas'
Cochrane, Don
Published by M.J. Cochrane. 2001
Netherton - Edward I to Edward VIII
Fletcher, M.H.W.
Dudley Public Libraries Transcript No. 15
(Originally issued in 1946 in typescript form. Reprinted 1969 and 1970)
Notes on the Stourbridge Glass Trade
Haden, H.J.
Dudley Public Libraries 1977
Oldbury And Round About
Hackwood, F(redrick).W(illiam).
Originally published in 1915 as a limited edition, printed and published by Whitehead Bros. and Cornish Bros.
(re-published by Brewin Books Ltd. 2002)
Rowley Regis A History
Chitham, Edward
Published by Phillimore & Co. Ltd. 2006
In the Shadow of The Monument
Cochrane, Don
Published by M.J. Cochrane 2004
The Monument stands on Wychbury Hill, Hagley on the estate of Lord Lyttleton.
A true story of love, seduction, incrimination and litigation, between a man and a woman, who both came from respectable and affluent families living in Hagley and Lye in 1842.
Stourbridge and Its Vicinity
Scott, William
Stourbridge: J. Heming, 1832
Online at Google Books
Street Names of Stourbridge & Its Vicinity. Volume 2
Haden. Jack H
The Black Country Society. 1999
History and Culture
Artists in Cameo Glass - Incorporating Thomas Woodall's Memoirs
Haden, Jack H.
The Black Country Society. 1993
Aspects of the Black Country: Black Country social and economic history
Elwell, Charles J. L.
Kingswinford: Black Country Society, 1991
The Black Country
Chitham, Edward
Chalford: Amberley Pub., 2009, 1972
The Black Country
Parsons, Harold
London: Robert Hale, 1997
WorldCat summary: The first paperback edition of a classic guide to the towns, villages and landscape of the Black Country, which explores the region's age-old place names and traditions, the local trades and crafts, and the strong individuality of the people.
Black Country Life 1830-1880
Goode, Dilys J.
Upton-upon-Severn: Images Pub., 1994
Black Country Towns and Villages
Raven, Michael
Tettenhall: Broadside, 1991
The Black Country as seen through antique maps: a survey from 1579 to 1895
Richardson, Eric
Kingswinford: Black Country Society, 2000
The Curiosities of Dudley and the Black Country, from 1800 to 1860
Clark, Charles Francis G.
Birmingham: Buckler Brothers, 1881
Online at Google Books
The Economic Emergence of the Black Country
Raybould, T.J.
David & Charles (Holdings) Limited 1973
A Study of the Dudley Estate
The Folklore and Songs of the Black Country Colliers
Raven, Jon
Tettenhall, Wolverhampton: Broadside, 1990
Grim Almanac of the Black Country
Sly, Nicola
Stroud, Gloucestershire: History Press, 2013
WorldCat summary: a day-by-day catalogue of 366 ghastly tales from around the area. Full of dreadful deeds, strange disappearances and a multitude of murders, this almanac explores the darker side of the Black Country's past. Here are stories of tragedy, torment and the truly unfortunate with diverse tales of mining disasters, freak weather, bizarre deaths and terrible accidents, including the gunpowder explosion at a factory in Tipton which claimed nineteen lives in 1922.
A History of Nailmaking - The Nailmakers
Downing, Harcourt H.
Dudley Libraries. 2001
The History of the Black Country
Wilson-Jones, J.
Cornish Brothers Ltd. 1950
Republished by Janus Books. No date
Joseph Bentley's History of Worcestershire written in 1840
Viewed in recent times by Gordon Hopkins
D. Brown & Sons Ltd. 1985
Including a section on Dudley and its Mines and Canals
Pits and Furnaces; or, Life in the Black Country
Payne Mrs. Alfred
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1869
Online at Google Books
The Place-Names of Staffordshire
David Horovitz
David Horovitz, 2005
Online at Nottingham University (eTheses)
Stories of the old Black Country, vols 1 and 2
Hackett, Clarice
Dudley: Kates Hill, 2001, 2002
Walks in the Black Country and its Green Borderland
Burritt, Elihu
London: Sampson Low, Son, and Marston; 1868
Online at archive.org
Online at Google Books
Mostly Pictorial Works
Black Country Chapels
Williams, Ned
Stroud: Sutton Publishing, 2004
More Black Country Chapels
Williams, Ned
Stroud, Gloucestershire: Sutton Publishing, 2006
Black Country through time
Hodgkins, Keith
Stroud: Amberley, 2010
Britain In Old Photographs - Brierley Hill
Hill, Stan
First published by Alan Sutton Publishing. 1995
Budding Books. 1998
Britain In Old Photographs - Dudley
Atkins, Matthews, Robins
Sutton Publishing Limited. 1998
Britain In Old Photographs - Netherton
Williams, Ned
Sutton Publishing. 2006
A Century of The Black Country
Williams, Ned
Sutton Publishing Limited 1999
Events, People and Places over the last 100 years
Churches of the Black Country
Bridges, Tim
Almeley: Logaston Press, 2008
Dudley: The Twentieth Century
Atkins, Matthews & Robins
Sutton Publishing Limited. 1999
Illustrates aspects of Dudley and Netherton during the twentieth century, and looks at the influence of national events on a local life that has changed considerably since 1900.
In the Frame - Dudley Libraries Millennium Photographic Project
Dudley Libraries. 2002
Golden Years of Dudley
True North Books Limited. 2002
Memories of Dudley - A Pictorial Record
Douglas, Alton
Beacon Broadcasting Ltd. 1996
Old-Time Oldbury - Photographs and memories
Daniels, Terry
Oldbury Local History Group. 2000
Scholarly Studies
Black Country élites: the exercise of authority in an industrialized area, 1830-1900
Trainor, Richard H.
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2001, 1993
WorldCat summary: This text is a study of the Black Country in the 19th century when the area was at the forefront of Britain's industrial development. It aims to enhance the reader's understanding of Victorian society through this researched analysis of the urban elites of the region.
Historic Industrial Scenes - Iron and Steel
Gale, W.K.V.
Moorland Publishing Company. 1977
A History of the County of Staffordshire: Volume 17 Offlow Hundred
Baggs, A.P., Baugh, G.C., Johnston, D.A.
London: Victoria County History, 1976
Covers all aspects of history for the following places: West Bromwich, Smethwick, Walsall & Walsall Wood
Online at British History Online
Industrial Enlightenment: Science, technology and culture in Birmingham and the West Midlands, 1760-1820
Jones, Peter M.
Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2009
The Industrial Development of Birmingham and the Black Country 1860-1927
Allen, George Cyril
London: George Allen and Unwin, 1929