Local History

[Alan Godfrey Maps]
Ordnance Survey Maps
Brierley Hill (East), 1901 £1.95
Brierley Hill (West), 1901 £1.95
Dudley Castle and Tipton Green, 1901 £1.95
Kingswinford, 1901 £1.95
Stourbridge (North), 1901 £1.95
Stourbridge (South), 1914 £1.95
Wordsley, 1901 £1.95
Wollaston, 1901 £1.95
Ideal for locating old glass factories' sites.
Ellis, J.
Glassmakers of Stourbridge and Dudley 1612 - 2002.
Ellis, 2002
601pp.
£15.00
"A biographical history of a once great industry".
Hill, S.
Stan Hill's Brierley Hill and Life
Black Country Society/Dunston Press, 1999
£2.95
A photographic history of Brierley Hill.
Hill, S.
57 Black Country People
Black Country Society, 2002
255pp. illustrated throughout with b&w photos
£6.99
A compilation of 57 interviews taken from The Blackcountryman.
James, R. & Julian, R.
A Tour of Kingswinford and Wall Heath in Old Photographs
Kingswinford & District Historical Society, 1998
48pp.
£2.95
71 b&w photos
Perry, N.
The History of Stourbridge
Chichester, 2001
pp.242
£16.99
An illustrated history of Stourbridge from pre-history to the 20th century.
Power, F.
A Black Country Photographer
Black Country Society, 1996
£5.95
Pictures from local photographer Frank Power's album, from 1937 to the 1990s.
Stokes, P.
Drakelow Unearthed
BCS/Paul Stokes, 1996
30pp. 36 b&w photos
£4.95
The history of the vast war-time factory complex 150ft below Blakeshall Common at Kinver Edge.