Midlands - History

I always neglected history at school and now wish I hadn't!

Can SKS tell me, or show me where to find out, what the principal
industrial activity was in and around Wolverhampton - Walsall -
West Bromwich and Dudley in the 1860 to 1880 range?

I'm researching ancestors who seem to have moved from Knighton, RAD,
to Stafford then back to Knighton with connections in above midlands.

Individual concerned was connected with railway construction.

Any help much appreciated.

Hugh Watkins...

Stafford or Staffordshire?

bg302...

Yes! I have the same question.

farming
clay, iron ore, coal

and all related industries

what was the job title in the census ?

bg302...

Railway labourer (1861); Platelayer (1871)

Hugh Watkins...

as a very old trainspotter if you post the whole census entries
I may be able to spot the nearest railway co

some times they lived in tied houses too

then you have to head for Kew
because nationalisation accummulted masses of historical records

was your grandfather a railwayman?

Tom Richards

1988 . . .2002

ISBN 1-86006-161-3

Tom Richards, 1 Apsley Road, Clifton, Bristol BS8 2SH, UK

or FNS Federation

Hugh W

Hugh W