Dudley

DUDLEY, Anciently called DUDELEI IS situated at the northern extremity of the country; but the Castle belonging… read more »

Image from: The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858

DUDLEY CHEESE FAIR. WHEREAS great Complaints have arisen from exposing of Cheese to Sale, and weighing the… read more »

Image: Front page of Dud Dudley’s Metallum Martis (Reprint of 1665 edition) Text: Malcolm Dick Image from: Local Studies and History, Birmingham… read more »

This is the earliest surviving print of Dudley Castle. An engraving on copper, it was produced by… read more »

This view of Dudley castle is taken from the same perspective as M Burgher in 1686. 200… read more »

A panoramic view of the Renaissance buildings at Dudley Castle. Six Views of Dudley Castle, Drawn from… read more »

The view of the Old Lime Quarry sets the distant castle within a geological and mining context.… read more »

“This picturesque view of a medieval gateway and Renaissance ruins is the first image in Six Views… read more »

A picturesque view of a gateway and ruins. Six Views of Dudley Castle, Drawn from Nature, and… read more »

Visitors to the Castle walk and relax in the grounds. An artist sketches in the foreground and… read more »

Source: Samuel & Nathaniel Buck, Views of Ruins of Castles & Abbeys in England, Part 2, 1726-1739 (nd),… read more »

Twice in the course of every twenty-four hours the base of the furnace is opened, and the… read more »

Summary: The Black Country in the British Midlands was a distinct industrial district. It was incredibly rich in… read more »

William Hawkes Smith, Birmingham and its Vicinity as a Manufacturing and Commercial District (London and Birmingham, 1836).

In order to eliminate from the pig-iron the carbon and impurities with which, as it runs from… read more »

The blast furnace, as the reader is probably aware, is allowed under ordinary circumstances to continue burning… read more »

Dudley is one of the four Black Country boroughs, alongside Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton. Today, the town… read more »