Worcestershire

Image Welch Bridge Shrewsbury. Thomas Harral, Picturesque Views of the Severn, 1824 The picture of the navigation that… read more »

Image Bewdley from below the bridge. Thomas Harral, Picturesque Views of the Severn, 1824 Analysing the Severn Navigation… read more »

Image :  Gloucester Bridge and West Gate. Thomas Harral, Picturesque Views of the Severn, 1824 An increasing awareness… read more »

Image Stourport from below bridge. Thomas Harral, Picturesque Views of the Severn, 1824 Bringing together the many sources… read more »

Image: Ironbridge Gorge late C19. Photograph from J & S Slater’s Views of Ironbridge and District Coal was… read more »

Image:  Beale’s Corner, Wribbenhall Between 1660 and 1730 port books portray the upstream trade in shop goods:… read more »

Image:  Stourport locks (1770) This might seem a rich array of sources yet none covers the whole… read more »

Image: Ironbridge Gorge late C19. Photograph from J & S Slater’s Views of Ironbridge and District In… read more »

Image:  Ironbridge Gorge late C19. Photograph from J & S Slater’s Views of Ironbridge and District On… read more »

Image:  Large barge by Loadroft Wharf, Ironbridge, late c19 A surprising discovery came with the realisation that… read more »

Image: Cast-iron memorial to trowman Eustace Beard at Benthall This is in part a personal story, but it… read more »

Image: Ironbridge in Telford Historians of the West Midlands have always recognised the importance of the River… read more »

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

IS not a parish of itself, but a chapelry in the parish of Ribbesford, from whose church… read more »

KIDDERMINSTER IS a large trading town, having a very considerable manufacture of stuffs and some cotton. It… read more »

Image from: The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858 The manufacture of glass… read more »

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

SONG, on obtaining the BIRMINGHAM and WORCESTER CANAL BILL. Come, now begin delving, the Bill is obtain’d,… read more »

Image: The Carpet Manufactory of Messrs Brinton and Lewis, Kidderminster (c.1860). R W Boodle, Worcestershire Scrap Book,… read more »

Image: An image of a Kidderminster Factory showing evidence of the application of both waterpower and steam… read more »

Image: Interior of a carpet factory. Though this photograph dates from the early 20th century, it provides… read more »

Image: Advertisement for Thomas Harris, Furnishing, Draper & Carpet Dealer, 9 New Street, Birmingham. Kidderminster carpets were… read more »

Image: Kidderminster Church, Worcestershire. Engraved by Sands from a drawing by J P Neale for the Beauties… read more »

Image: Cartouche from John Doharty’s Plan of Kidderminster of 1753. The image displays the importance of carpet making… read more »

Image: House on Mount Skipet, Kidderminster. This photograph shows a house before restoration in the 1980s which was… read more »

Image: Kidderminster (c. 1777) Thomas Sanders, Perspective Views of Market Towns within the County of Worcester (c. 1777).… read more »

Image: Brinton’s Carpet factory, 1870 Brinton’s Carpet Factory, Vicar Street, Kidderminster, 1870. Print taken from a watercolour. By… read more »

Image: A highly decorated pewter tobacco box made by John Ingram, the most important Bewdley pewterer in… read more »

Text: Malcolm Dick Image: A reconstruction at Bewdley Museum of an 18th century dining room with pewter plates stored… read more »

Hornworking in Bewdley continued after the 18th century. Two local families, the Lankersters and Humpherstons continued the… read more »

By the late 17th century, hornworking was well-established in Bewdley. The property of one horn worker, which… read more »

Image: Mr G Taylor, an employee at Lowe’s Rope and Twine Manufactory, Bewdley, is shown with hemp fibres… read more »

Image: An exterior view of buildings at Lowe’s rope manufactory. Much of the firm’s production took place in… read more »

Image: A display at Bewdley Museum of items from Lowe’s Rope and Twine Manufactory. The firm was founded… read more »

Image: Print of a mid-19th century Birmingham rope, line and twine works in Dartmouth Street, Birmingham, established in… read more »

Text: Malcolm Dick Image: This photograph, taken in 1910, shows Bewdley’s river frontage in commercial decline. It also provides… read more »

Image: Charcoal burning in the Wyre Forest. One man is filling a retort and taking wood from two… read more »

Image: Snuff Grinding: ruins of the snuff mill, wooden gearing and water wheel, Golden Valley, near Tickenhill, Bewdley… read more »

Image: Upper Pool used as part of the snuff mill complex, Golden Valley, near Tickenhill, Bewdley (late 20th… read more »

Image: Close-up of the abandoned snuff mill, Golden Valley, near Tickenhill, Bewdley (early 20th century). [Image from: Bewdley… read more »

Image: The Snuff Mill, Golden Valley, near Tickenhill, Bewdley (early 20th century) [Image from: Bewdley Museum] 2. Work… read more »

Image: Barking irons, Wyre Forest [Image from: Bewdley Museum] 3. Bark Peeling Tools Bark peeling was a task… read more »

STOURBRIDGE HAS its name from the bridge built over the river Stour: It is not a town… read more »

Image: Bewdley, from Perspective Views of Market Towns in the County of Worcester, by Thomas Sanders, 1770. The Wyre… read more »

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

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

Image: Junction of the Teme with the Severn. Powick Church From Clerkenleap below Worcester.   “On leaving… read more »

Image: Worcester. The county town of Worcestershire and a regional religious, cultural and economic centre.   “In… read more »

Image: Stourport, Worcestershire from below the Bridge.   “The bridge of Stourport, seen in the two accompanying… read more »

Image: Stourport, Worcestershire, from above the Bridge. Stourport was a creation of the Industrial Revolution. The opening… read more »

Image: Near Bewdley, Worcestershire from Blackstone Park. The natural attractions of this part of the Severn brought… read more »

Image: Bewdley, Worcestershire, from below the Bridge. Bewdley was the most important port for the West Midlands… read more »