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Wednesbury Museum and Art Gallery is a purpose-built Victorian art gallery in Wednesbury in the West Midlands of England. It is notable for its Ruskin Pottery collection [ 1 ] and for hosting the first public display of the Stuckism art movement.
Wednesbury has the postcode WS10, shared with Darlaston in the borough of Walsall. During the 1970s and 1980s, Wednesbury's traditional industry declined and unemployment rose, but since 1990 new developments such as a new light industrial estate, a retail park and the pedestrian-only Union Street have given a new look to the town.
A large collection of Ruskin Pottery is on public display at Wednesbury Museum and Art Gallery, Wednesbury, about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north of the factory. The collection is owned by Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council and is managed by Sandwell Museum Service.
He co-founded the Wednesbury Institute in 1884, [7] founded the Horticultural Society, and in the early 1870s set up the town's first football club, Wednesbury F.C., later known as Wednesbury Strollers F.C. [8] He was a player himself but lost interest in the game after it became professional.
Alderman John Ashley Kilvert JP (1833–1920) was an English soldier and later businessman and politician, who became Mayor of Wednesbury, then in Staffordshire, England. He served as a cavalryman with the 11th Hussars in the Crimean War, where he survived the Charge of the Light Brigade. His medals are displayed at Wednesbury Museum and Art ...
St Bartholomew's Church is an Anglican church in Wednesbury in West Midlands, England. It is in the Diocese of Lichfield. [1] The building, with medieval remains, was rebuilt and much modified in later centuries. It is Grade II listed. [2]
Edward Elwell (1783–1869), [1] son of an ironfounder in Walsall, leased a forge in 1817 in Wood Green, Wednesbury, powered by water from the River Tame.There had been a water-powered forge in Wednesbury since at least 1597, when William Whorwood leased a forge owned by William Comberford.
W. Wednesbury (UK Parliament constituency) 1932 Wednesbury by-election; Wednesbury Central railway station; Wednesbury Charity Cup; Wednesbury Herald; Wednesbury Museum and Art Gallery