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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.
W. Wednesbury (UK Parliament constituency) 1932 Wednesbury by-election; Wednesbury Central railway station; Wednesbury Charity Cup; Wednesbury Herald; Wednesbury Museum and Art Gallery
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.
The history of Spain dates to contact between the pre-Roman peoples of the Mediterranean coast of the Iberian Peninsula with the Greeks and Phoenicians. During Classical Antiquity , the peninsula was the site of multiple successive colonizations of Greeks, Carthaginians , and Romans.
The gallery was originally built to display a large collection of works owned by Wednesbury residents, Edwin and Mary Richards. The couple were prolific collectors of art and especially favoured landscapes. In her will, Mary donated her and her husband's collection of paintings to the town of Wednesbury. These are displayed in the Richards Gallery.
The Kingdom of Spain lost Spanish Netherlands, Spanish viceroyalty of Naples and Sicily, Duchy of Milan, Menorca and Gibraltar. 1717: 27 May: Viceroyalty of New Granada began. 1761: Seven Years' War: Spain declared war on Great Britain. 1763: 10 February: Treaty of Paris. Spain recovers Florida and obtains Louisiana till 1801. 1778
The first barge load of coal from Wednesbury was conveyed to Birmingham in 1769. The transportation of coal by canal rather than by road led to a significant reduction in its unit price in Birmingham. In the first half of the nineteenth century the area of coal mining expanded to Halesowen, Kingswinford and Oldswinford and towards West Bromwich ...
Articles on the modern history of Spain: Early Modern history of Spain. Habsburg Spain (16th to 17th centuries) 17th-century Spain; Bourbon Spain (18th century) 19th-century Spain. History of Spain (1814–73) Restoration (Spain) (1874–1931) 20th-century Spain. Second Spanish Republic (1931–1939) Francoist Spain (1936–1975) History of ...