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Wednesbury (/ ˈ w ɛ n z b ər i / [1] locally [ˈwɛnzbriː]) is a market town in the Sandwell district, in the county of the West Midlands, England - historically in Staffordshire. It is located near the source of the River Tame , and is part of the Black Country .
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.
The Anglo-Spanish War was a conflict between the English Protectorate and Spain between 1654 and 1660. It was driven by the economic and religious rivalry between the two countries, with each side attacking the other's commercial and colonial interests in various ways, such as privateering and naval expeditions.
W. Wednesbury (UK Parliament constituency) 1932 Wednesbury by-election; Wednesbury Central railway station; Wednesbury Charity Cup; Wednesbury Herald; Wednesbury Museum and Art Gallery
The Anglo-Spanish War of 1625–1630 was a conflict fought between Spain and England, with the Dutch Republic and Scotland participating on the English side. An offshoot of the Eighty Years' War between the Dutch and Spanish, the conflict's battles consisted of a mixture of land and naval engagements.
The Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) was an intermittent conflict between the Habsburg Kingdom of Spain and the Kingdom of England that was never formally declared. [4] It began with England's military expedition in 1585 to what was then the Spanish Netherlands under the command of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, in support of the Dutch rebellion against Spanish Habsburg rule.