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Wednesbury is one of the oldest parts of the Black Country. The "bury" part of the name indicates there may have been an Iron Age fort or "beorg" on Church Hill as long ago as 200BC, and the town was certainly a key defensive feature of the kingdom of Mercia.
In the Middle Ages the town was a rural village, with each family farming a strip of land and the heath nearby used for grazing. It was held by the King until the reign of Henry II, when it passed to the Heronville family. In the 14th century, while Wednesbury was still a farming community, local people began to mine their own coal and iron. By Tudor times, when local landowner William Paget was one of the most prominent men of the kingdom, pottery, metalwork and textiles were made. In the 17th century Wednesbury pottery - "Wedgbury ware" - was being sold as far afield as Worcester, while white clay from Monway Field was used to make tobacco pipes.
In the 18th century the town's main occupations were coal mining and nail making and with the canals came a big increase in population. The poor social conditions proved a fertile breeding ground for religious nonconformism, and in 1743 John Wesley first preached in the town. His views were not always well received - fears that he was trying to undermine society led to riots, and on one occasion he was chased out of the area!
In the later half of the 20th century, Wednesbury's industry declined, but new developments like the automotive park, the retail park and the pedestrianisation of Union Street have given a new look to the town. The traditional market is still a feature of the bustling centre; while the streets round Market Place are a protected conservation area.
PRINCESS ETHELFLEDA’S STRONGHOLD
Church Hill was one of a chain of Princess Ethelfleda’s strongholds in AD 916. She was the daughter of King Alfred The Great and she did her bit in Wednesbury to stop the Danes.
DOMESDAY BOOK
1086 Domesday Book Wednesbury was known as (Wadnesberie) and it is written that at that time it was a thriving rural community encompassing Bloxwich and Shelfield (now a modern borough of Walsall)
THE MANOR OF WEDNESBURY
The Manor of Wednesbury was Crown property until Henry II exchanged it with the Heronville family for the town of Stuntsfield in Oxfordshire. It passed through many great English families to their present day Lord Foley’s.
FAMOUS SON OF WEDNESBURY
William Paget (born 1505) is a famous Wednesbury man, he rose to be Secretary of State to King Henry XIII and later became 1st Marquis of Anglesey.
JOHN WESLEY – ANTI-METHODIST RIOT
The anti-methodist riots involving Revd. John Wesley, began on the 20th October 1743, while he was staying at Bridge Street, the home of Francis Ward. An anti-methodist mob was enticed by Revd Edward Egginton of the Parish church to prevent John Wesley from speaking. On arrival at Bentley Hall (2 miles away) the mob was turned away by Colonel Lane’s son and told to, “go home and be quiet”. Undeterred, the mob went to Justice Persehouse’s residence in Walsall where they received a similar reply. Resigned to return to Wednesbury, unfortunately, they met a mob and were overpowered by their rivals at Walsall. In the chaos, Wesley escaped from his persecutors, assisted by (Honest Munchin) George Clayton, William Sitch, Edward Slater, John Griffiths and Joan Parks.
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
The Industrial Revolution changed Wednesbury forever. Coal pits were recorded as early as 1315. It wasn’t until the modern age that these resources were used to their full extent. Clay was an early extraction for Wedgebury Ware. Iron ore and limestone and coal provided the 3 main ingredients for iron making.
COMMUNICATION AND GROWTH OF WEDNESBURY
The first iron works were on the River Thame, the river ran the water wheels and these provided power.
Wednesbury forge is mentioned as early as 1597 , later many factories emerged along the river banks for cheap transport. Wednesbury’s first canal was cut in 1769 to connect the coalfields to Birmingham. The 1826 Thomas Telford road improvements between London and Holyhead for the coach road opened up further communication links. 1783 Walsall Canal North East joined up in 1844 with the Thame Valley Canal. The Grand Junction Railway arrived at Wood Green in 1837 followed by London and North Western lines in 1850 and 1854 respectively.
Other industry in the 18th C included enamelling and gun-barrel forging. For 100 years was the chief industrial area for gun-barrel forging (tubing). Wednesbury became known as ‘Tubetown’ in far off places. One great company in Wednesbury was F H Lloyd & Co., Samson Lloyd II 1699-1779 established the Welsh Quaker links with the town, he married Sarah the daughter of Richard Parkes who was a Wednesbury Ironmaster. It was Richard Parkes who co-founded the famous Lloyd’s Banking Empire.
THE MARKET PLACE
Wednesbury (or its 17th C name of Wedgbury) had a market place which was established from Queen Ann’s Royal Charter of 1709, so it was one of the oldest Black Country markets.
WAR
William Mills Aluminium Foundry (inventor of the Mills Grenade) at Friar Park Road produced munitions during WW2 , they produced munitions under a cloak of secrecy.
TOWN PARK
Brunswick Park opened in 1887 to commemorate Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee. The park was created by Baron & Sons of Derby on a 28 acre waste land site that was purchased from The Patent Shaft and Axletree Co for £3,000. The canon that stands in the grounds was captured during the Crimean War 1854. A beautiful children's’ water fountain was also to be seen until the second world war, when it mysteriously disappeared.
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