Stourbridge is a

market town A market town is a Human settlement, settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular marketplace, market; this distinguished it from a village or ...

in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the West Midlands, England, situated on the River Stour.

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Worcestershire Worcestershire ( , ; written abbreviation: Worcs) is a county in the West Midlands of England. The area that is now Worcestershire was absorbed into the unified Kingdom of England in 927, at which time it was constituted as a county (see H ...

, it was the centre of British glass making during the

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. The

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recorded the town's population as 63,298.

Geography

Stourbridge is about west of

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. Sitting within the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley at the southwestern edge of the

Black Country The Black Country is an area of the West Midlands county, England covering most of the Metropolitan Boroughs of Dudley, Sandwell and Walsall. Dudley and Tipton are generally considered to be the centre. It became industrialised during it ...

and West Midlands conurbation, Stourbridge includes the suburbs of

Amblecote Amblecote is an urban village and one of the most affluent areas in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the West Midlands, England. It lies immediately north of the historic town of Stourbridge, extending about one and a half miles from it, a ...

, Lye, Norton, Oldswinford,

Pedmore Pedmore is a residential suburb of Stourbridge in the West Midlands of England. It was originally a village in the Worcestershire countryside until extensive housebuilding during the interwar years saw it gradually merged into Stourbridge. The popu ...

,Stambermill, Stourton, Wollaston,

Wollescote Wollescote is a residential area of Stourbridge, West Midlands, England. It is administered by the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley. It falls within the ward of Cradley & Wollescote and the parliamentary constituency of Stourbridge. It is situ ...

and Wordsley. Much of Stourbridge consists of residential streets interspersed with green spaces. Mary Stevens Park, opened in 1931, has a lake, a bandstand, a cafe, and a mixture of open spaces and woodland. Bordered by green belt land, Stourbridge is close to countryside with the Clent Hills to the south and southwest Staffordshire and Kinver Edge to the west.

Closest cities, towns and villages

History

St Thomas's Church, Stourbridge - geograph

Stourbridge was listed in the 1255

assize roll as Sturbrug or Sturesbridge. The medieval township was named for a bridge which crossed the River Stour. It lay within the manor of Swynford or Suineford (now Old Swinford), which appears in

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of 1086. In 1966, the Stourbridge border between Worcestershire and Staffordshire, which for centuries had been marked by the River Stour, was moved a couple of miles north when

was incorporated into the Borough of Stourbridge. Following the

Local Government Act 1972 The Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974. It was one of the most significant Acts of Parliament to be passed by the Heath Gov ...

, Stourbridge was amalgamated into the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley and became part of the wider West Midlands county in 1974.

Glass Making in Stourbridge

The town gives its name to local glass production, which has been manufactured since the early 1600s. The local clay proved particularly suitable for the industry, taken up predominantly after the immigration of French coal miners in the

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diaspora. However, most of the glass industry was actually located in surrounding areas including Wordsley,

and Oldswinford. The rich natural resources of coal and fireclay for lining furnaces made it the perfect location for the industry. Glass making peaked in the 19th century, encouraged by the famous glass-making family, the Jeavons. The 1861 census identified that 1,032 residents of Stourbridge were involved in the glass trade in some way. Of these, 541 were glass workers - an increase from 409 in 1851, believed to be partly caused by the collapse of the glass industry in nearby Dudley in the 1850s. The vast majority of those involved in the glass trade came from Staffordshire,

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and

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. 9% came from other parts of England and 0.2% had come from abroad. Of particular note are glass cutters, as 8.1% had come from Ireland, believed to be as a result of the decline of the Irish glasscutting industry in the first half of the 1800s. The houses inhabited by glassworkers were of a much better quality in comparison to the slums in which the nailmakers of Lye and

lived. However, only a few glassworkers owned their own houses. The Red House Cone, thought to be the only complete remaining glass cone of its kind, stands on the Stourbridge Canal at Wordsley. It is the site of the Red House Glass Museum and there are regular demonstrations of traditional glass blowing.

Present

Today, Stourbridge is the most affluent town in the Dudley Metropolitan Borough although it continues to suffer deprivation in some parts. Some people retain the traditional

accent and dialect. Stourbridge High Street is home to a mix of chain and independent shops, pubs, coffee shops, restaurants, gyms and a yoga studio. Quaint Victoria Passage dates back to the Victorian era. Off the High Street is the Ryemarket Shopping Centre with retailers including

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and

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. Nearby Lye is known for its many Balti restaurants. The town centre has seen major regeneration in recent years. In 2014, Lion Health medical centre opened in the renovated former foundry of Foster, Rastrick and Company – where the Stourbridge Lion locomotive was manufactured. The next phase of regeneration on the foundry site will create parkland next to

Stourbridge Canal The Stourbridge Canal is a canal in the West Midlands of England. It links the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal (at Stourton Junction, affording access to traffic from the River Severn) with the Dudley Canal, and hence, via the Birmingha ...

with a "heritage and community hub" named Riverside House. Crown Centre Shopping Mall at the bottom of Stourbridge High Street opened in 2013 at the site of the old Crown Centre and Bell Street

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, which were demolished between 2012 and 2013. Costing £50m, the new mall is home to a

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anchor store, a two-level underground car park, six retail stores and a central food court. The Tesco store occupies much of the footprint of the former

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supermarket which had closed in 2004. Stourbridge Bus Station underwent substantial redevelopment and re-opened as

Stourbridge Interchange Stourbridge Interchange is a bus station in Stourbridge, England, on the site of an earlier bus station. The bus station site partly occupies the location of the original Stourbridge railway station which was demolished in 1979. Until 1967 the r ...

in April 2012. In 2010, Stourbridge was awarded Fairtrade Town status
Stourbridge Farmers' and Craft Market
takes place on the first and third Saturday of every month in the Clock Square. Throughout the summer, Mary Stevens Park hosts outdoor live music. In the 2011 Census, the average age of people in Stourbridge was 42. Conservative MP Margot James held the Stourbridge parliamentary constituency 2010–2019. She was succeeded in

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of the same party.

Transport

Three main roads meet in Stourbridge, these being the A451, the A458 and the A491, the last forming the one way Stourbridge Ring Road. Stourbridge has two railway stations, the main one being

Stourbridge Junction Stourbridge Junction is one of two railway stations serving the town of Stourbridge, in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the West Midlands, England. It lies on the Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster Line and is the junction for the ...

. From here, it is around 30 minutes to Birmingham, 30 minutes to Worcester and between two and 2.5 hours to London. The other station, Stourbridge Town, is served only by a shuttle to and from Stourbridge Junction. At just over , the Stourbridge Town Branch Line is believed to be the shortest railway

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in Europe. The former main line to

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via Dudley, and branches to Wombourne and Walsall closed in the 1960s. However the line towards Dudley remains open for freight as far as the Round Oak Steel Terminal north of

Brierley Hill Brierley Hill is a town and ward (division), electoral ward in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England, 2.5 miles south of Dudley and 2 miles north of Stourbridge. Part of the Black Country and in a h ...

. In January 2021, proposals were made to reopen the line to Brierley Hill to passengers using a light rail vehicle similar to that used on the Stourbridge Branch Line.

is the main bus station, located in the town centre next to Stourbridge Town railway station. The Interchange opened in 2012 at a cost of £7 million. Most services are operated by National Express West Midlands and Diamond Bus. By bike
National Route 54
of the

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links Stourbridge with Dudley via the canal towpaths. The

links the town to the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal and the Dudley No. 1 Canal. This places Stourbridge on the

Stourport Ring The Stourport Ring is a connected series of canals forming a circuit, or canal ring, around Worcestershire, The Black Country and Birmingham in The Midlands, England. The ring is formed from the River Severn, the Staffordshire and Worcestershire ...

, navigable by

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and popular with holidaymakers.

Former routes

Education

There is one college in Stourbridge. King Edward VI College was founded in 1552, becoming a sixth form college in 1976.

Stourbridge College Birmingham Metropolitan College is a further and higher education college with 10 campuses distributed within Birmingham, England. The college was created in 2009 as an amalgamation of Matthew Boulton College and Sutton Coldfield College. The ...

, south of the city centre, was formed in 1958 and specialised in art and design, but was closed in 2019. There is also a

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at Old Swinford Hospital school, which was founded in 1667 by the Stourbridge-born politician Thomas Foley. The boarding school was named the best secondary school in Dudley, closely followed by Redhill School, an academy also in Stourbridge. Elmfield Rudolf Steiner School is an independent school which follows the international Steiner Waldorf Education curriculum."Elmfield Rudolf Steiner School"
Ofsted, 4 October 2006

Culture

Festival of Glass

Th
International Festival of Glass
is held at Ruskin Mill in Stourbridge every two years. Launched in 2004, it showcases the skill and innovation of glass artists, designers and craftspeople. The British Glass Biennale is the festival's flagship exhibition, featuring contemporary work by glass makers in the UK. The exhibition attracts collectors, galleries and museums from around the world.

Music

In the late-1980s and early 1990s, three Stourbridge indie bands – The Wonder Stuff, Pop Will Eat Itself and Ned's Atomic Dustbin – all had chart success, selling millions of albums between them and gracing the covers of NME and Melody Maker. Pop Will Eat Itself's former frontman Clint Mansell has since composed musical scores for films including Black Swan and Requiem for a Dream. The 80s metal bands Diamond Head, Witchfinder General and 80s pop band Kayran Dache also came from Stourbridge and

Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin were an English rock band formed in London in 1968. The group comprised vocalist Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham. With a heavy, guitar-driven sound, they are c ...

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once attended King Edward VI College (then King Edward VI Grammar School for Boys).

Media

Stourbridge is covered by three newspapers: the '' Express & Star'' (daily), the '' Stourbridge News'' (weekly), and the ''Stourbridge Chronicle'' (weekly). Two news websites – ''BBC Birmingham & Black Country'' and ''Black Country Live'', launched in 2019 – also cover the area. In addition, Stourbridge is served by commercial radio stations broadcasting from

and

as well as three BBC Local Radio stations: BBC Hereford and Worcester, BBC Radio Shropshire and

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. From the 1860s until the early 1980s, Stourbridge was covered by the ''County Express'' newspaper. The archives are now on microfilm in Stourbridge Library.

Sport

Stourbridge Football Club, founded in 1876 and nicknamed "The Glassboys", shares the War Memorial Athletic Ground in Amblecote with

Stourbridge Cricket Club Stourbridge Cricket Club is an English cricket club based in Stourbridge, West Midlands. The club play at the War Memorial Athletic Ground in Stourbridge, and compete in the Birmingham District Cricket League. Stourbridge was a leading side in ...

. Stourbridge Rugby Club play at Stourton Park in nearby Stourton.

Dudley and Stourbridge Harriers Dudley & Stourbridge Harriers is an athletics club founded in 1924. Originally established as Dudley Harriers, it took on its current name through the amalgamation with Stourbridge, Wordsley and District Harriers. The Dell Stadium has been the home ...

have trained at the Dell Stadium since 1964. Other teams include Redhill Volleyball Club, which plays at Redhill School.br>Stourbridge Running Club
also train at the War Memorial in Amblecote.

Places of Interest

Stourbridge Town Hall (geograph 2356882)

* Black Country Living Museum * The Bonded Warehouse * Clent Hills * Crystal Leisure Centre * Hagley Hall * Kinver Edge Rock Houses * Mary Stevens Park * Red House Cone * Ruskin Glass Centre *

Stambermill Viaduct Stambermill ( Stourbridge ) Viaduct is a viaduct situated in Stourbridge, West Midlands, England. It was constructed in 1850 to carry the Oxford Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway across the River Stour, and it carried passenger trains until 1 ...

Stourbridge Town Hall Stourbridge Town Hall is a municipal building in Market Street, Stourbridge, West Midlands, England. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Stourbridge Borough Council, is a Grade II listed building. History The first town hall in Stourb ...

* Wychbury Hill The River Stour ( Stambermill Woods )

Places of Worship

According to the 2011 Census, the majority of people living in Stourbridge identify as

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(65%). Almost a quarter of people said they had no religion. Less than 1% of people identified as Muslim, Sikh,

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, or Hindu. 43 people identified as a Jedi Knight. *Chawn Hill Church, Stourbridge *Ghausia Jamia Mosque, Lye *Holy Trinity Church, Amblecote *Hope Baptist Church, Stourbridge *Our Lady and All Saints Catholic Church, Stourbridge *Presbyterian Unitarian Chapel, Stourbridge. *Quaker Meeting House, Stourbridge *St James' Church, Wollaston *St Mary's, Oldswinford * St Thomas' Church, Stourbridge *St Peter's, Pedmore

Notable residents

;Business * James Foster, ironmaster, mine operator and banker. He was instrumental in bringing the first commercial steam locomotive into the Midlands * Thomas Webb, founder of Thomas Webb & Sons ;Entertainment * Kenton Allen, television producer and executive ( The Royle Family, ''Six Shooter''), attended King Edward VI College ;Performing arts * Walter Braithwaite, composer, pianist, teacher and co-founder of the Elmfield Rudolf Steiner School, Stourbridge * Johnny Briggs, actor, ''

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'' *

Dave Cartwright Dave Cartwright (30 April 1943 – 8 August 2015) was a British singer, songwriter, guitarist and author. Born in Haslemere, Surrey, he grew up in Amblecote, West Midlands where, on lead guitar and vocal, he formed his first rock and roll group, ...

, singer-songwriter, broadcaster and author * Phil Cope, lead guitarist for Doom Metal band Witchfinder General * Clint Mansell, English musician, composer, and former lead singer and guitarist of the band Pop Will Eat Itself, attended King Edward VI College * Jan Pearson, actress, '' Holby City'', '' Doctors'', born in Wollaston * Jonn Penney, musician - Ned's Atomic Dustbin *

, singer with

, attended King Edward VI College * Esther Smith, actress known for her work in the television series '' Uncle'' and ''

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'' * Luke Dalton, actor/musician known for his work in the television series ''War Above the Trenches'' ;Science and academia * Kathleen Booth, inventor of the first computer assembly language * Kay Davies, geneticist * David Trotman, pure mathematician, attended King Edward VI College * Clement Lindley Wragge, meteorologist ;Sports and games *

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, cricketer, captain of Worcestershire *

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, motor racing driver * Dan O'Hagan, BBC '' Match of the Day'' football commentator * Ronnie O'Sullivan, snooker player, born in Wordsley Hospital in 1975 * Jude Bellingham, professional footballer, born in Stourbridge * Alf Bishop, born in Stourbridge, professional footballer Wolverhampton Wanderers *

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, motor racing driver ;Writers * Jerome K. Jerome, author '' Three Men in a Boat'', lived at Stourbridge in childhood before his family moved to London *

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lived and worked in Stourbridge for a time * David Massey, author of ''Torn'' and ''Taken'' published worldwide by The Chicken House *

S. J. Watson Steve "S. J." Watson (born 1971)

, author of ''Before I Go to Sleep'' *

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, radio presenter and author ;Others *

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, murderer and

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suspect * Frank Foley, the relatively little-known "British

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" retired to Stourbridge. There is a memorial to him in Mary Stevens Park *

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, milliner to the Queen

In popular culture

*The fictional

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world of

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in ''

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'' trilogy is believed to have been inspired by the

of the Victorian era. Author J. R. R. Tolkien grew up in the area. *Scenes from the TV series '' Peaky Blinders'' have been shot at the Black Country Living Museum in nearby Dudley. *In other literature, Stourbridge appears in '' Finnegans Wake'' by

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, published in 1939 (part 1, episode 6, page 184). *The town also gets a mention in '' The Cantos'' of

Ezra Pound Ezra Weston Loomis Pound (30 October 1885 – 1 November 1972) was an expatriate American poet and critic, a major figure in the early modernist poetry movement, and a fascist collaborator in Italy during World War II. His works includ ...

, a long, incomplete poem mostly written between 1915 and 1962 (Canto LXVI, line 30, page 380). Pound's epic poem is inspired by a diary entry from 1786 written by

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, the second President of the United States, which mentions Stourbridge. *Stourbridge Golf Course is also mentioned by P. G. Wodehouse in '' Money for Nothing'', published in 1928 (chapter 5).

References

External links

Internet Guide To Stourbridge
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