A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Sandwell like this:
SANDWELL PARK, a quondam seat of the Earl of Dartmouth. now a training-college for servants, in West Bromwich parish, Stafford; 4 miles N W of Birmingham.
This is the only descriptive gazetter entry we have found, but you may be able to find further references to Sandwell by doing a full-text search here.
Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.
This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:
| Place | Mentioned in Travel Writing | Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer |
|---|---|---|
| Spon Lane | 0 | 1 |
| West Smethwick | 0 | 1 |
| Tividale | 0 | 2 |
| West Bromwich | 3 | 3 |
| Langley | 0 | 2 |
| Horseley Heath | 0 | 2 |
| Black Country | 0 | 1 |
| Warley | 0 | 2 |
| Dudley Port | 0 | 2 |
| Oldbury | 0 | 2 |
| Ocker Hill | 0 | 2 |
| Smethwick | 0 | 2 |
| Tipton | 6 | 3 |
| Kates Hill | 0 | 2 |
| Rowley Regis | 0 | 2 |
| Warley Salop | 0 | 2 |
| Cakemore | 0 | 2 |
| Blackheath | 0 | 1 |
| Wednesbury | 35 | 2 |
| Princes End | 0 | 2 |