All but sixteen of these (eight in each part of the region) can be categorised as small towns using the customary definition that a small town had less than 2,000 inhabitants.2 They had mostly grown in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. The larger towns of the midlands, which were ...
City/Town: Birmingham, West Midlands Total Area: 103.4 (sq mi) Population in 2018: 209.9(thousand) II. Natural Geography (environment and resources) Geology Birmingham is dominated by the Birmingham Fault, which runs diagonally through the city from the Lickey Hills in the south west, passing t...
Dudley, metropolitan borough, metropolitan county of West Midlands, west-central England, at the western edge of the metropolitan county. The historic town of Dudley (the administrative centre) and surrounding areas at the centre of the borough are part
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“What we have noticed is that Much Wenlock is a very popular destination for those looking to commute to the larger country towns or the West Midlands, but wanting to make the most of Shropshire’s lovely countryside.”
It’s a much-vaunted fact that Birmingham, the industrial heart of the Midlands, has more canals than Venice, but the reason they’re there is testament to the area’s plucky entrepreneurial spirit. Derbyshire born engineer James Brindley realised in the late 18th century that towns with a na...
An ongoing measles outbreak in the West Midlands "remains a concern", the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said, with 127 cases of the disease confirmed across England this month. The organisation said there have been 347 laboratory confirmedmeaslescases reported in England since 1...
Throughout the whole journey to London, I found myself staring out of the window as the countryside flew by swapping from green fields and rivers to towns and city scenes. One of the things I love about thePendolinotrains is the windows, they are huge!
Although its reputation is mostly rural, with people associating the county mostly with the wetlands of the Norfolk Broads, there are also towns such as Norwich and King's Lynn to visit, both of which provide shopping opportunities, nightlife and entertainment. Norfolk also contains a large ...
Native of the South Carolina Midlands now residing in Portland, Oregon. Founding member of Quill & Parchment and one of its contributors and an editor in 2007 and 2008. Among his influences are the English Romantics, French Surrealism, Emily Dickinson, Gregory Corso, and Bob Dylan. Poems have...