The website of the
Black Country Society
Established in 1967 to Support, Record, Preserve and Celebrate the distinct
Character and Nature of the West Midlands area known since the mid nineteenth century as 'The Black Country'
Black Country Society books
A list of Black Country Society publications is given below. Their availability is indicated by the following abbreviations.
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DA - one or more copies held in Dudley Archives - see link to catalogue below.
SA - copy held in Society Archive.
SS - copy can be purchased from Society Shop - see link below.
WS - copy available to members as PDFs on this web site - see link below (from May 2024)
1969, Freeman's Tales of the Black Country, Reprint of original by J Freeman,
1969, Poster showing 'The Black Country and its Borderland' , T Bennet , DA/SA
1969, Black Country Stories, T H Gough, SS/DA/SA
1969, The future of local government in the Black Country, , DA/WS/SA
1970, Freeman's Black Country Folk, Reprint of original by J Freeman, DA/SA
1971, The Stourbridge Glass Industry in the nineteenth century, H Jack Haden, DA/WS/SA
1971, Clebak in the Black Country, Clebak, DA/SA
1971, Two Stourbridge Locmotives, Bill Pardoe, Michael Hale, DA/WS/SA
1971, Old St Martin's Church (now St John's) Tipton: a short history, J S Allen, DA/WS/SA
1972, From under the smoke, Jim William Jones, DA/WS/SA
1973, West Bromwich before the industrial revolution, D Dilworth, DA/WS/SA
1973, A capful o' nails, David Christie Murray, DA/SA
1973, The coming of the kingdom: nine readings from the authorized version of The Bible in the dialect of the Black Country, DA/WS/SA
1973, The Nailmakers, J Raven, M Totten, DA/WS/SA
1974, Factory and Fireside, Jim William Jones, DA/WS/SA
1974, Sandwell Prory, D Dilworth, WS/SA
1975, The Old Testament in Black Country dialect Part 1, Kate Fletcher, SS/DA/SA
1975, All Saints church West Bromwich, G W Hannah
1976, A lady of Wednessbury Forge Diary of Gergina Elwell 1868-1869, Georgina Ellwell, DA
1976, Powered vehicle made in the Black Country, Jim Boulton , DA/SA
1977, Mushroom Green Chainshop, Ron Moss, SS/DA/SA
1977, The limestone mines of Walsall, H E Green, DA/WS/SA
1977, The Black Country Society presents "The Blackcountryman" - the first 10 years (1968-1977), DA/SA
1977, From the Black Country: a collection from The Blackcountryman, DA/SA
1978, Bostin Fittle, Pat Purcell, SS/DA/SA
1978, Tales of Puddingbag, Tom Langley, SS/DA/SA
1978, Tales from Aynuk's Black Country, J Raven, DA/WS/SA
1978, Bilston Enamels of the 19th Century, Tom Cope, DA/WS/SA
1979, Historical documents relating to the Shut End Railway, L Hollis , DA
1979, Old Testament in the dialect of the Black Country - Part Two, Kate Fletcher, SS/DA/SA
1981, A Black Country Nurse at large, Edith Cotterill, DA/SA
1981, Smethwick Gas Works, D J Dimmock, WS/SA
1982, Saltwell Spa, DA/WS
1982, Highgate Brewery Walsall, K L Lloyd, WS/SA
1983, So you think you know the Black Country, W Homer, DA
1984, Boulton, Watt and the Soho Undertaking, W Gale, SS/DA/WS/SA
1985, Black Country Victoria Crosses. From the Crimea to World War 2, Barry Harris, DA
1985, No bed of roses, Audrey Franklin, DA/SA
1986, Jim and Kate, Kate Fletcher, J William Jones, DA/SA
1987, The Cannon Foundry, Coseley: The First 100 Years, 1826 - 1926, , DA/WS/SA
1987, From Belbroughton to Botany Bay, Madge Vaughan and David J. Cox, SS/DA/SA
1988, Stourbridge Street Names CD, H Jack Haden, SS/DA/SA
1988, Pills and potions, John Brimble, DA/
1989, The Gospels in Black Country dialect, Kate Fletcher, SS/DA/SA
1991, Aspects of the Black Country. Social and economic history, Charles Elwell, DA
1992, Index to volumes 1 to 25 of The Blackcountryman, M Hale, DA/SA
1993, Artists in cameo glass, H Jack Haden, DA/WS/SA
1994, More Black Country Humour in Tales & Verse, Stan Hill, SS/DA/SA
1994, Black Country Humour, W Homer, H Parsons, SS/DA/SA
1996, Lost Canals of the Black Country, Eric Richardson, SS/DA/SA
1996, A Black Country Photographer, Frank Powell, DA/SA
1998, The Black Country as seen through antique maps, Eric Richardson, DA/SA
1998, Essays and reviews by Charles J L Etwall 1, Charles Elwell, DA
1999, William Fowler's Kingswinford, Eric Richardson, SS/DA/SA
1999, Street names of Stourbridge & Its Vicinity Vol 2, Jack Haden, SS/DA/SA
1999, Stan Hill's Brierley Hill and life, Stan Hill, DA
1999, Toasted teacakes and baked potatoes, J Sparry, DA
1999, Towpath tale, The BCN remembered, A Truby, SS/DA/SA
2000, Blackberrying: and a gathering of another 53 poems by 16 Black Country Writers, ,SA
2000, Time passeth away - a brief history of the Glynne School, S Ball, K Workman, DA
2002, 57 Black Country People, Stan Hill, SS/DA/SA
2002, For a shilling a day; Black Country memories of warfare, P Rhodes , DA/SA
2002, Slurry and Strawberries, Carol Hathorne. SA
2002, The Good Faggot Guide, Ghislaine Povey and Richard James, SA
2003, A sketchbook of the Black Country and its environs, E Richardson, DA
2003, The Civic Heraldry of the Black Country, Peter Skidmore, SS/DA/SA
2003, The Dunsley Murder, David Cox, SS/DA/SA
2004, A Black country Voyage, P Rhodes,
2004, White Shirt-Black Country (1st edition), Pat Talbot, DA
2006, Aspects of the Black Country , Charles Elwell, DA
2006, James Foster of Stourbridge 1786-1853, Roy Peacock, SS/DA/SA
2006, Dudley War Memorials, Barry Ward, DA
2009, 57 more Black Country people, Stan Hill, DA
2009, A Black Country Mixture: A Selection of Stan Hill's Jokes & Writings from the Blackcountryman 1981-2009, Stan Hill, DA/SA
2010, Aspects of Life, May Cox, SS/DA/SA
2011, Cricket Lyrics, Thomas Disney, SS/DA/SA
2011, Black Country Vicar and Great Aunt Polly stories, Carol Hathorne, SS/DA/SA
2011, The Seventeenth Century Foleys: Iron, Wealth and Vision 1580 - 1716, Roy Peacock, SS/DA/SA
2013, Bilston, Bradley and Ladymoor, Ron Davies, SS/SA
2014, In Cramped & Sooty Caverns, Michael Hall, SS/DA/SA
2014, Confessions of a Newsagents Son, James Morgan, SS/DA/SA
2015, Memories of Private Ted Galley MM Worcestershire Regiment 1900-1919, Dave Galley, SS/DA/SA
2016, The Tipton Slasher, Tom Langley, SS/DA/SA
2016, Our Stour, Graham Beckley, DA
2016, The Tommy Mundon Story, Angela Daniels, SS/DA/SA
2016, Dudley's 1914-1918 war memorial and the 720 men commemorated, J Hale, SS/DA/SA
2016, Lt. E Felix Baxter VC, 1/8th Battalion: The King's (Liverpool) Regiment 18th April 1916, Roy Peacock , DA
2018, Remembrance 2018 'Never Good Bye', Roy Peacock, SS/DA/SA
2019, White Shirt-Black Country (2nd edition), Pat Talbot, SS/DA/SA
2019, Palethorpes - Master Sausage Makers for 115yrs, John Dunn, SS/DA/SA
2021, The Black Country - 500 years in 50 Voices, Brendan Clifford, SS/DA/SA
Undated, Reverend Stephen John Rabone, B Tonybee, DA
Undated, Significant buildings of the Black Country, K Hodgkins, DA
Undated, Sketches of Black Country Transport (19th to 20th Century), A Moseley , DA