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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.
Sandwell is now part of SANDWELL District. Click here for graphs and data of how SANDWELL has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Sandwell itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Sandwell in Staffordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/17241
Date accessed: 17th February 2026
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