How did the "black country" get its name?

Answer 1

t's said that the Black Country gained its name in the mid-nineteenth century from the smoke from the many thousands of ironworking foundries and forges. Other theories mention the abundance of coal in the region - the working of the shallow and 30ft thick seams.

Answer 2

the black country is so named for the following reason.

During the industrial revoloution, the west midlands area was a hive of industrial activity. Factories pumped black smoke into the sky, coal dust from the pit and the slag heaps made the ground black and underground was the black coal.

Answer 3

Because of the coal found & also the concentration of the industry in the West Midlands

Answer 4

it was nickname the black country because of all the furnace's that was use in the industry around that area

Answer 5

cos the people who lived there used to be called minstrels

The PC brigades says we can not have
Black and White Minstrels

This is in case we feel good about Blacks and Whites together,
We might be happy together, It Would not be right to them.

Answer 6

It's due to it's industrial heritage and association with coal and heavy industry in particular.

Answer 7

because the country's population consists mostly of black people.

Answer 8

because of the industry

Answer 9

i think cos mining and the industrial revolution/indusrty

Answer 10

is that all you got to worry about for gods sake??