Stourbridge
/ (ˈstaʊəˌbrɪdʒ) /
an industrial town in W central England, in Dudley unitary authority, West Midlands. Pop: 55 480 (2001)
Words Nearby Stourbridge
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
How to use Stourbridge in a sentence
The custom of "crabbing the parson" was observed till lately at St. Kenelm's chapelry, near Stourbridge.
Notes and Queries for Worcestershire | John NoakeThe outside is built of common brick, the inside of fire-brick, and the mouth or nose of Stourbridge fire-clay.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreThe famous Stourbridge Fair originally grew out of a right of market-toll granted in aid of the leper-hospital.
A History of Epidemics in Britain (Volume I of II) | Charles CreightonAfter a long debate, they quitted the covert, and keeping clear of all habitations, took the direction of Stourbridge.
Guy Fawkes | William Harrison AinsworthHe was five years there, then one at Stourbridge; and at the age of sixteen desired to enter Oxford, but was prevented by poverty.
The Cathedral Towns and Intervening Places of England, Ireland and Scotland: | Thomas W. Silloway
Browse