Welcome to Lower Gornal
The history of the village and people of Lower Gornal
Lower Gornal is situated 10 miles West of Birmingham, England on the outskirts of the 'Black Country'.
Over 300 pages on its pubs, chapels, pits, quarries, shops and families, and a free search of the census from 1871 to 1939.
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Places · 51 pagesPubsStill serving, in a different guise and sadly missing, from the Bell to the Woodman
Places · 13 pagesChurches & chapelsSt James', St Peter's, Zoar, Five Ways, Lake Street and the Upper Gornal chapels
Places · 22 pagesShops & streetsLouise Street, Abbey Road, Temple Street, Kent Street and the Five Ways
Work · 36 pagesMines, quarries & worksCoal pits, sandstone quarries, brickworks, engineering and the gasworks
Places · 12 pagesAmenitiesThe Memorial Hall, the cinemas, the post office, the police and the recreation ground
Places · 21 pagesDwellingsEllowes Hall, the Round House and the old houses of GornalRecently added
DwellingsThe Round HouseThis unusual dwelling once stood on or near Ruiton Quarry, the exact position is not known at this time and information sought.HistoryAerial view of Gornal Wood in 1962Below is an aerial photograph taken on the 1st August 1962, and shows most of the area around Gornal Wood as it was then.Census searchThe 1911 census1911: Lower Gornal Parish, 7247 individuals. This Census was taken on the night of Sunday 2nd April, 1911.Gornal Family Search
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The 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901 and 1911 census, the 1915 electoral register and the 1939 register, about 52,700 records of Gornal people.
You do NOT need to register, pay or any of that stuff - just search.
Old News · the 1870s
19th February, 1870
FATAL ACCIDENT AT A QUARRY.
On Friday a serious accident occurred at a stone quarry belonging to Messrs. Burton and Waterford, at Upper Gornal, Staffordshire. Four men were engaged on a piece of rock, and were removing some loose rubbish, when suddenly a large quantity fell…
Read Old News from the 1870sThe Gornal 'Spake'
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am not, is not
as in letter A, "I aye gooin" - "I am not going"
Open the dialect dictionaryWe need your old photographs
Pre-1980 photos of shops, pubs, industries and events, the earlier the better. All photos will be returned after we have digitised them.