Families of Birmingham & the Black Country
Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Wolverhampton — the metalworking conurbation, the foundry trades, and the surname pool of the second city.
Families seated in Birmingham & the Black Country
- WrightThe maker — every guild town shaped one.
- WoodBy the wood.
- HillOn the hill.
- WardThe watchman.
- TurnerThe lathe.
- CoxThe cock — youth and pride.
- DavisSon of David — one spelling among England's commonest.
- LeeThe meadow — and a clearing-name stamped on dozens of villages.
- BrooksBy the brook — every wet valley had one.
- ShawThe copse-edge — Lancashire loves it.
- PerryPear-orchard or Peter's kin.
- FordThe crossing — stamped on Shakespearian country.
- FoxThe fox — nickname that stuck.
- MatthewsMatthew's son — March and Welsh edge.
- LaneThe lane — hedge-bottom dweller.
- HayesThe enclosure — hedged common.
- WestonThe western farm — toponym epidemic.
- MorrisSon of Maurice — the Norman name that took English root.
Historic ties to Birmingham & the Black Country
Families with historic but not core ground here.