RAILWAY AND INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF THE SOUTH WEST BLACK COUNTRY
JOHN
URPETH RASTRICK
DIARY FOR 1809
20th.,
February 1809.
"This morning rode over to Stourbridge and went to Bradley & Foster's Mill, and fixed with them where the forge was to be put down. I dined with Bradley and then rode to Dudley...."
Earliest recorded visit to Stourbridge
Goldsmith's Library, University of London