Amblecote

Amblecote and the neighbouring village of Wordsley were two villages in Staffordshire near the to the River Stour which formed the border with the county of Worcestershire. During the nineteenth century a glassworks opened at Amblecote and is still producing glass to this day. There has also been a hospital in the area, Wordsley Hospital, for more than 100 years, although the National Health Service announced a plan several years ago to demolish the older parts of the hospital and maintain the modern buildings as a maternity centre.

In 1894, Amblecote Urban District Council was created. It was one of the smallest municipal authorities in Britain during its 72 years of existence.

Amblecote U.D.C remained in existence until 1966, when it merged with Stourbridge Urban District Council to form Stourbridge Metropolitan Borough Council. The county border was also moved a mile north to include Amblecote and Wordsley as part of Worcestershire. Along with Stourbridge, the Amblecote area became part of the DY8 postal district.

In 1974, Amblecote and the rest of the Stourbridge borough became part of the Dudley Metropolitan Borough and the metropolitan county of the West Midlands.