Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The Black Country is an area of the West Midlands in England, north and west of Birmingham, including Dudley, Walsall and Sandwell. In the Industrial Revolution, it became one of the most industrialised parts of Britain with coal mines, coking, iron foundries and steel mills producing a high level of air pollution.The 14-mile (23 km) road between Wolverhampton and Birmingham was described as \"one continuous town\" in 1785. The first trace of The Black Country as an expression dates from the 1840s and it is believed that name comes from the soot from heavy industries that covered the area, although the 30-foot-thick coal seam close to the surface is another possible reason."@en }
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- Black_Country abstract "The Black Country is an area of the West Midlands in England, north and west of Birmingham, including Dudley, Walsall and Sandwell. In the Industrial Revolution, it became one of the most industrialised parts of Britain with coal mines, coking, iron foundries and steel mills producing a high level of air pollution.The 14-mile (23 km) road between Wolverhampton and Birmingham was described as \"one continuous town\" in 1785. The first trace of The Black Country as an expression dates from the 1840s and it is believed that name comes from the soot from heavy industries that covered the area, although the 30-foot-thick coal seam close to the surface is another possible reason.".