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Black Horse
What is the relevence of the Black horse you see a lot around Wolverhampton - is it something to do with the Black Country?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Close, janetsflower, but not entirely accurate; the name "Black Country" arose from the pall of smoke that hung permanently over the region and general griminess and sootiness of everything as a result of the concentration of industry there. Coal-mining was certainly part of it, but so were metal-refining, foundrywork, glassmaking and a hundred other filth-generating industries. And for the record, Wolverhampton is not actually in the Black Country.....