stopped at a house (which has since been demolished) on the corner of Kinver Street and the main Stourbridge road in Wordsley, during the night following the Battle of Worcester on 3 September 1651, and taken bread and beer for himself and his party of about 60 cavaliers.

There were numerous glassworks in Wordsley from 1776 until 1930, making artisan-created cut glass items such as vases, glasses and objets-d'art. The famous