George J. Barnsby

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I  wish to acknowledge the valuable assistance of the following people.

Mr F Mason, the Wolverhampton librarian, whose knowledge of the town and mastery of the sources of the library put all Black Country historians in his debt. Mr Warner of the South Staffordshire Building Society who allowed me to see the records of the Society. Members of the Wolverhampton Housing Department, particularly Mr Roberts who explained to me any of the intricacies of municipal housing. Finally I would like to thank Ted Lane, who appears in these pages, who has played such a significant part in the development of Council Housing in Wolverhampton and who this year celebrates forty five years as a Councillor.

CONTENTS
A HISTORY OF HOUSING IN WOLVERHAMPTON
1750 – 1975

Chapter 1 HOUSING IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
The Development of the Town – General Housing
Conditions – Sanitary Conditions – Water Supply –
Health & Housing – The 1875 Improvement Scheme
– The Garden Suburb Movement – The Housing
Situation 1880 – 1

 918 – Costs and Rents.
Page 4

Chapter 2 HOUSING 1918 – 1939
The Era of the Council House – Rents – Slum
Clearance – Council Housing 1930 – 1939 – Private
House Building 1918-39 – Inter-War Housing – A
Summary.
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Chapter 3 HOUSING 1945 – 1975
Council House Building After 1945 – Slum
Clearance – New Trends in Council Housing –
Housing Finance – Private Housing 1945-66 –
Conclusions 1750-1975.
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