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After three months of hard work by local societies, specialist groups and members of the public, the opportunity to nominate new sites for review as part of the 2021 Black Country Local Heritage Lists Project closed on 14th February 2022. Over 900 nominations received! A sudden rush of nominations towards the deadline meant that, in total, we had over 930 nominations for new sites for the Black Country Local Heritage Lists. The top type of nominated ‘site’ was historic buildings and…

With one month to go, we have been collating and logging all the sites that have been nominated for being added to the Black Country Local Heritage Lists.  Take a look at our new map!  So far we’ve received around 600 nominations for additions to the List, including sites of geological interest, buildings of all ages, historic parklands and art works.    We’ve now added these to our interactive map so you can see them alongside the sites which are nationally designated (Listed…