Like many of the industrial towns of the English West Midlands region that had been industrialised during the Industrial Revolution, many of the small- and medium-sized factories in the city were woven into the same streets as the workers' houses and the shops of the city centre.
Many of the industrial towns in the English West Midlands region that had been industrialized during the Industrial Revolution, many of the small- and medium-sized factories were situated alongside the workers' homes and shops in the city center.