Bilston

Bilston, a town in South Staffordshire, situated on a rising-ground, about 2½ miles SE. of Wolverhampton, and forming part of its parliamentary borough. It has extensive iron and coal mines, iron-smelting works, iron-foundries for making machinery, besides works for manufacturing tin-plate goods, japanned and enamelled wares, nails, wire, screws, and coarse pottery. It is the centre, indeed, of the hardware trade, and consequently a very busy place. Fine sand, adapted for metal-casting, is found here. Pop. (1891) 23,453.