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Gorsebrook history
Stafford Road Works opened in Gorsebrook in 1849, to build and maintain locomotives. The early English place name relates to the brook running through the centre of the area. Stafford Road F.C. was at one time regarded as Wolverhampton’s best football club. The widening of the Stafford Road in the 1980s saw the clearing of many terraced properties.
Gorsebrook House
During the early 19th Century, Gorsebrook House was the home of a solicitor, John Corser and his wife Elizabeth. In the 1890s, the Electric Construction Corporation Ltd (ECC) built their workshops on land belonging to the east, the House becoming the companies head office. In 1900, the building was home to the first Works Manager of the electric construction Corporation, Richard Jones.
World Altitude Balloon Record
A world altitude balloon record was set by James Glaisher and Henry Coxwell in 1862. The balloon was filled with coal gas from Stafford Road Gas Works. It reached an altitude of c30,000 feet without use of Oxygen by the pilots. This feat is commemorated by a blue plaque on the wall of a Wolverhampton Science Park building.
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