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'''Wolverhampton''' is a city in [[Staffordshire]], England. It is located around 30 miles to the south of [[Stoke-on-Trent]] in the north of the county, 15 miles south of the county town [[Stafford]], and about 15 miles north-west of [[Birmingham]], [[Warwickshire]]. The immediate south and east is the [[Black Country]], of which Wolverhampton is sometimes considered a part, and around 10 miles to the west lies the border with [[Shropshire]].
'''Wolverhampton''' is a city in [[Staffordshire]], England. It is located around 30 miles to the south of [[Stoke-on-Trent]] in the north of the county, 15 miles south of the county town [[Stafford]], and about 15 miles north-west of [[Birmingham]], [[Warwickshire]]. The immediate south and east is the [[Black Country]], of which Wolverhampton is sometimes considered a part, and around 10 miles to the west lies the border with [[Shropshire]].
Wolverhampton became a vital canal hub during the [[Industrial Revolution]] during the late 18th century.<ref>[https://www.paragonliving.co.uk/post/history-of-wolverhampton#:~:text=The%20Industrial%20Revolution%20brought%20factories,goods%2C%20fueling%20further%20economic%20development. The History of Wolverhampton: How the City Evolved Over Time]</ref>
==History==
==History==
Outside the present-day site of St Peter's Collegiate Church is a 14 foot high stone column, believed to have been carved in the 9th century. The column itself may be even older and pillaged from the Roman site at Viroconium (present-day [[Wroxeter]] in [[Shropshire]]). The stone pillar is decorated with carvings of animals and acanthus.<ref>[http://www.historywebsite.co.uk/listed/stpeterschurch.htm Wolverhampton's Listed Buildings - St. Peter's Collegiate Church]</ref>
Outside the present-day site of St Peter's Collegiate Church is a 14 foot high stone column, believed to have been carved in the 9th century. The column itself may be even older and pillaged from the Roman site at Viroconium (present-day [[Wroxeter]] in [[Shropshire]]). The stone pillar is decorated with carvings of animals and acanthus.<ref>[http://www.historywebsite.co.uk/listed/stpeterschurch.htm Wolverhampton's Listed Buildings - St. Peter's Collegiate Church]</ref>