Can one of you knowledgeable people tell me if Stourbridge is in Staffordshire or Worcestershire ? According to the birth index, my ancestor was born in Stourbridge, Staffs., in 1878 as was his wife. Ancestry repeatedly gives other births as taking place in Stourbridge, Worcester.
From a Genuki map, Stourbridge lies just within the boundary of Worcestershire. This is also confirmed by The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868):-
"Stourbridge, a post and market town in the parish of Old Swinford, lower division of Halfshire hundred, county Worcester ........" Thank you again for responding.