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Cooper's Bank Farm
Cooper's Bank Farm, Cooper Bank Road.

Photo CDM 2007

1876.  Dudley Herald, January 29.
COOPER'S BANK FARM
HIMLEY ROAD  NEAR DUDLEY
M  ESSRS. ROLLINSON & BECKLEY are instructed to
  SELL BY AUCTION, on TUESDAY, February 8, 1876, the whole of the LIVE and DEAD FARMING STOCK at the above farm, consisting of four strong useful Horses, two 3-year old Fillies, one yearling Filly, one capital Carriage Horse, 16½ hands high; ten Milking Cows, two Calves, Ricks of Hay and Straw, Broad and Narrow-wheel Wagon and Carts, Gearing, Ploughs, Harrows, Drills, Mowing and Reaping Machine, Double Cylinder Vertical Engine and Boiler, complete; Chaff Machine, Root Pulper, Mangolds, Swedes, Rick Poles and Cloth, Harness, and a quantity of Poultry.
  Sale to commence at Eleven O'clock
The Grade II listed Coopers Bank Farm and farm buildings stand near an ancient medieval site, the farm is said to date to the 17th century and one of the oldest remaining buildings in the area.
Nearby earthworks probably date back pre-Norman Times.
The southern slopes of Coopers Bank used to border the equally ancient Pensnett Chase which was well stocked with deer in the 13th century.
Henry Marsh. 1834, farmer at Cooper's Bank [Gazetteer]
1841: Henry Marsh, age 40, farmer, with Benjamin 20 - Farmer, Catharine 30, Esther 20, Isaac 15 years plus servants. [Census]
Henry Marsh. 1850 [P.O. Directory]
1883, news report, Hull Packet, 30 March
DISASTROUS BOILER EXPLOSION, -A FARM WRECKED.
  A boiler exploded one day last week on Mr Fellows' farm, Lower Gornal, Sedgley. The fire from the furnace caused four valuable wheat ricks to become ignited, and, owing to the high winds, they were speedily burnt to the ground. A shed was also destroyed, in which agricultural implements were stored. The farm is completely wrecked, and owing to the boisterous wind, the fireman had great difficulty is extinguishing the flames. The loss is very great, and unfortunately the farm is not insured. The boiler exploded owing to some of the tubes being froze by recent severe frost.
Joseph Fellows was farmer here in 1866 and appears in both 1851, 1861 and 1871 census at Coopers Bank.
John Marsh Fellows aged 55 years in 1881, recorded as farmer of 200 acres employing 3 men and 2 boys. he was the son of Joseph Fellows. [1881 census]
John Raybold Fellows resided here in 1893. [ER]
Robert George Pell, farmer in 1924-1928. [Kelly's Trade Directory]
Joseph & Annie Edwards farmed here between 1920 and 1940.
Joseph Edwards, farmer in 1936. [Kelly's Trade Directory]
The 1939 register shows John Edwards who was a mechanical engineering draughtsman aged 40, living here with his wife Sarah Ann.
1950s-1960s.
On the junction of Himley Road was Hancock's Farm, run by Mr Hancock, his daughter Anne and her boyfriend Don. Don used to deliver the milk from their dairy on a horse drawn cart (which bore a similarity to a chariot). [info J.Webb]
1884, Dudley and District News, 13 September.
THEFT OF MILK -Benjamin Bonsor (17), North Street, Lower Gornal, was fined 2s 6d, and costs for stealing milk, the property of John Marsh Fellows, farmer, Cooper's Bank. The prisoner went into a field and milked a cow.
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