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Willenhall, near Wolverhampton, was where locks, such as Yale and Chub etc, were made. The workers who had to file the various parts which make up a lock, were bent over bench vices for many hours during the day. Over a period of time, these workers developed humps on their backs, hence the word "Humpshire"

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