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Oldbury is a market town in the metropolitan borough of Sandwell, in the county of the West Midlands, England.It is the administrative centre of the borough. At the 2011 census, the town had a population of 13,606, [2] while the 2017 population of the wider built-up area was estimated at 25,488. [3]
Oldbury is a hamlet and former civil parish about 2 miles from Atherstone, now in the parish of Hartshill, in the North Warwickshire district, in the county of Warwickshire, England. In 1961 the parish had a population of 82.
The earliest record so far found of a church at Oldbury-on-the-Hill occurs in 1273, when there is a mention of a ‘free chapel’ there. [24] In 1291, the Rector of Great Badminton had a portion of 8s. and 6d. in the chapel of Oldbury. [11] The oldest part of the present medieval parish church of Oldbury is estimated to date from the 14th ...
Oldbury-on-Severn is a small village near the mouth of the River Severn in the South Gloucestershire district of the county of Gloucestershire in the west of England. The parish, which includes the village of Cowhill had a population at the 2011 census of 780. [ 1 ]
Warley is a residential area of Oldbury in the metropolitan borough of Sandwell in the West Midlands of the United Kingdom. Historically in both Worcestershire and Shropshire, the name has been used for both a civil parish (1884–1908) and a county borough/civil parish (1966–1974).
Oldbury Camp (also known as Oldbury hill fort) is the largest Iron Age hill fort in south-eastern England. [1] It was built in the 1st century BC by Celtic British tribes on a hilltop west of Ightham, Kent, in a strategic location overlooking routes through the Kentish Weald. The fort comprises a bank and ditch enclosing an area of about 50 ...
The locations of 100 new Gypsy and traveller pitches which will address a council's need for plots have been chosen. South Gloucestershire Council has proposed "expanding or intensifying" dozens ...
Great Oldbury is a civil parish in the Stroud district, in Gloucestershire, England. [1] The parish was formed on 1 April 2024 from Eastington , Standish and Stonehouse . [ 2 ]