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Solihull (/ ˈ s ɒ l i h ʌ l, ˈ s oʊ l-, ˌ s oʊ l i ˈ h ʌ l / SO(H)L-ee-hul, SOH-lee-HUL) is a market town and the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, in the West Midlands, England. Solihull is situated on the River Blythe in the Forest of Arden area. The town had a population of 126,577 at the 2021 Census ...
The coat of arms of Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council. Solihull probably derived its name from a 'miry or muddy' or soily hill. The parish church was built on a hill of stiff red marl, which turned to sticky mud in wet weather. Solihull was an ancient parish, covering the town itself and adjoining rural areas, including Shirley. [3]
Coat of Arms of Warwickshire. This is about the history of the County of Warwick situated in the English Midlands.Historically, bounded to the north-west by Staffordshire, by Leicestershire to the north-east, Northamptonshire to the east, Worcestershire to the west, Oxfordshire to the south, Gloucestershire to the south-west, an exclave of Derbyshire to the far north, and less than 400 yards ...
For local government purposes West Midlands comprises seven metropolitan boroughs: Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall, and Wolverhampton. They collaborate through the West Midlands Combined Authority. The county was historically part of Staffordshire, Warwickshire, and Worcestershire.
Smith's Wood is a suburban civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in the West Midlands of England. It is known best for its schools and ancient woodland. The civil parish has a population of 10,476, according to the 2011 census. North Warwickshire forms its north and east boundary, Kingshurst its south, and Castle Bromwich its ...
Kingshurst is a post-war village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, in the West Midlands, England.Historically part of the county of Warwickshire in the Meriden Rural District, It lies about 7 miles (11 km) north of Solihull town centre, 10 miles (16 km) east of Birmingham and 12 miles (16km) west of Coventry, it borders North Warwickshire to the east.
It is located close to the North Warwickshire district border within a green belt of the countryside known as the Meriden Gap and is in the ecclesiastical parish of the Diocese of Coventry. The village is 7.5 miles (12 kilometres) east-northeast of Solihull , 7 miles (11 kilometres) west-northwest of Coventry and 12 miles (19 kilometres) east ...
Dorridge is a large village in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in the West Midlands (county), England. Historically part of the historic county of Warwickshire, the village is encompassed within the electoral ward of Dorridge and Hockley Heath, which had a population of 11,140 in the 2011 census. [1]