Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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]
Langley Green is an area of the town of Oldbury, on the B4169 road, in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, in the English county of West Midlands. The appropriate ward of Sandwell is simply called Langley. The population at the 2011 census was 12,969. [1] Langley Green has a library, a theatre and a railway station called Langley Green ...
The first public library in Columbus, the downtown reading room on the first floor of City Hall, opened on March 4, 1873, and contained 1,500 books. [3] These included 1,200 from the Columbus Athenaeum (1853-1872), [4] 358 from Columbus's high school library, and 33 from its horticultural society. [5]
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.
At the 2021 census, the civil parish of Hartshill, which also includes the hamlet of Oldbury had a population of 3,655. [1] The village stands on a hill overlooking the Leicestershire plains to the north. The county boundary is defined by the A5 road, the former Roman Watling Street.
[10] [11] Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, which was formed in 1974, was initially based at West Bromwich Town Hall [12] but moved to modern facilities at the new Sandwell Council House on the east side of Freeth Street, Oldbury in 1989. [13] The municipal buildings in Oldbury went on to serve as the local offices of Citizens Advice. [14]
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 ...
It is home to the nearby Oldbury nuclear power station, a Magnox power station which opened in 1967 and ceased operation on 29 February 2012. The village is the site of an Iron Age fort called Oldbury Camp. [2] Older maps refer to this as a Roman camp and also refer to another Roman camp surrounding St Arilda's Church. [3]