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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.
Sadler was educated at Himley and West Bromwich, before entering into an apprenticeship under his elder brother Samuel Sadler (1807–1861) as a builder.Having reached the age of 21, he took over the Brick Manufacturing business established by his father, a pioneer of the industry in Oldbury, and came to found his own firm - eventually registered as John Sadler & Sons of Shidas Lane, Oldbury ...
[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 ...
Tividale Park has been known as Derygate (Deer Gate) Park; it can be traced back as far as 1327 when Tividale was known as Derickton Cross. [2]Tividale was largely developed from the mid 19th century around the main road from Oldbury and Dudley, on the border of Dudley and Tipton.
It was the second major overhaul of local government structures in the area in eight years; the borough of Warley had only been created in 1966 as a merger of the old boroughs of Oldbury, Rowley Regis and Smethwick, whilst the borough of West Bromwich had been enlarged in 1966 to absorb the area of the abolished boroughs of Tipton and ...
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 .