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1814 map showing Dudley as an exclave of Worcestershire. By the early 16th century the Dudley estate, now held by the Sutton family, had become severely in debt and was first mortgaged to distant relative John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, before being sold outright in 1535. [11]
Fig 6: Map signifying the two boundary changes between Staffordshire and Worcestershire in 1926 and 1928 affecting Dudley County Borough and Oldbury Urban District The compact size of Dudley County Borough combined with an increasing population, the high cost of reclaiming derelict land and urgent slum clearance contributed to a dire housing ...
The County Borough of Dudley was a local government district in the English Midlands from 1865 to 1974. [3] Originally a municipal borough , it became a county borough in 1889, centred on the main town centre of Dudley , along with the suburbs of Netherton and Woodside .
The DY postcode area, also known as the Dudley postcode area, [2] is a group of fourteen postcode districts in England, within eight post towns.These cover the south-western part of the West Midlands (including Dudley, Tipton, Brierley Hill, Stourbridge and Kingswinford) and north Worcestershire (including Kidderminster, Bewdley and Stourport-on-Severn), plus the south-westernmost part of ...
Dudley, shown on an 1814 map as an exclave of Worcestershire surrounded by Staffordshire. Also note the exclave of Shropshire at Halesowen, which was abolished by the Counties (Detached Parts) Act 1844. The historic county was well provided with exclaves. After 1844, six survived with three small satellite exclaves making a total of nine.
Dudley Castle is a ruined fortification in the town of Dudley, West Midlands, England. Originally, a wooden motte and bailey castle built soon after the Norman Conquest , it was rebuilt as a stone fortification during the twelfth century but subsequently demolished on the orders of Henry II of England .
Worcestershire (/ ˈ w ʊ s t ər ʃ ər / ⓘ WUUST-ər-shər, /-ʃ ɪər /-sheer; written abbreviation: Worcs) is a ceremonial county in the West Midlands of England.It is bordered by Shropshire, Staffordshire, and the West Midlands county to the north, Warwickshire to the east, Gloucestershire to the south, and Herefordshire to the west.
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