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The borough is divided into 24 wards and is represented by 72 ward councillors on the borough council. The borough was named after Sandwell Priory, the ruins of which are located in Sandwell Valley. Gaining widespread acceptance for the identity of Sandwell and unifying the distinct communities within the borough has been a protracted affair. [7]
The founder of Sandwell Priory was William, son of Guy de Offeni. Guy is known to have held West Bromwich around 1140 [1] and was still alive in 1155. [2] William was in charge by 1166 and was succeeded by his son, Richard, by 1212, although he may have survived a little longer.
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This is a list of areas in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England. Balls Hill; Bearwood; Black Lake; Black Patch; Bloomfield; Brades Village ...
A map of the West Midlands, showing the Metropolitan Boroughs: (1) Wolverhampton; (2) Dudley; (3) Walsall; (4) Sandwell; (5) Birmingham; (6) Solihull; and (7) Coventry.. A civil parish is a subnational entity, forming the lowest unit of local government in England.
Sandwell Valley Country Park was once the site of Sandwell Priory, a 12th-century Benedictine monastery which itself was founded on the site of an earlier hermitage. The monastery was closed on the orders of Cardinal Wolsey in 1525, and by 1705 the land was redeveloped once more, into Sandwell Hall , built for the Earl of Dartmouth .
Sandwell Valley is an area of green belt in the county of West Midlands, England, on the border of Birmingham and West Bromwich, with Walsall at its northern end. It is a valley on the River Tame of which 720 hectares (1,800 acres) are owned by Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council , with the RSPB leasing 25 acres as Sandwell Valley RSPB reserve .
The county council was abolished in 1986 and its functions passed to the county's seven borough councils, including Sandwell, with some services provided through joint committees. [ 8 ] Since 2016 the council has been a member of the West Midlands Combined Authority , which has been led by the directly elected Mayor of the West Midlands since 2017.