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Himley is situated off the intersection of the main A449 road between Wolverhampton and Kidderminster, and the B4176 road between Dudley and Telford, which includes the village's bypass opened in July 1988. Bus routes National Express West Midlands 15/15a from Wolverhampton to Merry Hill Shopping Centre serve Himley village.
[10] [11] Around this time, coal mines were established in the Black Country, and the Earl of Dudley owned the substantial Himley colliery in the area surrounding the pub. [12] [6] In the 1850s the building began gradually sinking until one end of the building was 4 feet (1.2 m) lower than the other, [5] [13] leaning at an angle of 15 degrees. [14]
Set in the grounds of Himley Hall, Himley Park was created in the 1970s and is now visited by over 200,000 visitors each year. It features a large lake and hill with many woodland walks along with open parkland. It is well known for its thriving population of ducks. There is a small log cabin café which is open for hot food and drinks.
The largest developments of this era were the Sledmere Estate near Oakham in the mid-1950s and the Russells Hall Estate near Himley Road from the late 1950s to mid-1960s. The Old Park Farm estate was also built in the early 1950s on the remaining section of land which had been incorporated into Dudley from Sedgley to allow for the Priory Estate ...
The most important building in the parish is Himley Hall, a country house, which is listed together with associated structures and items in the grounds, Himley Park. The other listed buildings include a former rectory and associated structures, houses, a church, a hotel, a public house, and an ice house .
It was historically part of the ancient manor of Sedgley, becoming part of the Sedgley urban district in 1894, remaining part of this authority until 1966, when it became part of the Seisdon Rural District in 1966, despite the bulk of Sedgley being absorbed into Dudley County Borough. This in turn was replaced by the South Staffordshire ...
Baggeridge was originally owned by the Earls of Dudley as part of the Himley Estate and consisted of small farms and ancient woodland along with the parkland of Himley Park. It was later landscaped by Lancelot "Capability" Brown in the 18th century; the landscape is still largely unchanged from the southern boundary up to the Wishing Pools. The ...
The introduction of post code districts locally in 1966 also means that much of Woodsetton now has a Dudley DY1 post code rather than Sedgley DY3, although Gospel End comes within the DY3 postal district – as do the villages of Himley and Swindon, which were never within the same local authority at Sedgley and are no longer even in the same ...