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Himley is a small village and civil parish in Staffordshire, England, 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Dudley and 5 miles (8.0 km) southwest of Wolverhampton. At the 2011 Census , it had a population of 802. [ 1 ]
[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]
Himley Hall is an early 17th-century country house situated in Staffordshire, England. It is situated in the south of the county in the small village of Himley, near to the town of Dudley and the city of Wolverhampton. Himley Hall is a Grade II* listed building. [1]
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 .
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 ...
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 .
Swindon is a village and civil parish located in the district of South Staffordshire, in the county of Staffordshire, England.It is 6 miles (6 km) west of Dudley, 2 miles (6 km) northwest of Kingswinford and 2 miles (6 km) southwest of Wombourne.
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 ...