County Borough of Warley
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| Administration | |
|---|---|
| Status: | County borough, Civil parish |
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| History | |
| Created: | 1966 |
| Abolished: | 1974 |
| Succeeded by: | Sandwell |
| Area | |
| 1966: | 3,833 acres |
| 1974: | 3,833 acres |
| Population | |
| 1971: | 163,545 |
Warley was a county borough and civil parish [1] formed in 1966 by the combination of the existing county borough of Smethwick with the non-county boroughs of Oldbury and Rowley Regis, by recommendation of the Local Government Commission for England. The Tividale area of Tipton and a tiny fragment of Dudley also became part of Warley.
Smethwick and Rowley Regis had been part of Staffordshire, while Oldbury was considered part of Worcestershire (having been transferred from Shropshire in 1844). The new county borough was placed entirely in the geographical county of Worcestershire. Warley took its name from Warley Woods, an area straddling the Smethwick/Oldbury boundary : a civil parish of Warley had previously existed.
On the formation of the West Midlands metropolitan county in 1974, the county borough of Warley merged with the county borough of West Bromwich to form the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell.
Famous people from Warley include the comedian Frank Skinner, the actress Julie Walters and Fleetwood Mac member Christine McVie.
[edit] External links
- Vision of Britain - Warley County Borough
