Merridale

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Merridale is an area of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. It is situated to the south-west of the city centre, on the border of the city council's Graiseley and Park wards.

The Wolverhampton Grammar School is in the area.

"Merridale" (like nearby "Merry Hill") is a corruption of "Mere Dale" ("Mere Hill"). This relates to a "mere" or lake which existed in the area. Parts of the former Merridale Farm (recently restored and converted into apartments) are the oldest buildings in Wolverhampton apart from the Church and Saxon Pillar. Merridale Court, a large estate of flats, was built in the 1950s on the site of a former sand pit.