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Bilbrook is a village just outside Wolverhampton, England. It is just over the West Midlands border in Staffordshire. Bilbrook is often overshadowed by nearby Codsall village but has its own separate identity. The village gets its name from the Roman word for watercress, Bil that grew in the local brook until recent times. Wolverhampton is an industrial, commercial and university city and metropolitan borough in the English West Midlands, traditionally part of the county of Staffordshire. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the British Isles Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st UK... The County of West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England, the United Kingdom, formed in 1974. ... Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. ... Codsall is a large village north west of the city of Wolverhampton in the United Kingdom. ... Species Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum (L.) Karsten Rorippa microphylla (Boenn. ...


Bilbrook has a primary school, a middle school and a church. Other features include The Woodman Inn public house and two rows of shops including a Tescos Express superrmarket. It has a yearly fete and is generally considered a safe, if depressing place to live.


Bilbrook has a train station on the Shrewsbury-Wolverhampton Line. The Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton Line (and previously to Birmingham) is the railway line from Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton via Wellington. ...


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Bilbrook: Information from Answers.com (180 words)
Bilbrook is a village in the South Staffordshire district of Staffordshire, England.
Bilbrook is often overshadowed by nearby Codsall village but has its own separate identity.
Bilbrook has a primary school, a middle school and a church.
Wyrley Juniors Football Club (611 words)
Bilbrook had kindly arranged for the use of their home ground as the venue for this game as a result of Jones Lane being waterlogged.
Bilbrook scored their fourth goal from a shot on the edge of the penalty area following a corner while Karl Deeley was off the field recovering from an injury sustained while blocking a clearance.
Bilbrook's fifth goal had a suspicion of offside but there was no argument about the sweet curling lob which gave Bilbrook their sixth.
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