Blakenhall is a district of Wolverhampton which was developed during the late 19th century just south of the town centre, with hundreds of terraced houses some with shop fronts being built on the main road towards Sedgley as well as many being built in the side streets running off. The next major development in Blakenhall took place in the 1960s when several mutli storey blocks of flats were built, although one tower block was demolished in 2002 and two more are set to follow in 2005. Blakenhall has a predominantly Sikh community which settled into the area in the two decades following the Second World War. Jump to: navigation, search Wolverhampton is an industrial, commercial and university city and metropolitan borough in the English West Midlands, traditionally part of the county of Staffordshire. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... A street of British Victorian/Edwardian terraced homes. ... Jump to: navigation, search The 1960s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ... A tower block, block of flats or apartment block is a high-rise apartment building. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2002(MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A Sikh man wearing a turban A Sikh is a follower of Sikhism, a religious faith originating in the Punjab. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...

Blakenhall is also a ward of Wolverhampton City Council, which forms part of the Wolverhampton South East consituency. The ward also covers the suburb of Goldthorn Park, immediately to the south, and part of Graiseley. It borders Penn, Graiseley, St Peter's, Ettingshall and Spring Vale wards, as well as (briefly) South Staffordshire and the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley. Jump to: navigation, search A ward is an electoral district used in local politics, most notably in England, Scotland, and Wales, as well as Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa and many cities in the United States and the federal district of Washington, DC. Wards are... Jump to: navigation, search Wolverhampton is an industrial, commercial and university city and metropolitan borough in the English West Midlands, traditionally part of the county of Staffordshire. ... Wolverhampton South East is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Goldthorn Park is a suburb of Wolverhampton, West Midlands. ... Graiseley is an inner-city area of Wolverhampton, WestMidlands, situated immediately to the south-west of the city centre. ... Penn (population 12000) is a suburb of Wolverhampton, West Midlands. ... Graiseley is an inner-city area of Wolverhampton, WestMidlands, situated immediately to the south-west of the city centre. ... St Peters is a ward of Wolverhampton City Council, West Midlands. ... Ettingshall is an area of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, and is a ward of Wolverhampton City Council. ... Spring Vale is a ward of Wolverhampton City Council, West Midlands, England. ... South Staffordshire is a local government district in Staffordshire, England. ... The Metropolitan borough of Dudley is a metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. ...

It should not be confused with the Blakenall Heath area of nearby Walsall. Jump to: navigation, search Map sources for Blakenall Heath at grid reference SO9786 Blakenall Heath was originally a rural area north of Walsall, but the face of the area changed dramatically between 1918 and 1939. ... Jump to: navigation, search Map sources for Walsall at grid reference SP0198 Walsall Art Gallery Walsall is an industrial town in the West Midlands of England. ...

The Royal Wolverhampton School is situated in Blakenhall ward, as are Colton Hills and Parkfields Secondary schools. The Wolverhampton Orphan Asylum was founded in 1850 by John Lees, a local freemason and lock manufacturer, after a cholera epidemic ravaged the town and left many children orphaned. ... High School also refers to the highest form of classical riding, High School Dressage. ...

On 8th July 1996, as nationally reported in the news, a machete attack took place at St Luke's Nursery School in Blakenhall, when 33-year-old Horrett Campbell ran riot - stabbing 21-year-old nursery nurse Lisa Potts and six children aged between 2 and 4 years. Campbell was later convicted on seven counts of attempted murder and sentenced to indefinite detention in a mental hospital, while Lisa Potts was awarded the George Medal for her bravery. Jump to: navigation, search 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Jump to: navigation, search Machete The machete (International Phonetic Alphabet: ) is a cleaver-like tool that looks like a very large knife. ... A psychiatric hospital (also called a mental hospital or asylum) is a hospital specializing in the treatment of persons with mental illness. ... The George Medal was created by Britains King George VI on 24 September 1940. ...