Map sources for Brierley Hill at grid reference SO9286

Brierley Hill is a town in Dudley Metropolitan Borough, West Midlands, England. It is best known as the location of the Merry Hill shopping centre. Like most of the Black Country, it is a heavily industrialised town, known for glass and steel manufacture. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1802x2589, 189 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1802x2589, 189 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... A street in Ynysybwl, Wales, relatively stereotypical of a small town A town is usually an urban area which is not considered to rank as a city. ... The Metropolitan borough of Dudley is a metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. ... The County of West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England, the United Kingdom, formed in 1974. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... For the traditional meaning of the word mall, see mall. ... The Black Country is a loosely-defined area of conurbation to the north and west of Birmingham, and to the south and east of Wolverhampton in the English West Midlands, around the South Staffordshire coalfield. ... The materials definition of a glass is a uniform amorphous solid material, usually produced when a suitably viscous molten material cools very rapidly, thereby not giving enough time for a regular crystal lattice to form. ... // Steel is a metal alloy whose major component is iron, with carbon being the primary alloying material. ...

Brierley Hill had its own urban district council until 1966, when it became part of Dudley County Borough and then in 1974 the Metropolitan Borough. It is in the DY5 postal district. 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ...

The Merry Hill Centre was built on the grounds of the last working urban farm within the midlands. The Waterfront office complex was built on the site of the town's Round Oak steelworks, a site which was also developed in the 1980s for a railway freight terminal. From 1850 to 1964 Brierley Hill was served by a railway station for passengers on the Stourbridge-Walsall section of the South Staffordshire line, but passenger services were withdrawn due to the Beeching Act. The railway line from Stourbridge through Brierley Hill is still is use for goods trains but since 1993 it has been closed beyond Round Oak Steel Terminal, although that section of line is set to reopen in 2008 as an extension to the Midland Metro. The Merry Hill Shopping Centre, located in Brierley Hill, is one of the West Midlands most popular places to shop. ... // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 60s and 70s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... 1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Many railway lines were closed as a result of the Beeching Axe The Beeching Axe was an informal name for the British governments attempt in the 1960s to control the spiralling cost of running the British railway system by closing what it considered to be little-used and unprofitable... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... // Predicted events January-June January 15 - NASAs MESSENGER spacecraft makes the first of three flybys of Mercury. ... A Midland Metro tram The Midland Metro is a light-rail tram system in the West Midlands of England. ...