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Encyclopedia > Brownhills
Brownhills

Brownhills shown within the West Midlands
Population 12,637 (2001 Census)
OS grid reference SK045055
 - London 128 mi (205 km) SE
Metropolitan borough Walsall
Metropolitan county West Midlands
Region West Midlands
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town WALSALL
Postcode district WS8
Dialling code 01543
Police West Midlands
Fire West Midlands
Ambulance West Midlands
UK Parliament Aldridge-Brownhills
European Parliament West Midlands
List of places: UK • England • West Midlands

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Brownhills is a town in the West Midlands, England. Located on the edge of Cannock Chase near the large man-made lake Chasewater, it is 6 miles (9.7 km) north-east of Walsall and a similar distance south-west of Lichfield. It is part of the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall and the Aldridge-Brownhills parliamentary constituency and neighbours the ancient villages of Pelsall and Stonnall. Before boundary changes in 1974, it was in the county of Staffordshire. Ronda, Spain Main street in Bastrop, Texas, United States, a small town A town is a community of people ranging from a few hundred to several thousands, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas. ... The County of West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a population of around 2,600,000 people. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... viky + callum 4 everCannock Chase is a mixed area of countryside in the county of Staffordshire, England. ... Chasewater is a 3 km² reservoir between Brownhills, Norton Canes and Burntwood, in Staffordshire, England. ... “Miles” redirects here. ... “km” redirects here. ... , Walsall is a large industrial town in the West Midlands of England. ... Not to be confused with Litchfield. ... The Metropolitan Borough of Walsall is a metropolitan borough of the county of West Midlands, England. ... Aldridge-Brownhills is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Pelsall is an area of Walsall in the West Midlands, England. ... Stonnall is a village in Staffordshire, England, close to Shenstone and between Lichfield and Birmingham. ... Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. ...


The town lies on the ancient Watling Street, but is not recorded before the 17th century, although Ogley Hay, which in modern times is a district of the town, is recorded as a settlement in the Domesday Book. Brownhills quickly grew around the coal mining industry, especially after it became linked to the canal and railway networks in the mid-19th century, and by the end of the century had grown from a hamlet of only 300 inhabitants to a town with a population of over 13,000, of whom the vast majority were employed in the coal industry. Mining remained the town's principal industry until the 1950s, but the subsequent closure of the area's pits led to a severe economic decline which has continued until the present day. The local authority has instituted a regeneration programme which it is hoped will revive the town's fortunes, providing better transport and leisure facilities. The modern Watling Street crossing the Medway at Rochester near the Roman and Celt crossings Watling Street is the name given to an ancient trackway in England and Wales that was first used by the Celts mainly between the modern cities of Canterbury and St Albans. ... A line drawing entitled Domesday Book from Andrew Williamss Historic Byways and Highways of Old England. ... Surface coal mining in Wyoming. ... For other uses, see Canal (disambiguation). ...

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History

Brownhills is situated on the ancient Watling Street and there is evidence of early settlement in the area, including an ancient burial mound and a guard post believed to date from Roman times and later dubbed Knaves Castle.[1][2] The name Brownhills, however, is not recorded before the 17th century. The most popular suggestion for the origin of the name is that it refers to the early mining spoil heaps which dotted the area.[3] The modern Watling Street crossing the Medway at Rochester near the Roman and Celt crossings Watling Street is the name given to an ancient trackway in England and Wales that was first used by the Celts mainly between the modern cities of Canterbury and St Albans. ... A slag heap is a pile made of accumulated tailings, which are by-products of mining. ...

Robert Plot's 1680 map of Staffordshire shows "Brownhill".
Robert Plot's 1680 map of Staffordshire shows "Brownhill".

The settlement is first recorded (as "Brownhill") on Robert Plot's 1680 map of Staffordshire, at which time it was a hamlet within the manor of Ogley Hay, which in turn was part of the parish of Norton Canes.[3] Ogley Hay itself had existed since at least the 11th century and is mentioned in the Domesday Book,[1] although the 1801 census lists it as having a population of only 8 people.[4] Beyond Ogley Hay lay Catshill, another hamlet which pre-dated Brownhills and which lay within the parish of Shenstone. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 584 × 599 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,041 × 1,068 pixels, file size: 130 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Extract from Robert Plots 1680 map of Staffordshire This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired in the United... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 584 × 599 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,041 × 1,068 pixels, file size: 130 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Extract from Robert Plots 1680 map of Staffordshire This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired in the United... Robert Plot (Borden, Kent, England, 1640 December 13 – Borden, 1696 April 30), was a British naturalist, first Professor of Chemistry at Oxford University and the first keeper of the Ashmolean Museum. ... Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. ... For the 17th century system in Canada, see Seigneurial system of New France. ... A parish is a type of administrative subdivision. ... Norton Canes is a village on the southern periphery of Cannock Chase District, situated 3 miles out of the centre of Cannock in Staffordshire. ... A line drawing entitled Domesday Book from Andrew Williamss Historic Byways and Highways of Old England. ... Shenstone is a village and civil parish in Staffordshire, England, close to Stonnall and between Lichfield and Birmingham. ...


During the 17th century, shallow mine workings began to develop in the area and in 1759 a turnpike was erected in the Catshill area.[1] A local legend claims that Dick Turpin once vaulted the barricade on his horse to avoid paying the toll,[5] although this is demonstrably false as Turpin was executed in 1739, twenty years before the turnpike's construction. In 1794 Brownhills (now in the plural) was included in a list of local settlements mentioned in an Act of Parliament concerning canals in Staffordshire,[6] and three years later the Wyrley & Essington Canal, nicknamed the "Curly Wyrley" by the locals due to its winding course, was opened.[1][7] In 1799 Norton Pool, later to be renamed Chasewater, was created to serve as a reservoir for the canals.[2] A toll road, turnpike or tollpike is a road on which a toll authority collects a fee for use. ... A 19th century illustration of Dick Turpin Richard (Dick) Turpin (born September 21, 1705 in Hempstead, Essex – died April 7, 1739 in York) is a legendary English rogue and the most famous historical highwayman. ... An Act of Parliament or Act is law enacted by the parliament (see legislation). ... Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. ... The Wyrley and Essington Canal is a canal in the Midlands of England, from Wolverhampton to Cannock. ... Chasewater is a 3 km² reservoir between Brownhills, Norton Canes and Burntwood, in Staffordshire, England. ...


Early in the 19th century, a horse-drawn tram system connected the mines to the wharves on the canal. In response to the growing population of the area open land in Ogley Hay, up until then merely heathland, was enclosed and converted to farmland in 1838, the same year in which the area was first declared a parish, although no church was built for another 13 years.[2] Charles Foster Cotterill, a former mayor of Walsall who had purchased the manor of Ogley Hay in 1836 upon the death of former lord Phineas Hussey, saw the potential of the area and sold off large tracts of his land for private farming and the construction of a flour mill and a foundry.[8] The remaining land of the former manor was progressively sold off through a series of indentures of questionable legality until 1846 when Cotterill sold the last 135 acres and moved to London.[9] This article refers to public transport vehicles running on rails. ... A parish is a type of administrative subdivision. ... , Walsall is a large industrial town in the West Midlands of England. ... Gristmill with water wheel, Skyline Drive, VA, 1938 A gristmill is a building where grain is ground into flour. ... A foundry is a factory which produces castings of metal, both ferrous and non-ferrous. ... An Indentured servant is an unfree labourer under contract to work (for a specified amount of time) for another person, often without any pay, but in exchange for accommodation, food, other essentials and/or free passage to a new country. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...


The South Staffordshire Railway reached Brownhills in 1850 and led to a huge expansion of the local mining operation and with it a population explosion in the area,[10] with the population increasing from 305 in 1801 to over 13,000 in 1891.[1] In 1858 a branch line was constructed through the heart of what was then the hamlet of Brownhills, which led to a migration of the population eastwards, leading to the formation of mining slums in the Ogley Hay area. Eventually a new town centre developed, complete with library and theatre.[2] This led to the gradual amalgamation of Brownhills, Ogley Hay and Catshill into one town.[11] The South Staffordshire Railway was the railway company responsible for building several lines in and around the area of Staffordshire, United Kingdom. ...

Brownhills miners depicted on a picture postcard from 1904
Brownhills miners depicted on a picture postcard from 1904

Mining was to remain the principal industry of Brownhills until the last pit closed in the 1950s.[12] During the 18th and 19th centuries the area known as Coppice Side was the hub of the mining industry, and the census of 1841 showed that over 80% of the population of the area which makes up modern Brownhills lived and worked there,[11] with up to ten pits active in the area at any one time.[13] As in other mining areas, several men lost their lives in the Brownhills pits. Seven miners, including a boy aged 11, died in an accident in 1861, and in October 1930 an explosion at the Grove Colliery killed fourteen miners, ten of them from Brownhills.[14][15] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...


In 1877 the town of Brownhills was officially recognised for the first time after a new Act authorised the amalgamation of rural districts into larger local government areas. An order was issued on 29 September stating:[16] is the 272nd day of the year (273rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

“ The Local Government Board have proposed to declare the Parish of Norton under Cannock, the Chapelry of Hammerwich, the Parish of Ogley Hay, and parts of the Parish of Shenstone and of the Township of Walsall Foreign to be a Local Government District under the name of the Brownhills District. ”

After the First World War, the Urban District Council, which had replaced the District Board in 1894, began a programme of urban improvement. Large areas of open farmland were purchased for the building of council houses, and a notorious slum area, Ogley Square, which had been declared unfit for human habitation, was demolished after a long legal dispute and the tenants rehoused. The final farmland within the boundaries of Brownhills was sold for redevelopment in 1952.[17] Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...


By the time of the Second World War the mines of Brownhills, being amongst the oldest in the area, were largely exhausted,[18] and following the nationalisation of the mining industry the final pit on the Common was closed in the 1950s. Following the demise of the coalfield the town experienced a severe economic slump, with many high street shops closing down. A wave of new development in the 1960s and 1970s saw a new shopping precinct planned, which it was claimed would incorporate a cinema, bowling alley, hotel and bus station and would completely revitalise the town. Despite the developers' grandiose claims, the project was not a success and ultimately consisted solely of shopping units, many of which stood empty for up to five years.[19] There was little further development in the 1980s and 1990s, and the feeling of the local council is that the town centre is in need of improvement. To this end the council has created a "Townscape Masterplan" for the redevelopment of the town.[20] Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...


Governance

The Council House was originally the seat of Brownhills District Council. Currently it houses the town's health centre and library.
The Council House was originally the seat of Brownhills District Council. Currently it houses the town's health centre and library.

Brownhills is represented by three tiers of government, Walsall Borough Council ("local"), UK Parliament ("national"), and European Parliament ("Europe"). Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Metropolitan Borough of Walsall is a metropolitan borough of the county of West Midlands, England. ...


The Brownhills District established in 1877 remained in existence until 1894 when it was superseded by Brownhills Urban District. In 1966 the Urban District merged with that of Aldridge to form the Aldridge-Brownhills Urban District, in accordance with a recommendation of the Local Government Commission for England. This in turn was amalgamated in 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, into the newly formed Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, under whose jurisdiction the area remains to this day. As a result of this amalgamation Brownhills also became part of the West Midlands county, having previously been part of Staffordshire.[21] Today Brownhills constitutes a ward within the Borough of Walsall and has three seats on the Borough Council. As at the 2007 local elections two of these seats were held by the Conservative Party and one by Labour.[22] Aldridge is a town in the West Midlands, England, in the borough of Walsall, although historically it was part of the county of Staffordshire. ... Aldridge-Brownhills is a British parliamentary constituency in the West Midlands consisting of the wards of: Aldridge North and Walsall Wood, Aldridge South and Central, Brownhills, Hatherton Rushall, Pelsall and Streetly. ... The Local Government Commission for England was established by the Local Government Act 1958 to review the organisation of local government, and make such proposals as are hereinafter authorised for effecting changes appearing to the Commissions desirable in the interests of effective and convenient local government. The Act also provided... The Local Government Act 1972 (1972 c. ... The Metropolitan Borough of Walsall is a metropolitan borough of the county of West Midlands, England. ... The County of West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a population of around 2,600,000 people. ... Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into ward (politics). ... Entrance to a polling station in the market town of Haverhill, Suffolk on 3 May 2007. ... The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is currently the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), the largest in terms of public membership, and the oldest political party in the United Kingdom. ... The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. ...

Richard Shepherd is the MP for Aldridge-Brownhills.
Richard Shepherd is the MP for Aldridge-Brownhills.

Richard Shepherd, representing the Conservative Party, has been the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Aldridge-Brownhills since 1979, when he won the seat from Labour's Geoffrey Edge, who had held the seat since its creation in 1974.[23] Shepherd has held his seat with comparative ease, gaining at least 50% of the vote at every general election until that of 1997 when, even with the Conservative Party suffering a landslide defeat, he still retained 47% of the vote.[24] Before the creation of the Aldridge-Brownhills seat in 1974, the town had been part of the Walsall North constituency since 1955, when it had been transferred from the now-defunct Cannock constituency.[25] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Richard Charles Scrimgeour Shepherd (born 6 December 1942, Aberdeen) Educated at the London School of Economics and Johns Hopkins University is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is currently the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), the largest in terms of public membership, and the oldest political party in the United Kingdom. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... Aldridge-Brownhills is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. ... Geoffrey Edge (born 26 May 1943) was British Labour Party politician. ... The UK general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997. ... Walsall North is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...


At the 2005 general election the Conservative Party won a majority of 5,507 and 47.4% of the vote in Aldridge-Brownhills. Labour won 33.5% of the vote, Liberal Democrats 12.3%, the British National Party 4.1% and the United Kingdom Independence Party 2.8%. The turnout was 64%, slightly higher than the national turnout of 61.3%.[26] The swing to the Conservatives was 2%.[27] The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005. ... The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, is a liberal political party in Great Britain formed in 1988 by the merger of the Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party; the two parties had already been in an alliance for seven years prior to this, since not long after... The British National Party (BNP) is a white nationalist political party in the United Kingdom. ... The United Kingdom Independence Party (commonly known as UKIP, pronounced //) is a British political party. ...


Brownhills is part of the West Midlands European Parliament constituency, which elects seven MEPs.[28] West Midlands is a constituency of the European Parliament. ... A Member of the European Parliament (English abbreviation MEP)[1] is a member of the European Unions directly-elected legislative body, the European Parliament. ...


Geography

Brownhills is located at 52°38′49.20″N 1°55′58.80″W / 52.647, -1.933 on the edge of Cannock Chase and lies mostly at a height of approximately 150 metres (492 feet) above sea level, although there is a sharp incline to nearly 180 metres (590 feet) at the eastern end of the town.[29] The highest point of Cannock Chase, standing at 244 metres (801 feet) above sea level,[30] lies approximately 4 miles (6 km) from the town.[29] Although a small river called Crane Brook flows slightly to the east of Brownhills,[31] the only significant bodies of water in the area are man-made, namely the canal and the 3 km² (1.2 sq mi) reservoir Chasewater, which lies to the north, between Brownhills and Cannock Chase.[29] The reservoir was constructed in the 18th century and reshaped by reclamation schemes as recently as the 1970s.[32] viky + callum 4 everCannock Chase is a mixed area of countryside in the county of Staffordshire, England. ... For considerations of sea level change, in particular rise associated with possible global warming, see sea level rise. ... Square kilometre (U.S. spelling: square kilometer), symbol km², is a decimal multiple of SI unit of surface area square metre, one of the SI derived units. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ... Chasewater is a 3 km² reservoir between Brownhills, Norton Canes and Burntwood, in Staffordshire, England. ...

The Parade cuts across the easternmost part of Brownhills Common.
The Parade cuts across the easternmost part of Brownhills Common.

Immediately to the west of the town is Brownhills Common, a 100-acre heathland which once formed part of Cannock Forest (also known as "Canke Wood").[33] Although the forest was felled in the 15th and 16th centuries, the spread of heather and the grazing of sheep led to the creation of a huge area of heathland. The area was affected by mine workings but has now returned to a more natural state and lizards and dragonflies may be observed.[34] The area now supports various habitat types, with the heathland mixing with marshy grassland, with scattered scrub and pools.[35] In 1926, when ownership of the Common was transferred to the local Council, a large area of barren land at the eastern end, closest to the town, was landscaped, with new trees planted.[36] Lying south of the Common, Birch Coppice is a large area of predominantly oak and birch woodland, which, although crossed by a now-dismantled railway line, mostly escaped the destruction caused to other wooded areas by mining and other industry.[37] Image File history File links Size of this preview: 757 × 599 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,200 × 950 pixels, file size: 104 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)Brownhills Common, photographed by myself I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 757 × 599 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,200 × 950 pixels, file size: 104 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)Brownhills Common, photographed by myself I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under... A cannula with a magnified end. ... Sheep redirects here. ... lizards are pink and become very aggressive when they see other females. ... This article is about the insect. ... Species See List of Quercus species The term oak can be used as part of the common name of any of several hundred species of trees and shrubs in the genus Quercus (from Latin oak tree), and some related genera, notably Cyclobalanopsis and Lithocarpus. ... Species Many species; see text and classification Birch is the name of any tree of the genus Betula, in the family Betulaceae, closely related to the beech/oak family, Fagaceae. ...

The new Brownhills bridge crosses the Wyrley and Essington Canal
The new Brownhills bridge crosses the Wyrley and Essington Canal

To the south, Brownhills is separated from the nearby village of Clayhanger by Clayhanger Common, which is designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest and considered "one of the best wetland sites in the county".[38] In 2007, a new £445,000 bridge was erected across the canal at Brownhills, providing pedestrian, disabled and cycling access to the Common and to the village of Clayhanger beyond.[39] To the east lies the village of Stonnall and a large area of green belt land.[40] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A Site of Special Scientific Interest or SSSI is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom. ... Stonnall is a village in Staffordshire, England, close to Shenstone and between Lichfield and Birmingham. ... For other uses of the word Greenbelt, see Greenbelt (disambiguation). ...


The geology of Brownhills comprises mainly red clay marl overlying Triassic sandstone and deposits of coal.[33] The town is on several fault lines, the main one being the Vigo Fault, a branch of the larger Eastern Boundary Fault, which runs from Birmingham to Rugeley. On the western side of the fault, in the area of Brownhills Common, the marl is over 1,000 feet (305 m) thinner than on the eastern side, bringing the coal seams significantly closer to the surface.[41] The presence of the faults and the effects of mining mean that subsidence has been a major problem in the area for many years.[42][43] Marls are calcium carbonate or lime rich muds or mudstones which contain variable amounts of clays and calcite or aragonite. ... The Triassic is a geologic period that extends from about 251 ± 0. ... Red sandstone interior of Lower Antelope Canyon, Arizona, worn smooth due to erosion by flash flooding over millions of years Sandstone is a sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-size mineral or rock grains. ... Geologic faults, fault lines or simply faults are planar rock fractures, which show evidence of relative movement. ... This article is about the British city. ... , Rugeley is a historic market town in the county of Staffordshire, England. ...


The land within the town is made up of approximately 62% greenspace, 18% domestic gardens, 7% roads, 4% domestic buildings, 3% non-domestic buildings and 6% other uses.[44] Since the 19th century, trade in Brownhills has been centred on the High Street. As the canal and Clayhanger Common lie immediately to the south of the High Street, the town's housing areas are mainly to the north and at the eastern and western ends of the town.[45] Brownhills has 5,152 residential dwellings, of which 47% are semi-detached houses.[46] Selling prices for all types of property within the town have risen significantly since 2000; in August 2007 the average selling price was £137,600, compared to £59,596 in 2000, a rise of 131%.[47] The Aldridge and Brownhills Housing Trust owns and manages those properties formerly owned as council houses by Walsall Council.[48] Semi-detached housing (usually abbreviated to semi, as in three-bedroom semi) consists of pairs of houses built side by side as units sharing a party wall and usually in such a way that each houses layout is a mirror image of its twin. ... The council house is a form of public housing found in the United Kingdom. ...


In the West Midlands, the warmest time of the year is July and August, when maximum temperatures average around 21 °C (70 °F); the coolest months are January and February, when minimum temperatures average around 1 °C (39 °F).[49] The area's average maximum and minimum temperatures are almost exactly in line with the national average.[50] The average annual rainfall is about 676 millimetres (27 in), the wettest months being September to January.[49] This is lower than the national average annual rainfall of 838 mm (33 inches).[50]


See Penkridge weather station for details of average temperature and rainfall figures taken between 1971 and 2000 at the Met Office weather station in Penkridge (around 11 miles (18 km) from Brownhills). Penkridge weather station is a weather station at Penkridge in Staffordshire, England, operated by the Met Office. ... The new building on the edge of Exeter The Met Office (originally an abbreviation for Meteorological Office, but now the official name in itself), which has its headquarters at Exeter in Devon, is the United Kingdoms national weather service. ... , Penkridge is a market town in Staffordshire, England with a population of 7,836 (Census 2001). ...


Demography

Demographics at a glance
2001 UK census Brownhills Ward Walsall District England
Total population 12,637 253,499 49,138,831
Foreign born 2.2% 8.3% 9.2%
White 97.4% 56.4% 90.9%
Asian 1.2% 10.4% 4.6%
Black 0.5% 0.5% 2.3%
Christian 79.6% 72.1% 71.7%
Muslim 0.6% 5.4% 3.1%
Hindu 0.2% 1.6% 1.1%
No religion 12.5% 10.0% 14.6%
Over 65 years old 13.1% 15.0% 15.0%
Unemployed 3.78% 4.36% 3.35%

As of the 2001 UK census, Brownhills ward had a population of 12,637,[51] and a population density of 17.45 persons per hectare.[52] UK Census 2001 logo A nationwide census, commonly known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday 29 April 2001. ... , Walsall is a large industrial town in the West Midlands of England. ... UK Census 2001 logo A nationwide census, commonly known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday 29 April 2001. ... 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 usually named after neighbourhoods...


Of the town's 5,151 households, 40.7% were married couples living together, 10.4% were cohabiting couples and 10.2% were lone parents. 25.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.8% had someone living alone at pensionable age. 31.8% of households included children aged under 16 or a person aged 16 to 18 who was in full-time education. The average household size was 2.45.[53] This article is about a living arrangement. ...


The ethnicity of the town was 97.4% white, 0.63% mixed race, 1.23% Asian, 0.49% black and 0.28% Chinese or other.[54] The country of birth of residents was 97.8% United Kingdom, 0.39% Republic of Ireland, 0.24% Germany, 0.18% other Western European countries, 0.16% Eastern Europe, 0.21% Africa, 0.25% Far East, 0.44% South Asia, 0.04% Middle East, 0.17% North America and 0.03% Oceania.[55] Religion was recorded as 79.56% Christian, 0.56% Muslim, 0.23% Hindu, 0.09% Buddhist, 0.06% Jewish and 0.34% Sikh. 12.52% were recorded as having no religion, 0.12% had an alternative religion and 6.53% did not state their religion.[56] A current understanding of Western Europe. ... Pre-1989 division between the West (grey) and Eastern Bloc (orange) superimposed on current national boundaries: Russia (dark orange), other countries of the former USSR (medium orange),members of the Warsaw pact (light orange), and other former Communist regimes not aligned with Moscow (lightest orange). ... A world map showing the continent of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. ... The far east as a cultural block includes East Asia, Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia and South Asia. ... Map of South Asia (see note on Kashmir). ... A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ... North America North America is a continent [1] in the Earths northern hemisphere and (chiefly) western hemisphere. ... For other uses, see Oceania (disambiguation). ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations · Other religions Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Archbishop of Canterbury · Catholic Pope Coptic Pope · Ecumenical Patriarch Christianity Portal This box:      Christianity is... For people named Islam, see Islam (name). ... Hinduism (known as in modern Indian languages)[1] is a religious tradition[2] that originated in the Indian subcontinent. ... A statue of the Sakyamuni Buddha in Tawang Gompa, India. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Sikhism (IPA: or ; Punjabi: , , IPA: ), founded on the teachings of Guru Nanak Dev and nine successive gurus in fifteenth century Northern India, is the fifth-largest religion in the world. ...


For every 100 females, there were 98.04 males.[57] The age distribution was 6.6% aged 0–4 years, 15.0% aged 5–15 years, 4.2% aged 16–19 years, 36.3% aged 20–44 years, 23.6% aged 45–64 years and 14.1% aged 65 years and over. The mean population age was 37.48, lower than the national average of 38.60.[58]


The economic activity of residents aged 16–74 was 43.2% in full-time employment, 12.3% in part-time employment, 6.1% self-employed, 3.8% unemployed, 1.3% students with jobs, 2.3% students without jobs, 13.5% retired, 7.3% looking after home or family, 6.9% permanently sick or disabled and 3.3% economically inactive for other reasons. The percentage of people in full-time employment was significantly higher than the 39.1% average for the whole of the Walsall district.[59] Of the town's residents aged 16–74, 8.45% had a higher education qualification or the equivalent, compared with 19.9% nationwide.[60] According to Office for National Statistics estimates, during the period of April 2001 to March 2002 the average gross weekly income of households in the Brownhills area was £460 (£23,920 per year).[61] The University of Cambridge is an institute of higher learning. ... Office for National Statistics logo The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is the United Kingdom government executive agency charged with the collection and publication of statistics related to the economy, population and society of the United Kingdom at national and local levels. ...


Economy

Brownhills High Street pictured in 1907
Brownhills High Street pictured in 1907
 
Brownhills High Street pictured in 2007
Brownhills High Street pictured in 2007

The decline of the mining industry in the 1950s caused a severe economic slump in Brownhills, which continues to this day. The local authority has created a "Townscape Masterplan" for the regeneration of Brownhills, which involves increased leisure provision, the improvement of the town centre's shopping facilities, a new transport interchange incorporating Park and Ride facilities and cycle links to the town centre and the National Cycle Route, and the refurbishment of run-down properties.[20] The plan also involves the potential construction of a bypass to relieve the heavily congested High Street.[62] In addition to these developments, a grant of over £350,000 was obtained to fund the creation of a new "mini town square",[63] and the demolition of blocks of high-rise flats in the town has begun.[64] Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 515 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,200 × 772 pixels, file size: 76 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)Brownhills High Street depicted on a picture postcard which was mailed in 1908, believed to be in the public domain due to age This image... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 484 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,200 × 726 pixels, file size: 104 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Brownhills High Street, photographed by myself on October 22, 2007 I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and... The first section of the NCN to be built was the Bristol and Bath Railway Path, opened in 1984. ...


As of the 2001 census, Brownhills had 5,768 people in employment, of which the largest percentage (28.85%) worked in manufacturing, followed by retail (19.35%) and construction (8.93%). Compared to the national average, the town had a relatively high percentage of workers in the construction industry and a relatively low number in real estate and financial intermediation.[65] The average distance travelled to work by Brownhills residents was 10.36 km; the vast majority (62%) travelled to work by car.[66]


One of the town's largest employers is T & S Stores, a subsidiary of Tesco plc,[67] whose depot in the town employs approximately 1,000 people.[68] Brownhills was also formerly home to the wirings manufacturer Electrium's last UK-based factory, but this has closed, with manufacturing shifted overseas and commercial staff moved to a new site in Cannock.[69] In 2006, the site was converted into a mixed-use facility dubbed Toll Point, with Walsall Council among those moving to the site.[70][71] Many people are also employed at the town's large branch of Tesco which is open 24 hours a day on weekdays and is large enough to have its own petrol station.[72] Before being taken over by Tesco, the store was a branch of Hillards,[73] and an earlier Tesco store in the town had been forced to close as it could not compete with Hillards.[74] , Cannock is a town in Staffordshire, England, just north of the West Midlands conurbation. ... , For other uses, see Tesco (disambiguation). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ...


The High Street retains various independent shops, including a cobbler and a butcher, but is seen as in need of improvement. Walsall Council's regeneration programme includes extensive redevelopment of the High Street; the council's view is that retail investment should be focussed on the existing shopping area rather than encouraging new developments outside this area as, based on consultants' studies, the council believes that the town could not support large-scale retail development. Specific development opportunities within the vicinity of the High Street have been identified, with particular focus on land on Silver Street, adjacent to the canal.[75]


Transport

A train passes through Brownhills in 1909
A train passes through Brownhills in 1909

Brownhills is served by the A5 and lies close to a junction of the M6 Toll motorway. Travel West Midlands bus services connect the town with Walsall,[76] and Diamond Bus services link to Aldridge and Birmingham.[77] The nearest National Express coach stops are in Walsall, Bloxwich and Cannock. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 557 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,284 × 894 pixels, file size: 285 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)Image of a train passing through Brownhills station in 1909. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 557 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,284 × 894 pixels, file size: 285 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)Image of a train passing through Brownhills station in 1909. ... The A5 is a major road in the United Kingdom. ... The M6 Toll (previously called the Birmingham North Relief Road, or BNRR) is the United Kingdoms first toll-paying motorway, other than the Severn Bridges on the M4 and M48 motorways. ... Travel West Midlands logo Travel West Midlands (formerly known as West Midlands Travel) is the largest bus operator in the West Midlands, including the cities of Birmingham, Coventry (trading as Travel Coventry) and Wolverhampton, as well as the boroughs of Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull and Walsall. ... , Walsall is a large industrial town in the West Midlands of England. ... The Go West Midlands logo Go West Midlands is a bus company based in Birmingham in the United Kingdom. ... Aldridge is a town in the West Midlands, England, in the borough of Walsall, although historically it was part of the county of Staffordshire. ... This article is about the British city. ... National Express coach on route 561 National Express is the brand under which the majority of long distance bus and coach services in the United Kingdom are marketed, and also the company that manages this network and operates some of the services. ... Map sources for Bloxwich at grid reference SJ9902 Bloxwich is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands, England, with a population of around 40,000 people. ... , Cannock is a town in Staffordshire, England, just north of the West Midlands conurbation. ...


The Birmingham Canal Navigations' Wyrley and Essington Canal passes through Brownhills and meets the Daw End Branch Canal at Catshill Junction.[78] Birmingham Canal Navigations (BCN) is a network of canals linking Birmingham, England to Wolverhampton and the Black Country. ... The Wyrley and Essington Canal is a canal in the Midlands of England, from Wolverhampton to Cannock. ... -- Huddlesford Jn (Variable status to Ogley Jn) Locks 29-30 Locks 27-28 A38 road Locks 24-26 Lichfield Locks 20-23 Lock 19 Ogley 3rd Flight (13-18) Ogley 2nd Flight (9-12) A5 road A461 road M6 Toll motorway Ogley 1st Flight (1-8) Chasewater Res and feeder... Catshill Junction (grid reference SK048048) is the northern limit of the Daw End Branch Canal where it meets the Wyrley and Essington Canal main line, near Brownhills, in West Midlands, England. ...


Brownhills formerly had two railway stations. The first, on the South Staffordshire Line (later part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway), opened in 1849 but was closed as part of the Beeching Axe in 1965. The line remained open for freight until 1983, but the track was lifted in 1985.[79] The other, on the Midland Railway, was open for passengers between 1884 and 1930 and for freight until 1960, when the track was lifted.[80] The local authority ultimately aims to create a new station and re-open passenger rail links to Brownhills as part of its "Townscape Masterplan".[20] This article is about the disused station on the South Staffordshire Line. ... The South Staffordshire Line is a railway line opened between Walsall (Staffordshire) and Stourbridge (Worcestershire) in 1850. ... The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS1) was a British railway company. ... Many railway lines were closed as a result of the Beeching Axe The Beeching Axe is an informal name for the British Governments attempt in the 1960s to reduce the cost of running the British railway system. ... This article is about the disused station operated by the Midland Railway. ... This article is about the historical British railway company. ...


Education

The town's main secondary school is Brownhills Community Technology College (formerly Brownhills Community School), a mixed-gender school with approximately 1,000 pupils.[81] In 2002 the school was designated a technology college and since 2005 has been affiliated to the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust.[82] In 2006, 28% of the school's pupils gained at least five GCSEs at grades A*–C including English and maths, ranking it 12th out of Walsall's 19 secondary schools.[83] Institute of technology, and polytechnic, are designations employed in a wide range of learning institutions awarding different types of degrees and operating often at variable levels of the educational system. ... The Specialist Schools and Academies Trust (SSAT) is a national body for secondary education in England, with responsibility for overseeing the Specialist schools and Academies programmes. ... GCSE is an acronym that can refer to: General Certificate of Secondary Education global common subexpression elimination - an optimisation technique used by some compilers This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...


Although officially located slightly outside the town's boundaries in Walsall Wood,[84] Shire Oak School takes many pupils from Brownhills. Approximately 6% of children from the town attend selective schools elsewhere in the borough of Walsall.[85]


Watling Street Primary School, situated on the A5 at the western end of town, has about 200 students between the ages of 3 and 11.[86] In 2006, Watling Street's Key Stage 2 results were the best in the Walsall area.[87] There are three other primary schools in the town, St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School, Brownhills West Primary School, Millfield Primary School and one in Clayhanger, Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School. The A5 is a major road in the United Kingdom. ... Key Stage 2 is the legal term for the four years of schooling in maintained schools in England and Wales normally known as Year 3, Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6, when pupils are aged between 7 and 11. ...


Religious sites

Brownhills has a Church of England church (St James),[88] a Roman Catholic church (St Bernadette),[89] three Methodist churches (including one in Clayhanger),[89] two Spiritualist Churches,[90] and a Pentecostal church.[89] The Church of England logo since 1998 The Church of England is the officially established Christian church[1] in England, and acts as the mother and senior branch of the worldwide Anglican Communion, as well as a founding member of the Porvoo Communion. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... For other uses, see Methodism (disambiguation). ... The Spiritualist Church arose from the Spiritualist movement which began in the 1840s in America. ... The Pentecostal movement within Protestant Christianity places special emphasis on the gifts of the Holy Spirit. ...


Brownhills has had strong links with the Methodist faith since the 19th century. The current Silver Street Methodist church was built in the 1960s when two other churches were compulsorily purchased and demolished due to their sites being identified as prime locations for additional town centre car parking under a council redevelopment scheme.[91]


Culture

Attractions and landmarks

The Brownhills Miner statue
The Brownhills Miner statue

One of Brownhills' most prominent landmarks is a 30 feet (9 m) sculpture of a coal miner, erected in May 2006 on a roundabout at one end of the High Street, where the A4124 Pelsall Road and High Street A452 cross. The sculpture, by John McKenna, commemorates the town's mining tradition.[92][93] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Surface coal mining in Wyoming. ...


Chasewater lies on the edge of Brownhills, with the area surrounding it, which is designated as a country park, officially falling within the Brownhills postal area.[94] The reservoir supports a variety of activities including water-skiing, sailing, angling and bird watching. Running around the water is the Chasewater Railway, which operates throughout the year on Sundays and also hosts a range of special events. The railway's main station is designated Brownhills West.[95] Chasewater is a 3 km² reservoir between Brownhills, Norton Canes and Burntwood, in Staffordshire, England. ... Chasewater Railway is a former colliery railway running round the shores of Chasewater in Staffordshire, England. ...


On the opposite side of the A5, Brownhills Common, where a wide variety of birds can be observed, is a designated nature reserve,[96] as is Shire Oak Park, approximately one mile from the town centre.[97] Holland Park, on the edge of the Common, has a skate park and multi-sports area, which were created as part of a £95,000 environmental regeneration project and opened in 2002. The final stage of the project will see the building of a new "youth shelter".[98][99]


The town is home to what is reputed to be the oldest fingerpost in the United Kingdom.[1] A well preserved fingerpost in East Lavington. ...


Cultural events and venues

Brownhills market, with the Silver Street Methodist church visible beyond
Brownhills market, with the Silver Street Methodist church visible beyond

One of the major concerns of the local council is that the town is "particularly lacking in leisure provision".[20] At one time the town had two cinemas, but the last of these closed in the 1960s and a plan to build a new one never came to fruition.[100] Although the town's theatre also closed down many years ago, the Brownhills Community School's theatre stages productions by local groups such as the Aldridge Musical Comedy Society and the Walsall Gilbert and Sullivan Society.[101][102] Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,200 × 1,600 pixels, file size: 773 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Brownhills market I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,200 × 1,600 pixels, file size: 773 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Brownhills market I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the...


Brownhills holds an annual canal festival in June with stalls, entertainment and boat trips,[103] and there is an active Community Association which organises a range of events, including a weekend-long military display event in 2006.[104] The town has a weekly market which is popular but suffers from a reputation for the sale of counterfeit goods. In 2005 Trading Standards officers seized over £40,000 worth of fake goods in a raid on the market.[105]


Brownhills has several public houses. Although some older ones, such as the Victorian-era Jolly Collier in Coppice Side, were demolished in the 1980s,[106] several dating from the 19th century still stand comparatively unchanged, including the Shoulder of Mutton, which still bears windows etched with the emblem of the brewery which owned it in the 1850s.[107] Pub redirects here. ...


Sport

Brownhills does not currently have a Saturday men's football (soccer) team, the nearest being Pelsall Villa F.C. of the West Midlands Regional League and Heath Hayes F.C. and Walsall Wood F.C. of the Midland Football Combination. In the 1990s Brownhills Town F.C. competed in the Combination but folded during the 2003–04 season.[108] During the 1950s Ogley Hay F.C. were a strong local team, reaching the final of the Walsall Senior Cup on three occasions.[109] Currently, the main football club in the town is Brownhills Community Colts, a youth club which has existed since the 1970s and fields teams in various age groups, as well as teams for children with disabilities.[110][111] A player (wearing the red kit) has penetrated the defence (in the white kit) and is taking a shot at goal. ... Pelsall Villa F.C. is a football club based in the village of Pelsall, West Midlands, England, currently playing in the West Midlands Regional League Premier Division. ... The West Midlands (Regional) League is a football competition based in England, covering the West Midlands, Shropshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire and South Staffordshire. ... Heath Hayes F.C. is a football club based in Staffordshire, England. ... Walsall Wood F.C. is a football club based in Walsall Wood, which lies between Walsall and Brownhills in West Midlands, England. ... The Midland Football Combination is an English association football league comprised of four divisions: Premier, First, Second, and Third. ... The 2003-2004 season was the 124th season of competitive football in England. ... The Walsall and District Football Association Senior Cup is an English football competition for clubs in and around Walsall. ...


The Brownhills Canoe and Outdoor Centre opened in 2006, funded by British Waterways with the assistance of partners such as Sport England, the European Regional Development Fund and Walsall Council, and offers canoeing and kayaking lessons on the canal, close to the centre of town.[112] Nearby Chasewater is a prominent watersports site, with the Watersports Centre offering a variety of water skiing facilities, including the largest children's coaching scheme in the UK,[113] and the sailing club providing year-round windsurfing and dinghy sailing.[114] British Waterways sign near Gas Street Basin on the BCN. British Waterways is a government body sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and the Scottish Executive in the United Kingdom. ... Sport England logo Sport England (formerly the English Sports Council) is the body responsible for distributing funds and providing strategic guidance for sporting activity in England. ... European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Scope As part of its task to promote regional development, the ERDF contributes towards financing the following measures: Productive investment to create and safeguard sustainable jobs; Investment in infrastructure which contributes, in regions covered by Objective 1, to development, structural adjustment and creation and maintenance... The Metropolitan Borough of Walsall is a metropolitan borough of the county of West Midlands, England. ... Canoeing is the recreational or sporting activity of paddling a canoe or kayak. ... Sea Kayaking at Wilsons Promontory in Victoria, Australia Kayaking is the use of a kayak for moving across water. ... // Water skiing began in 1922 when Ralph Samuelson strapped two boards to his feet and rigged a clothesline up to his boat on Lake Pepin in Lake City, Minnesota. ... A windsurfer with modern gear tilts the rig and carves the board to perform a planing jibe (downwind turn) close to shore in Maui, Hawaii, one of the popular destinations for windsurfing. ... 2 GP14s, a Topper and a Graduate Dinghy sailing is the activity of sailing small boats by using (1) the sails and (2) underwater foils (centreboard and rudder). ...


The local community association organises a range of sporting activities for members of the public, including activities as diverse as yoga, badminton and kickboxing.[115] For other uses, see Yoga (disambiguation). ... This article is about the sport. ... Kicking to left side Kickboxing refers to sport-fighting using kicks and punches and sometimes throws and bows representing a certain martial art or can be practiced for general fitness, or as a full-contact sport. ...


Media

Brownhills has no dedicated local newspaper of its own, but is covered by newspapers published in Wolverhampton and Walsall. The most popular paid-for local newspaper is the Express & Star.[116] Free newspapers with significant circulation in the town include the Walsall Chronicle, Walsall Advertiser, and Walsall Observer.[117][118][119] Similarly, the town has no dedicated local radio station but receives the stations broadcast from the Sutton Coldfield transmitting station, including BRMB and Kerrang! 105.2.[120] Wolverhampton is a city in the historic county of Staffordshire and metropolitan county of the West Midlands. ... , Walsall is a large industrial town in the West Midlands of England. ... The Express & Star is a right wing leaning evening newspaper based in Wolverhampton, England, publishing 11 different editions covering the Black Country, Birmingham and areas of the wider West Midlands from Tamworth to Kidderminster. ... The Sutton Coldfield transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility located just north of Sutton Coldfield, in Birmingham, England (grid reference SK113003). ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Kerrang! 105. ...


Notable people

Three members of the Dorsett family from Brownhills played professional football (soccer). George Dorsett (1881–1942) and his brother Joe (1888–1951) both played for West Bromwich Albion and Manchester City in the early years of the 20th century.[121] Their nephew Dicky Dorsett (born 3 December 1919, died 1999) played over 250 times for Aston Villa between 1946 and 1952 and also played for Wolverhampton Wanderers in the 1939 FA Cup final.[122][123] More recently, supermodel Erin O'Connor (born 9 February 1978) grew up in Brownhills.[124] A player (wearing the red kit) has penetrated the defence (in the white kit) and is taking a shot at goal. ... George Dorsett (born 1881 in Brownhills, Walsall) was an English footballer who played for West Bromwich Albion and Manchester City as a winger and wing-half. ... Joseph Arthur Harold Joe Dorsett (born Brownhills, 11 April 1888, died 1951)[1] was an English professional football (soccer) player. ... West Bromwich Albion Football Club (also known as West Brom, The Baggies, Albion, The Albion, The Throstles or W.B.A.) are an English professional football club based in West Bromwich, West Midlands. ... Manchester City Football Club is an English professional football club based in the city of Manchester. ... Richard Dorsett born 3 December 1919 in Brownhills. ... is the 337th day of the year (338th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... Aston Villa redirects here. ... Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. are an English football club playing at Molineux Stadium. ... For information on FA Cup Final Referees, see FA Cup Final Referees. ... For the RuPaul song, see Supermodel (You Better Work). ... Erin OConnor (born February 9, 1978), is an English supermodel. ... is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ...


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Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article Brownhills.
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Topics Birmingham Canal Navigations • Black Country • Centro • History of West Midlands County
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  Results from FactBites:
 
All about Brownhills near Walsall in the West Midlands (1869 words)
The population of Brownhills was 305 in 1841, coal mining being the main occupation.
Brownhills was only officially recognised when it became a "local government district" on 29th.
Brownhills is situated on the edge of the West Midlands conurbation and specifically the Black Country industrial area.
Wyrley Juniors Football Club (904 words)
Brownhills had ended Riley Colts' unbeaten run with a 4-0 win the week before, so it was with some trepidation that Wyrley turned up at Brownhills on a sunny but blustering afternoon.
Brownhills were reduced to ten men for most of the first half when one of their forwards had to retire with a hamstring injury and it was the Brownhills keeper who kept them in the game with a string of excellent saves.
A minute later, Brownhills were made to rue this missed opportunity when Jaffa received the ball from Adam Nicholls on the left; turned the defender; advanced into acres of space and placed the ball past the keeper unchallenged to make the score 0-2 to Wyrley on 65 minutes.
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