Warley was a county borough formed in 1966 by the combination of the existing county borough of Smethwick with the towns of Oldbury and Rowley Regis. The Tividale area of Tipton and a tiny fragment of Dudley also became part of Warley. Smethwick and Rowley Regis are traditionally in Staffordshire, while Oldbury is traditionally in Worcestershire. For ceremonial purposes the new county borough was placed in Worcestershire. Warley took its name from Warley Woods, an area straddling the Smethwick/Oldbury boundary. County borough was a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom to refer to a borough or a city independent of county administration. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Map sources for Smethwick at grid reference SP0287 Smethwick (pronounced Smethick) is a town adjacent to Birmingham and West Bromwich in England. ... Map sources for Oldbury at grid reference SP3194 Oldbury is a town in Englands Black Country. ... Map sources for Rowley Regis at grid reference SO9687 Rowley Regis is a town in the Sandwell borough of the West Midlands county, and a part of the Black Country. ... Tividale first existed during the late 18th century as an extension of Tipton in the county of Staffordshire. ... Map sources for Tipton at grid reference SO9592 Tipton is a town in the Sandwell borough of the West Midlands, England, with a population of around 47,000. ... Map sources for Dudley at grid reference SO9390 Dudley is a town in the West Midlands, England. ... Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. ... Worcestershire (pronounced ; abbreviated Worcs) is a county located in the West Midlands region of central England. ...

On the formation of the West Midlands metropolitan county in 1974, the county borough of Warley merged with the county borough of West Bromwich to form the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, although the Warley postal district was retained. The County of West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England, the United Kingdom, formed in 1974. ... The six metropolitan counties shown within England The metropolitan counties are a type of county-level subnational entity in current use in England. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ... Map sources for West Bromwich at grid reference SO9992 West Bromwich is a town in the English county of the West Midlands, five miles north west of Birmingham lying on the A41 London to Holyhead trunk road. ... Sandwell is a metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. ...

Famous people from Warley include the comedian Frank Skinner, the actress Julie Walters and Fleetwood Mac member Christine McVie. For the composer of the same name, see Frank Skinner (composer) Frank Skinner Frank Skinner (b. ... Julie Walters as Molly Weasley in Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone Julia Mary Walters (born February 22, 1950) is a British actor of Irish Catholic extraction, mainly associated with comedy and character roles. ... Fleetwood Mac (formed in 1967) is an influential and commercially successful British-American band whose music has ranged from blues to pop. ... Christine McVie Christine McVie (born Christine Anne Perfect, July 12, 1943, in Birmingham) is a British singer, keyboardist, and songwriter. ...