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It has had a railway station since the 1850's, it was originally called Oldbury Station but it is now known as Sandwell and Dudley.
Oldbury was a parish in the county of Shropshire (surrounded by Worcestershire and Staffordshire) until the late 19th century. Then it became a County Borough and was incorporated into the county of Worcestershire. In 1966, Oldbury borough merged with the County Borough of Smethwick and the Municipal Borough of Rowley Regis to form the County Borough of Oldbury, also taking in part of Tipton and a tiny fragment of Dudley. The county boundaries were also changed to include the whole of Warley as part of Staffordshire.
In 1974, Oldbury became part of the new Sandwell Metropolitan Borough (a merged between the county boroughs of West Bromwich and Warley) and is now in the West Midlands metropolitan county. Sandwell's headquarters are situated in Oldbury Town Centre. Oldbury includes the post codes of B68 and B69, the latter of which is shared with part of Tipton.
The most famous person from Oldbury is Frank Skinner, who was born in the Bristnall Hall area of the town in 1957.
Oldbury was a parish in the county of Shropshire (surrounded by Worcestershire and Staffordshire) until the late 19th century.
In 1974, Oldbury became part of the new Sandwell Metropolitan Borough (a merger between the county boroughs of West Bromwich and Warley) and is now in the WestMidlands Metropolitan County.
Oldbury is at the centre of Sandwell, both geographically and as the site of the borough's Council House.
In the mid 18th century the original manor house, which dated from the 14th century, was demolished, leaving Oldbury's the Big House in Church Street as the town's most historic building.
Today Oldbury is a totally modern town, Old and new face each other across the town's central square, on one side the ultra-modern council House and the new retail park, on the other the traditional family shops of Birmingham Street, including the first branch of Lloyd's Bank.
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