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Wednesfield (population about 35,000) is a town in Wolverhampton, West Midlands. It is to the northeast of Wolverhampton city centre, and on the A4124. Image File history File links Dot4gb. ...
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The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ...
Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England, traditionally part of the county of Staffordshire. ...
The County of West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a population of around 2,600,000 people. ...
The numbering zones for A-roads in Great Britain List of A roads beginning with 4 in Great Britain starting north of the A4 and south/west of the A5. ...
Most of the former Urban District of Wednesfield was merged into Wolverhampton County Borough in 1966, though some parts were incorporated into Walsall County Borough and other into South Staffordshire district. Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England, traditionally part of the county of Staffordshire. ...
1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ...
The Metropolitan borough of Walsall is a metropolitan borough of the county of West Midlands, England. ...
South Staffordshire is a local government district in Staffordshire, England. ...
It is covered by the Wednesfield North, Wednesfield South and parts of Fallings Park and Heath Town wards of Wolverhampton City Council. Wednesfield North is a ward of Wolverhampton City Council, West Midlands. ...
Wednesfield South is a ward of Wolverhampton City Council, West Midlands. ...
Heath Town is a district of Wolverhampton which sprung up in the late 19th century, with many terraced houses being built in the shadow of factories near the main road to Lichfield. ...
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...
Wednesfield was formerly well-known for making all kinds of traps, from mousetraps, to mantraps and locks. Many of the factories that dominated the area have been cleared to make way for houses and other buildings. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
Man-traps are mechanical devices for catching poachers and trespassers. ...
Wednesfield town centre is of a modest size, but has a small market on the High Street which is now a pedestrian and public transport area only. There are a number of shops, including a small supermarket and a large Sainsbury's, and several pubs. J Sainsbury plc is the parent company of Sainsburys Supermarkets Ltd, commonly known as Sainsburys, a chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom. ...
An amusingly named pub (the Old New Inn) at Bourton-on-the-Water, in the Cotswold Hills of South West England A pub in the Haymarket area of Edinburgh, Scotland A public house, usually known as a pub, is a drinking establishment found mainly in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada...
Wednesfield has links to Wolverhampton via the 559 & 560 bus and Birmingham via the frequent trains from Wolverhampton railway station. The 528,511 and 698 all pass close to Wednesfield. Wolverhampton railway station in Wolverhampton, West Midlands is on the West Coast Main Line. ...
The Church of St Thomas dominated the town centre, being originally built in 1760, but was almost completely destroyed by fire on 18th January 1902. 1760 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
Recently, the area to the west and south of the town centre has seen urban renewal take place, with the completion of a by-pass along the former route of the rail line through the town. There has also been a new leisure park built at Bentley Bridge called the Bentley Bridge Retail Park which has, a number of stores, a health club, a 14 screen cinema, and restaurants.
Recently a new 'Waterworld' Leisure Centre has been built close to Bentley Bridge. The centre features a studio pool (with adjustable depth), 25 metre main pool, leisure pool, 2 flumes, jacuzi, a sauna and steam room as well as an adequately equipped gym.
This is also a Gurdwara serving the local Sikh population. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
A Sikh (IPA: or ; Punjabi: , , IPA: ) is an adherent of Sikhism. ...
The Wyrley and Essington Canal runs through the town. The Wyrley and Essington Canal is a canal in the Midlands of England, from Wolverhampton to Cannock. ...
Famous people from Wednesfield include Olympic Champion Tessa Sanderson, Olympic gymnast Hayley Price, ex-England rugby union player Martin Cooper, Apprentice runner-up Ruth Badger and recent X Factor contestants 4Sure. Tessa Sanderson CBE (born 14 March 1956) is a former British javelinist and heptathlete. ...
Dr. Martin Cooper of Motorola Dr. Martin Cooper (born December 26, 1928 in Chicago) is considered the inventor of the cell phone. ...
Badger in a promotional shot for The Apprentice Ruth Badger (born 1978) is a British business woman from the city of Wolverhampton. ...
Local areas include Ashmore Park and Wood End. There is also a pleasant formal garden at Wednesfield Park. These areas were mainly bulit by AMG Builders, of Wolverhampton. Ashmore Park is a fairly small housing estate just outside of Wednesfield, Staffordshire. ...
Wood End is a suburb of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. ...
Its name came from Anglo-Saxon Wōdnesfeld = "open land belonging to the god Woden". Old English (also called Anglo-Saxon) is an early form of the English language that was spoken in parts of what is now England and southern Scotland between the mid-fifth century and the mid-twelfth century. ...
A god of the Anglo-Saxon /Early English tribes brought with them from continental Europe, around the 5th and 6th centuries until conversion to Christianity in the 8th and 9th centuries CE. Woden is the carrier-off of the dead, but not necessarily with the attributes of his Norse equivalent...
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