Walsall Wood
Walsall Wood is a smaa toun locatit in the Metropolitan Borough o Walsall, Wast Midlands, UK, atween Aldridge an Brownhills.
History
[eedit | eedit soorce]In the late-18t yeirhunner an early-19t yeirhunner, the wirkers o Walsall Wood wis primar involved in the minin o limestane. In 1864, the population o the toun expandit as Walsall Wood Colliery wis appent,[1] as weel as anither colliery in near-bi Shelfield. The Walsall Wood Colliery bocht the Pelsall Colliery frae Pelsall Coal & Iron Co. in 1894.[2] The appenin o the Walsall Wood Colliery saw the establishment o the first public services, includin a polis station an a post office. The mine wis closed in 1964 whan the supply o accessible coal haed been exhaustit: In 2010 a memorial pitheid designed bi Luke Perry wis erectit tae commemorate the veelage's minin heritage.
St John's Kirk in Walsall Wood wis constructit in 1837 at a cost o £1,200. The kirk, wi its quadrangular touer, is in the Gothic style, whilst the parsonage hoose is in the Elizabethan style. The kirk is constructit oot o blue brick wi stane dressins an haes a capacity o 400.[3]
Local Govrenment
[eedit | eedit soorce]Walsall Wood is pairt o the Aldridge North an Walsall Wood waird, in the Aldridge-Brownhills constituency, the MP o whilk is presently Richard Shepherd (Conservative). The ara is representit bi three Conservative councillors, Keith Sears, Anthony Harris an Mike Flower.
Education
[eedit | eedit soorce]Shire Oak Schuil is locatit in Walsall Wood an haed the seivent best GCSE results in the borough fur 2006.[4]
Sports, recreation an entertainment
[eedit | eedit soorce]Oak Pairk is a recreation centre in Walsall Wood consistin o twa soummin puils, an astro-turf fitbaa pitch, an ither sportin facilities. Walsall Wood F.C. is a fitbaa club competin in the Midland Combination Premier Diveesion. Thay play thair hame gemmes at thair grund locatit at Oak Pairk.
Thare is an on-steid KFC restaurant locatit richt next tae the pairkin o the facility. Ower the road frae Oak Pairk is a Fitness First gym, an several shops includin a fish an chip shop.
Walsall Wood leebrar is locatit in the umwhile neeburheid office biggin at the junction o Coppice Road an Lichfield Road. This replaces the umwhile leebrar biggin on Lichfield Road.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Association of Consulting Engineers (1987). The Consulting Engineers Who's who & Year Book. Princes Press. p. 206.
- ↑ Newcomen Society (1922). Transactions - Newcomen Society for the Study of the History of Engineering. Newcomen Society. p. 166.
- ↑ Edward Lees Glew (1856). History of the Borough and Foreign of Walsall. J.R. Robinson. pp. 77–78.
- ↑ "Schools in Walsall". BBC. 11 Januar 2007. Retrieved 24 Apryle 2007.
Freemit airtins
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Aldridge-Brownhills Conservative Association Archived 2006-10-17 at the Wayback Machine The Conservative constituency association.