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Towns in West Midlands
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Acocks Green
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Aldridge
Aldridge is a very attractive town, in which each neighbourhood is very well looked after, with trees and well cut grass. There is also a beautiful church, a library, and a tree-lined courtyard including a children's play area. |
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Allesley
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Amblecote
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Aston
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Barston
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Berkeswell
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Bickenhill
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Bilston
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Birmingham
Birmingham is Britain's second largest city and is situated right in the heart of England. Friendly, bustling and thriving, Birmingham is one of our most visited cities and welcomes visitors all year long. |
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Bloxwich
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Bordesley
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Bournville
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Brierley Hill
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Brownhills
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Bushbury
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Canley
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Castle Bromwich
We have just received a description of Castle Bromwich from one of our readers. This description of Castle Bromwich is currently being prepared for publication and will appear on this page within the next few days. |
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Coseley
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Coundon
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Coventry
Coventry, dominated by its stunning state of the art Cathedral, has wide pedestranised streets, modern architecture, good shopping facilities, fashionable restaurants, luxurious modern hotels, parks and gardens, theatres, and sports venues. |
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Cradley
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Darlaston
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Delph
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Dorridge
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Dudley
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Edgbaston
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Erdington
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Fallings Park
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Foleshill
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Four Oaks
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Gornalwood
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Great Barr
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Halesowen
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Hampton in Arden
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Handsworth and Smethwick
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Harborne
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Hasbury
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Hay Mills
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Hockley
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Holly Lane
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Keresley
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Kings Norton
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Kingswinford
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Knowle
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Longbridge
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Longford
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Lower Gornal
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Lye
Lye is a leafy suburb between Stourbridge and Halesowen. It is less than two miles from open country, and the landscape is hilly. Lye itself consists chiefly of a main high street, containing all manner of shops. |
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Marston Green
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Meriden
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Minworth
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Moseley
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Netherton
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Northfield
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Ocker Hill
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Old Hill
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Oldbury
Oldbury is at the centre of Sandwell, both geographically and as the site of the borough's Council House. The town dates from the 13th century, and for most of its history it was part of the parish of Halesowen in Worcestershire. |
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Olton
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Packwood
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Parkside
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Pedmore
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Pelsall
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Perry Barr
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Quinton
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Rowley Regis
The secret of Rowley Regis' success is its firm foundations. The Romans first came to the area 2,000 years ago, attracted by the hard rock of the Rowley Hills; the legacy of quarrying is still part of the local landscape. |
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Rushall
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Saltley
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Sandwell
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Sedgley
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Selly Oak
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Sheldon
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Sleightholme
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Small Heath
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Smethwick
Smethwick - From a rural community of farms and cottages, through the transformation of the Industrial Revolution to the bustling community of today - in many ways Smethwick is Sandwell in microcosm. |
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Solihull
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Spon End
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Stechford
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Stivichall
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Stoke
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Stourbridge
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Streetly
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Sutton Coldfield
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Swan Village
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Temple Balsall
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Tettenhall
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Tipton
Little is known of Tipton's earliest history, the area was once part of the Royal Forest of Cannock, and records survive of land ownership in Norman times. By the 12th century there was a church (St. John's) and a moated manor house. |
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Toll Bar
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Tyburn
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Tyseley
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Upper Stonnall
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Victoria
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Walsall
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Walsall Wood
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Walsgrave on Sowe
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Wednesbury
Wednesbury is one of the oldest parts of Sandwell. The 'bury' part of the name indicates there may have been an Iron Age fort or 'beorg' on Church Hill as long ago as 200BC. |
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Wednesfield
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West Bromwich
West Bromwich is the borough's largest town and is mentioned in the Doomsday Book of 1086. At the time Bromwich - 'the little village on the heath of broom' - was among the possessions of William Fitz-Ansculf, Baron of Dudley. |
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Whitley
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Willenhall
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Witton
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Wollaston
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Wolverhampton
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Woodside
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Wordsley
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Wyken
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Wylde Green
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Yardley
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