39-730: Shelfield is a historic village in the borough of Walsall in the West Midlands , England. It is conjoined by the nearby suburbs of Walsall Wood and Rushall . The name Shelfield derives from the Anglo Saxon Skelfeld for sloping ground or field. Shelfield is mentioned in the Domesday Book as containing a hide of waste belonging to the Manor of Walsall . Transliterating the Domesday Book Latin
78-473: A designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty . The neighbouring districts are Cannock Chase , Stafford , East Staffordshire , South Derbyshire , North West Leicestershire , North Warwickshire , Tamworth , Birmingham and Walsall . The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 . The new district covered two former districts, which were both abolished at
117-602: A flagship department store, six-screen cinema, hotel, 37 individual shops, 56 apartments and over 700 car parking spaces. Discovered in a field near the village of Hammerwich , near Lichfield City , in Staffordshire , on 5 July 2009, the Staffordshire Hoard is the largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver metalwork ever found. It consists of nearly 4,000 items that are nearly all martial in character. The artefacts have tentatively been dated to
156-518: A higher rate of people who are permanently sick and disabled, where the national average is 5.3%. The Metropolitan Borough of Walsall is split between several travel to work areas (TTWA). The central and northern areas of the borough (including the towns of Walsall , Bloxwich and Brownhills ) are within the Walsall and Cannock TTWA, whilst the majority of the area west of the M6 motorway (including
195-849: A majority of councillors. At the 2011 election the Conservative Party lost five seats, while Labour gained eight, and afterwards no party held a majority . At the 2019 election , the Conservative Party regained control of the council. At the time of the United Kingdom Census 2001 , according to the Office for National Statistics , the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall had a total resident population of 253,499, of which 123,189 (48.6%) were male and 130,310 (51.4%) were female, with 101,333 households. The Borough occupied 10,395 hectares (40.14 sq mi) at
234-472: A religion, with the remainder reporting other religions. The most common ethnicity was White British , 94.6%, followed by Other White, 1.5%, and Asian/Asian British: Indian, 0.9%. Plans have been approved for Friarsgate, a new £100 million shopping and leisure complex opposite Lichfield City Station . The police station, bus station, Ford garage and multi-storey car park will be demolished to make way for new retail space and leisure facilities consisting of
273-661: A small branch line from which left the Heath End sidings just south of Pelsall railway station , onto an embankment which passed over the Ford Brook and then the "Donkey Bridge" pathway followed by a cutting under two bridges, one on the Four Crosses Road and immediately followed by the Lichfield Road bridge and onto to the colliery fields at Walsall Wood . The old bridge brick wall is still intact on
312-470: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Metropolitan Borough of Walsall WV (12, 13, 14) The Metropolitan Borough of Walsall is a metropolitan borough in the West Midlands , England. It is named after its largest settlement, Walsall , but covers a larger area which also includes Aldridge , Bloxwich , Brownhills , Darlaston , Pelsall and Willenhall . The borough had an estimated population of 254,500 in 2007. The borough
351-818: Is a railway line which runs from Birmingham International via Birmingham New Street and Walsall to Rugeley Trent Valley . The following stations on the line are within the Borough: See List of areas in Walsall 45% of pupils in the Borough of Walsall achieved five GCSEs with grades of A*-C, below the national average of 56%. The borough's education format is a traditional 5–7 infant, 7–11 junior and 11-16/18 secondary school system, with some infant and junior schools being combined single site primary schools, while others have infant and junior schools on separate sites. The towns of Walsall, Bloxwich, Darlaston and Willenhall have always used these age ranges, but
390-433: Is also covered by civil parishes , which form a third tier of local government. The council has been under no overall control since the 2023 election , being run by a Conservative minority administration. The first election to the district council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until the new arrangements took effect on 1 April 1974. Political control of
429-457: Is divided into civil parishes . The parish council for Lichfield itself takes the style "city council", and the parish councils for Burntwood and Fazeley take the style "town council". According to mid-2020 estimates, the population of Lichfield district is 105,637, with 53,583 (50.7%) of the population female. In the 2011 census , 69% of the population reported their religion as Christianity , and 23% reported no religion . 6% did not state
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#1732780798639468-743: Is home to the Shelfield Community Academy , which went through a 6 million pound refurbishment in 2002. Formerly called Shelfield Sports and Community College, it changed its title to Shelfield Community Academy in January 2009, and was turned into an Academy funded by the Ormiston Academies Trust . Shelfield is also home to St Francis, Catholic Primary School which is located adjacent to the Catholic Church. This West Midlands location article
507-462: The 2024 general election , the residents of the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall have been represented in the UK Parliament by Members of Parliament (MPs) for four separate parliamentary constituencies. Two, Walsall and Bloxwich and Aldridge-Brownhills fall wholly within the borough and are represented by Valerie Vaz ( Labour ) and Wendy Morton ( Conservative ) respectively. Parts of
546-541: The Freedom of the Borough of Walsall. Lichfield (district) Lichfield District ( UK : / ˈ l ɪ tʃ ˌ f iː l d / ) is a local government district in Staffordshire , England. The district is named after its largest settlement, the city of Lichfield , which is where the district council is based. The district also contains the towns of Burntwood and Fazeley , along with numerous villages and surrounding rural areas, including part of Cannock Chase ,
585-546: The M6 Motorway built in 1968 half circles around Walsall to the west of the town. There can be increased congestion on the local A roads whenever the motorway is temporarily closed or in a state of serious delay as road users try to bypass the problem. Junctions (North to South) 11, 10, 9 and 7 allow access to and from various parts of the town. The M6 and M5 join at junction 8. The A454 runs through Walsall on its way to Sutton Coldfield from Bridgnorth . The Chase Line
624-612: The 7th or 8th centuries, placing the origin of the items in the time of the Kingdom of Mercia . The hoard was valued at £3.285 million, and was purchased by the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery and the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery where items from the hoard are displayed. Local news and television programmes are provided by BBC West Midlands and ITV Central . Television signals are received from
663-519: The Aldridge, Brownhills and Streetly areas (which became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall in 1974) adopted 5–9 first, 9–13 middle and 13-16/18 secondary schools in September 1972. However, this system was discontinued and replaced with the traditional age ranges in September 1986 to fit in with the other schools in the Walsall borough. The following people and military units have received
702-433: The Metropolitan Borough of Walsall on 1 April 1974. On the same date the area became part of the new metropolitan county of West Midlands . For the next twelve years there was a two-tier structure in place, with West Midlands County Council providing higher county-level services. The county council was abolished in 1986. There were adjustments to some of the boundaries between Walsall and its neighbours in 1994. Since
741-501: The Metropolitan Borough, 42.84% of households owned a single car or van, with 31.05% owning none. The average car ownership per household was 1.01, compared with 0.96 across the West Midlands metropolitan county. The table below details the population change in the area since 1801. Although the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall has existed as a metropolitan borough only since 1974, figures have been generated by combining data from
780-608: The United Kingdom, 0.82% within the rest of the European Union , and 6.00% elsewhere in the world. Data on religious beliefs across the borough in the 2001 census show that 72.1% declared themselves to be Christian, 10.0% said they held no religion, and 5.4% reported themselves as Muslim . Whereas in the 2011 Census 59% declared themselves to be Christian, 26% said they held no religion or did not state their religion, and 8.2% reported themselves as Muslim . Within
819-471: The borough are within the constituencies of Wolverhampton North East and Wolverhampton South East , represented by Sureena Brackenridge and Pat McFadden ( both Labour ) respectively. Prior to Brexit in 2020, the borough was part of the West Midlands constituency in the European Parliament . The West Midlands region elected seven MEPs. In 1974, Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
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#1732780798639858-567: The borough being £131,131 during the period April – June 2009, compared with the average across the Metropolitan County of £128,142. Following transfer from the council in 2003, social housing in the area is primarily managed by WATMOS (consisting of eight Tenant management organisations ), and the Walsall Housing Group . The A34 trunk road runs directly through the middle of Walsall . An elevated section of
897-513: The complex is the former headmaster's house at 45 St John Street, built in 1682. The main school room behind the house was rebuilt in 1849. The school moved to new premises in 1903 and later became the King Edward VI School in 1971. The former school buildings at the corner of St John Street and Frog Lane were bought by Lichfield Rural District Council in 1917 and subsequently converted to be that council's offices in 1920. Following
936-605: The council since 1974 has been as follows: The leaders of the council since 1977 have been: Following the 2023 election, and subsequent changes of allegiance in October 2023, the composition of the council was: The next election is due in 2027. The district council is based at the District Council House on Frog Lane. The building began as Lichfield Grammar School, which had been founded in 1495 and moved to this site in 1577. The oldest surviving part of
975-505: The county council, but was still deemed to be part of Staffordshire for ceremonial purposes. A review of local government in the West Midlands area was carried out under the Local Government Act 1958 , culminating in the West Midlands Review Order 1965, which merged many of the districts in the area with effect from 1 April 1966. Darlaston and Willenhall were both absorbed into the county borough of Walsall, whilst
1014-601: The cutting between Four Crosses and Lichfield Road can still be seen from the Co-op and Esso garage and is still there on the one side of the bridge with the other side being occupied by houses and commercial buildings. The section from Pelsall to Shelfield now forms part of the Timberland Trail/Mercian Trail. Greenfield Primary is in Shelfield, with 292 pupils in January 2007. High Heath in Shelfield
1053-684: The entry reads: In Scelfeld est hida vasta pertinens eidem Manerio . In English: In Shelfield there is one hide of waste appertaining to the said Manor . This interpretation is further justified by a 1469 quitclaim in Walsall which records a witness named Richard Scelfelde; implying 'Scelfelde' is the ablative form of Scelfeld denoting "Richard of Shelfield." As such, we see the name Shelfield not only in Old English , but also now in Latin. Although not having its own station nor halt, Shelfield had
1092-399: The health and social work sector. At the 2001 UK census, Walsall Metropolitan Borough had 180,623 residents aged 16 to 74. 2.3% of these people were students with jobs, 6.0% looking after home or family, 6.8% permanently sick or disabled and 2.4% economically inactive for other reasons. These figures are roughly in line with the averages for England, though Metropolitan Borough of Walsall has
1131-609: The local government reorganisation in 1974 the building passed to the current Lichfield District Council. A large extension was added in 1987 facing Frog Lane, incorporating a new main entrance. The 1849 school room serves as the council chamber. Since the last boundary changes in 2015 the council has comprised 47 councillors representing 22 wards , with each ward electing one, two or three councillors. Elections are held every four years. Lichfield District's 22 wards are: The district includes areas in two parliamentary constituencies: Lichfield and Tamworth . The entire district
1170-563: The new parish of Lichfield. As such, "Lichfield City Council" is a parish council, whilst "Lichfield District Council" is a district council with wider powers and covering the much larger area of Lichfield District. Between 2011 and 2023, Lichfield formed part of the Greater Birmingham & Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership . Lichfield District Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Staffordshire County Council . The whole district
1209-442: The north and east of the borough are open space. Prior to 1966, the area that would later become the metropolitan borough of Walsall was governed by five smaller local authorities: The four urban districts were all within the administrative county of Staffordshire , in a two-tier structure with Staffordshire County Council providing county-level services. Walsall itself was a self-governing county borough , independent from
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1248-406: The same time: The borough of Lichfield had held city status from time immemorial . When the new district was created the area of the former borough became an unparished area with charter trustees to preserve its city status and other civic dignities. In 1980 the area of the former borough was made a civil parish , the charter trustees were wound up and the city status was re-conferred onto
1287-492: The time of the 2001 census. Its population density was 22.79 people per hectare compared with an average of 28.41 across the West Midlands metropolitan county. The median age of the population was 37, compared with 36 within the West Midlands metropolitan county and 37 across England and Wales. The majority of the population of the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall were born in England (91.77%); 1.42% were born elsewhere within
1326-632: The towns of Willenhall and Darlaston ) is within the Wolverhampton TTWA. The southeast of the Metropolitan Borough (including Streetly ) is within the Birmingham TTWA. The entire borough is within the Birmingham Larger Urban Zone . Average house prices in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall were fourth out of the metropolitan boroughs in the West Midlands county , with the average house price within
1365-484: The towns, villages, and civil parishes that would later be constituent parts of the borough. At the time of the 2001 census, there were 105,590 people (41.7%) in employment who were resident within Walsall Metropolitan Borough. Of these, 18.60% worked within the wholesale and retail trade, including repair of motor vehicles; 26.44% worked within manufacturing industry; and 9.85% worked within
1404-461: The two urban districts of Brownhills and Aldridge merged to become Aldridge-Brownhills Urban District . At the same time, there were also more minor boundary adjustments with neighbouring areas around the edges of the new districts. The new arrangements were relatively short-lived. Under the Local Government Act 1972 , local government in the area was reviewed again, with Walsall County Borough and Aldridge-Brownhills Urban District merging to become
1443-531: The west side of the Lichfield Road despite the deep cutting behind the wall being completely filled in following the line's closure. It was a single track and the branch line served Leighswood Colliery and crossed the Daw End Branch Canal . The goods traffic to Leighswood Colliery ended in the 1930s but the branch line continued to serve Atlas Brickworks until the closure of the works in 1964. The branch line has since been built on in parts however
1482-573: Was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 . It is bounded on the west by the City of Wolverhampton , the south by the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell , to the south east by the City of Birmingham , and by the Staffordshire districts of Lichfield , Cannock Chase and South Staffordshire to the east, north and northwest respectively. Most of the borough is highly industrialised and densely populated, but areas around
1521-531: Was created to administer the new metropolitan borough. Elections to the council take place in three out of every four years, with one-third of the seats being contested at each election. Between its formation in 1974 and the 2003 election , the council varied between control by the Labour Party , and where no one party had an overall majority. From 2003 to 2011 the Conservative Party then held
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