11 Facts About Sedgley

Sedgley is a town in the north of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, in the West Midlands, England.

Historically part of Staffordshire, Sedgley is on the A459 road between Wolverhampton and Dudley, and was formerly the seat of an ancient manor comprising several smaller villages, including Gornal, Gospel End, Woodsetton, Ettingshall, Coseley, and Brierley.

Place name Sedgley was first mentioned in a 985 charter from King Æthelred to Lady Wulfrun, when describing the Wolverhampton border.

Sedgley was mentioned in the Domesday Book, as an estate held by William Fitz-Ansculf, Lord of Dudley.

Sedgley expanded rapidly during the early part of the 20th century, partly in response to the development of the nearby Baggeridge Colliery, despite a depletion in raw materials and a general decline in industry.

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Ancient Manor of Sedgley consisted of nine villages; Sedgley, Gospel End, Cotwall End, Upper Gornal, Lower Gornal, Woodsetton, Coseley, Ettingshall and Brierley.

East of the Sedgley district was transferred into Dudley as long ago as 1926, to allow for the development of the Priory and Wrens Nest Estates, where new council housing was built to rehouse families from the slum clearances in central Dudley in the 10 years leading up to the outbreak of World War II in 1939.

Central area of Sedgley, so named because it was originally the site of bull baiting before the sport was declared illegal in 1835.

The Court House, built in the early 19th century, was originally the law court for Sedgley but is empty despite their attempts of a succession of owners to keep in competitive with other local pubs.

Crime in Sedgley increased significantly during the 1990s and early 2000s, but has fallen in more recent years.

However, by 2014 the number of reported crimes in the Sedgley ward has regularly fallen to less than 50 crimes in a month, with the final two months of 2013 seeing less than 40 crimes reported each month.