17 Facts About Wednesbury

Wednesbury is a market town in Sandwell in the county of West Midlands, England.

Wednesbury is one of the few places in England to be named after a pre-Christian deity.

Wednesbury was fortified by Æthelflæd, daughter of Alfred the Great and known as the Lady of Mercia.

Wednesbury erected five fortifications to defend against the Danes at Bridgnorth, Tamworth, Stafford and Warwick, with Wednesbury in the centre.

In 1086, the Domesday Book describes Wednesbury as being a thriving rural community encompassing Bloxwich and Shelfield.

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Medieval Wednesbury was very small, and its inhabitants would appear to have been farmers and farm workers.

Wednesbury became Secretary of State, a Knight of the Garter and an Ambassador.

Wednesbury was incorporated as a municipal borough, with its headquarters at Wednesbury Town Hall, in 1886, maintaining this status for 80 years until it was absorbed into an expanded borough of West Bromwich in 1966.

Wednesbury's wife survived, having left the house to investigate the cause of a loud noise at a nearby factory, caused by the first bombs falling.

Borough of Wednesbury ceased to exist in 1966, with the majority being absorbed into West Bromwich, and small parts in the County Borough of Walsall.

Wednesbury has the postcode WS10, shared with Darlaston in the borough of Walsall.

Wednesbury was the scene of two major tragedies during the second half of the 20th century.

Well over 100 years, Wednesbury was dominated by the huge Patent Shaft steel works, which opened during the 19th century on a site straddling the border with Tipton, and closed in 1980.

Archives for Wednesbury Borough are held at Sandwell Community History and Archives Service in Smethwick.

Wednesbury is on Thomas Telford's London to Holyhead road, built in the early 19th century.

Wednesbury was first connected to the rail network in the mid-19th century, and has been served by heavy and light rail for all but six years since then.

Since 1999, Wednesbury has been served by the West Midlands Metro light rail system, with stops at Great Western Street and Wednesbury Parkway.