Sedgley

Sedgley
The Clifton public house and Bull Ring, in the centre of Sedgley
Sedgley is located in the West Midlands
Sedgley is located in the West Midlands
Sedgley
Location within the West Midlands
Population12,087 (2011.ward)[1]
OS grid referenceSO918936
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDudley
Postcode districtDY3
Dialling code01902
PoliceWest Midlands
FireWest Midlands
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament
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UK
England
West Midlands
52°32′24″N 2°07′23″W / 52.540°N 2.123°W / 52.540; -2.123

Sedgley is a town in the north of the Dudley district, in the county of the West Midlands, England.[2][3]

Historically part of Staffordshire,[4] 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 (now Bradley). In 1894, the manor was split to create the Sedgley and Coseley urban districts,[5] the bulk of which were later merged into the Dudley County Borough in 1966.[4]

Most of Sedgley was absorbed into an expanded County Borough of Dudley in 1966, with some parts being incorporated into Seisdon and Wolverhampton. Since 1974 it has been part of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley.

  1. ^ "Sedgley (Ward) – Population Density". Neighbourhood Statistics. ONS. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
  2. ^ "Sedgley Local History Society (SLHS)". Sedgley Local History Society. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
  3. ^ "Sedgley". St John Ambulance. Archived from the original on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
  4. ^ a b "Sedgley UD through time". visionofbritain.org.uk. Archived from the original on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
  5. ^ "Other Districts". wolverhamptonhistory.org.uk. Retrieved 19 June 2012.