THE HISTORY OF OLDBURY (WHERE I LIVE), LANGLEY, AND WARLEY WHICH ARE THREE OF MANY COMMUNITIES IN THE WEST MIDLANDS.

History of Oldbury, Langley and Warley


Communities of the West Midlands

Around 1000AD, Oldbury, Langley and Warley were small hamlets in the northernmost part of the Manor of Hales in Worcestershire. With the arrival of the Normans in 1066, most of the manor of Halesowen was given by William I to Roger Montgomery, Earl of Shrewsbury, and transferred to Shropshire, where most of his lands were held. About half of the lands of Warley, however, were granted to William FitzAnsculf, whose base was at Dudley, and this remained in Worcestershire (Warley Wigorn). The remainder of Warley (Warley Salop) went into Shropshire with the rest of the manor.

 Hales Manor remained in the hands of Earl Roger's descendants until 1102, when Robert de Belesme led an unsuccessful rising against Henry I, and the manor was confiscated by the crown. In 1177, Henry II gave it to his brother-in-law, David ap Owen, Prince of Wales, and it became 'Hales Owen'. It reverted to the crown on his death, and ten years later King John granted it to the Bishop of Worcester to found a religious house.
This is a charity football match in aid of the district hospital between Oldbury Firemen (in West Bromwich Albion strip) and Oldbury Police (in Oldbury Town strip) in 1892 at the Town football ground. A crowd of over 2000 watched the game

The newly-built school in Moat Road at the time of the opening

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