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'....
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