Woods Bank Explained

Country:England
Official Name:Woods Bank
Static Image Name:Lodge Road, Wood Bank - geograph.org.uk - 1880686.jpg
Static Image Caption:Lodge Road in Woods Bank, Darlaston
Coordinates:52.5626°N -2.0427°W
Map Type:West Midlands
Metropolitan Borough:Walsall
Metropolitan County:West Midlands
Region:West Midlands
Constituency Westminster:Wolverhampton South East
Post Town:WEDNESBURY
Postcode District:WS10
Postcode Area:WS
Dial Code:0121
Os Grid Reference:SO973960
Type:Suburb

Woods Bank[1] is an area of Darlaston in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall in the West Midlands county in England.[2] It is located to the southwest of Darlaston town centre and close to the Black Country New Road as well as the nearby village of Moxley.[3] It is primarily a residential estate and is close to the town of Bilston, bordering the boroughs of Sandwell and Wolverhampton.[4]

The number of houses in the Wood Green area increased by up to 87% between 1841 and 1871, and a sanitary report of 1875 describes a dwelling there as of one lower and one upper room, with no ventilation or back door. The area was described as "a distinct location of poor ironworkers".[5]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Food & Sanitation . 1895 . M. Henry . en.
  2. Book: Saddlery and Harness . 1896 . en.
  3. Web site: Guttridge . Richard . 2023-01-26 . The schools that have been told to improve according to Ofsted . 2024-11-16 . Birmingham Live . en.
  4. Book: Ede, John F. . History of Wednesbury . 1962 . Wednesbury Corporation . en.
  5. Jones . Rachael . 2021-01-02 . Darlaston: Growth of A Staffordshire Industrial Town During the Nineteenth Century . Family & Community History . en . 24 . 1 . 43–65 . 10.1080/14631180.2021.1925426 . 1463-1180. free .