Oldbury
Oldbury is a town in Sandwell, West Midlands in England. It is a part of the Black Country, and the administrative centre of the borough of Sandwell. The town's name comes from the Old English 'Ealdenbyrig', which conveys that Oldbury was old even in early English times over 1000 years ago. Eald is Old English for 'old', and Byrig is the plural of 'burh' in Old English, with a burh being a stronghold or fortified town. According to the 2011 Census, the town has a permanent population of around 13606 people. Oldbury was part of the ancient parish of Halesowen, a removed part of Shropshire surrounded by Worcestershire and Staffordshire, up until the Counties (Detached Parts) Act 1844, when it was integrated back into Worcestershire after an absence of nine-hundred years. It became an Urban District in 1894, obtaining Municipal Borough status in 1935. In this time, Oldbury council built several thousand homes, flats and cottages for some 40 years before its dissolution, the 1000th of which was finished in 1933 at Wallace Road near the border with Rowley Regis. Ever since the 1980s, the town has actually seen ongoing development, especially the creation of more retail possibilities. This features Oldbury Green Retail Park, set on the town's ring road, which was developed in the middle of the 1990s. This, together with the advancement of the Merry Hill Shopping Centre found around 6 miles away during the 2nd half of the 1980s, has contributed to a decline in the functioning of nearby West Bromwich town centre as a retail centre for citizens. For all your home enhancements, make sure to find reputable professionals in Oldbury to make certain of quality.
