Rowley Regis
Rowley Regis is a town and historic church as well as a previous municipal borough, in the Birmingham area of the West Midlands, England. Considered among the 6 'towns' that make up the modern-day Sandwell Metropolitan District, it incorporates the wards of Blackheath, Cradley Heath and Old Hill, and Rowley Village. At the 2011 census, the combined population of Rowley Regis was 50,257. Initially in Staffordshire, the Rowley Regis Urban Area was developed in 1894 to cover the towns of Rowley, Blackheath, Cradley Heath, and also Old Hill. The metropolitan district was integrated into a local district in 1933. Adhering to the acquisition of district standing, strategies were revealed to construct brand-new council offices in the district to change the existing offices in Lawrence Lane, Old Hill. A site on the corner of Halesowen Road and also Barrs Road was selected, with working beginning in October 1937, and the building being completed in December 1938. The local government structure within North Worcestershire and South Staffordshire-- Before the West Midlands Order 1965 reorganisation. In 1966, the district of Rowley Regis combined with the boroughs of Oldbury as well as Smethwick to develop the Warley County Borough, and became part of Worcestershire. There had previously been plans to incorporate Rowley Regis right into an increased Dudley district, and also for Halesowen to join up with Oldbury and also Smethwick instead. 8 years later, in 1974, on the formation of the West Midlands Metropolitan area, Warley merged with West Bromwich to create the Sandwell Metropolitan Borough. It is now right in the core of the West Midlands conurbation.
