Rowley Regis
Rowley Regis is a town and historical church along with a previous community borough, in the Birmingham area of the West Midlands, England. Thought about among the 6 'towns' that comprise the contemporary Sandwell Metropolitan Borough, it includes the wards of Blackheath, Cradley Heath and also Old Hill, and Rowley Village. At the 2011 census, the consolidated population of Rowley Regis was 50,257. Initially in Staffordshire, the Rowley Regis Urban District was created in 1894 to cover the villages of Rowley, Blackheath, Cradley Heath, and Old Hill. The urban district was integrated into a metropolitan district in 1933. Adhering to the acquisition of district standing, plans were introduced to develop new council offices in the borough to change the existing workplaces in Lawrence Lane, Old Hill. A site on the corner of Halesowen Road and also Barrs Road was picked, with functioning starting in October 1937, as well as the structure being finished in December 1938. The local government framework within North Worcestershire and South Staffordshire-- Before the West Midlands Order 1965 reorganisation. In 1966, the borough of Rowley Regis merged with the boroughs of Oldbury as well as Smethwick to create the Warley County Borough, as well as became part of Worcestershire. There had previously been plans to integrate Rowley Regis right into an increased Dudley district, and for Halesowen to join up with Oldbury and also Smethwick instead. 8 years later, in 1974, on the formation of the West Midlands Metropolitan county, Warley combined with West Bromwich to create the Sandwell Metropolitan District. It is now ideal in the core of the West Midlands urban sprawl.
