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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 43. Chapters: Sedgley, Pendeford, Wednesfield, Willenhall, Bilston, Coseley, Perton, Tettenhall, Penn, West Midlands, Whitmore Reans, Gornal, West Midlands, Aldersley, Blakenhall, Ashmore Park, Bushbury, Compton, Wolverhampton, Oxley, Wolverhampton, Low Hill, Fordhouses, Chapel Ash, Ettingshall, Merridale, Heath Town, Bradley, West Midlands, Penn Fields, Woodcross, Wightwick, Graiseley, Park Village, Merry Hill, Wolverhampton, Lanesfield, Tettenhall Wood, Goldthorn Park, Dovecotes, Springfield, Wolverhampton, Lower Penn, Newbridge, Wolverhampton, The Lunt, Fallings Park, Castlecroft, All Saints, Wolverhampton, Claregate, Warstones, Deansfield, Finchfield, Bradmore, West Midlands, Monmore Green, Wood End, Wolverhampton, Portobello, West Midlands, Dunstall Hill, Old Fallings, Burnhill Green. Excerpt: Sedgley is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, in the West Midlands of England. Historically a part of Staffordshire, Sedgley was anciently a manor composed of a series of villages: Sedgley, Cotwall End, Upper Gornal, Lower Gornal, Gornal Wood, Gospel End, Woodsetton, Ettingshall, Coseley and Brierley (now called Bradley, not to be confused with Brierley Hill). The place name Sedgley was first mentioned in a 985 charter from King AEthelred to Lady Wulfr n, when describing the Wolverhampton border. The original Old English place name was 'Secg's l ah' - Secg being a personal name (meaning sword bearing man or warrior) and l ah meaning wood, glade or woodland clearing (so, the l ah belonging to Secg). In 1897, the villages of Coseley, Ettingshall and Brierley broke away from the Manor of Sedgley to form the Coseley Urban District Council. At the same time, Sedgley Urban District Council was formed to include the rest of the manor, apart from Gospel End - which then became part of Seisdon Rural District, although it is still..
