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unusual facts about Yew Tree, West Bromwich



Austin-Healey 100

Production Austin-Healey 100s were finished at Austin's Longbridge plant alongside the A90 and based on fully trimmed and painted body/chassis units produced by Jensen in West Bromwich—in an arrangement the two companies previously had explored with the Austin A40 Sports.

Billy Bisseker

He was born in West Bromwich and attended Hill Top County School, before working at the local George Salter's Spring Works.

Brandhall

Brandhall (along with the rest of the Oldbury borough, and the neighbouring boroughs of Smethwick and Rowley Regis) became part of the County Borough of Warley in 1966, but this arrangement lasted just eight years until Warley merged with West Bromwich to form Sandwell Metropolitan Borough in 1974.

Coldwaltham

A yew tree near the north west corner is among the oldest in England, believed to be over 3000 years old.

East Bromwich

East Bromwich is a fictional English village in the Hellboy series of comics, named in reference to West Bromwich.

Fred Bunn

He was born in West Bromwich and attended Christ Church School, before working at the local George Salter's Spring Works.

Harjap Singh Bhangal

Bhangal is the founder of London Immigration Advice & Appeal Services Ltd, which has offices in Southall, West Bromwich, Leicester and Jalandhar.

Henry Churton

From 1872 to 1879 he was Vicar of St John Evangelist, West Bromwich then Perpetual Curate of St James’ Chapel, Avonwick.

Jack Judge

Jack Judge (christened John, born 3 December 1872 in Oldbury, died 25 July 1938 in West Bromwich) was a British song-writer and music-hall entertainer best remembered for writing the song It's a Long Way to Tipperary, although Judge wrote and sung the song in 1915, John McCormack made the song famous rather than Judge.

Jana Bellin

Bellin is a medical doctor specialising in anaesthesiology, and works in intensive care at Sandwell General Hospital, West Bromwich, England.

Jensen Motors

Jensen Motors Ltd was a British manufacturer of sports cars and commercial vehicles, based in the LyngWest Bromwich (in the West Midlands, west of Birmingham).

Potting and stamping

The process was improved by John Wright and Joseph Jesson of West Bromwich, who also obtained a patent.

Sandwell and Dudley railway station

Sandwell and Dudley railway station is on the Stour Valley Section of the West Coast Main Line, on the outskirts of Oldbury town centre on Bromford Lane (the main route towards West Bromwich, West Midlands), England.

Squirrels Estate

The estate is served by the 244 bus service, which gave links to Old Hill and Dudley, and Service 417 to Halesowen town centre, Blackheath, Oldbury and West Bromwich.

St Martin's Church, Martindale

The churchyard contains an ancient Yew tree which is estimated to be 1300 years old, documents in the church state the men of Martindale, who were famous as bowmen used the tree and others in the district to replenish their arms.

Tipton Green

Most of Tipton was incorporated into an expanded West Bromwich borough but the area around the local authority offices, including most of the new Foxyards estate, was incorporated into Dudley, while most of the Tividale area of the town became part of the new Warley borough which was centred on the towns of Oldbury, Smethwick and Rowley Regis.

Tipton Municipal Borough

The dissolution of Tipton Municipal Borough saw the bulk of the authority absorbed into an expanded borough of West Bromwich, while most of the Tividale area of Tipton was absorbed into the new County Borough of Warley (centred on the towns of Oldbury, Smethwick and Rowley Regis) and a small section of the Tipton Green area (including the former council offices in Sedgley Road West) was absorbed into an expanded County Borough of Dudley.

Yew Tree

Operation Yewtree, a British police investigation into sexual abuse by Jimmy Savile and others

Yew Tree, West Bromwich

Tamebridge Parkway is only a 5 minute bus or car journey away from Yew Tree, providing frequent trains to Walsall or Birmingham New Street.


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