40-588: Rushall is a historic village in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall in the West Midlands county of England. It is centred on the main road between Walsall and Lichfield . It is mentioned in the Domesday Book but has mostly developed since the 1920s. Rushall was historically a part of the county of Staffordshire before it was incorporated with much of the old Aldridge-Brownhills Urban District into
80-605: A few takeaways and off licenses in the area. Rushall had two secondary schools – Pelsall and Manor Farm – both now closed. There remain two primary schools and a Key Stage 4 centre. It also has a pre-school at Manor Farm, called Piccolo Bambini . Walsall College is also near to Rushall. Rushall is 2.3 miles (4 km) north of Walsall , 3 miles (5 km) west of Aldridge , 8 miles (13 km) southwest of Lichfield , 12 miles (19 km) north-northwest of Birmingham , 8 miles (13 km) east of Wolverhampton and 2 miles (3 km) southeast of Bloxwich . It forms part of
120-529: A larger area which also includes Aldridge , Bloxwich , Brownhills , Darlaston , Pelsall and Willenhall . The borough had an estimated population of 254,500 in 2007. The borough was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 . It is bounded on the west by the City of Wolverhampton , the south by the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell , to the south east by the City of Birmingham , and by
160-460: A number of churches in the area and in other nearby settlements. The nearest mosques are in Walsall, Lichfield, Wolverhampton, Birmingham and Birchills . As well as Sikh and Hindu Temples. Rushall's main shopping centre is divided by a junction controlled by traffic lights on Lichfield Road, Station Road, Daw End Lane, Walsall Road, Pelsall Lane, and Springfields. It contains basic amenities but there
200-474: A parish church. The first mention of a place of worship in 1220 describes it as a chapel of Walsall. However, the lords of Rushall secured the chapel's parish status, and in 1440, John Harpur rebuilt Rushall Church on the chapel site next to his manor house . This survived the English Civil War , to be rebuilt in 1854–1866. The old square tower of the house remained until 1867. The remains at Rushall Hall are
240-440: A population estimate which puts Rushall with nearby Shelfield, the population of the ward was 12,182 in a 2020-estimate. The statistics for which found Rushall-Shelfield to be 48.8% Male and 51.2% Female. The religious composition of both settlements was 71% Christian, 22.8% irreligious, 1.1% Muslim, 3% Sikh, 0.6% Hindu and 0.3% Buddhist. The ethnic makeup of the ward was 90% White, 5.4% Asian, 1.8% Black and 2.4% Mixed Race. There are
280-400: A residential area with the nearby villages and areas of Shelfield , Pelsall , Ryecroft , Walsall Wood , Blakenall Heath , Pool Green and Leamore which act as suburbs of nearby Walsall, Bloxwich, Aldridge and Brownhills . Rushall has certain areas which are still rural but it is mostly urban, especially with nearby Shelfield, Walsall, Harden, Ryecroft, Pelsall, and Walsall Wood. There is
320-651: A scheduled ancient monument . In 1951 the civil parish had a population of 4794. On 1 April 1966 the parish was abolished to form Aldridge Brownhills , part also went to Walsall. in Rushall is the ruins of the ancient manor house , which during the Wars of the Roses and the English Civil War was strongly fortified and defended by a numerous garrison. During the latter, a Mr Pitt of Wolverhampton attempted to bribe Captain Tuthill to betray
360-587: A single car or van, with 31.05% owning none. The average car ownership per household was 1.01, compared with 0.96 across the West Midlands metropolitan county. The table below details the population change in the area since 1801. Although the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall has existed as a metropolitan borough only since 1974, figures have been generated by combining data from the towns, villages, and civil parishes that would later be constituent parts of
400-428: A small patch of greenbelt on Daw End Lane near Pool Green, Winterley Lane and Walsall Arboretum . The village is between Walsall, Bloxwich, Aldridge, Brownhills, and Lichfield. Rushall is served primarily by National Express West Midlands and Chaserider with the following services as of 2022: There are additional services which serve other areas of the village and surrounding settlements. Rushall railway station
440-416: Is Birmingham Airport as well as Manchester Airport , John Lennon Airport , and East Midlands Airport . Private airports nearby are both Aldridge Airport and Wolverhampton Airport . Metropolitan Borough of Walsall WV (12, 13, 14) The Metropolitan Borough of Walsall is a metropolitan borough in the West Midlands , England. It is named after its largest settlement, Walsall , but covers
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#1732869880597480-805: Is a railway line which runs from Birmingham International via Birmingham New Street and Walsall to Rugeley Trent Valley . The following stations on the line are within the Borough: See List of areas in Walsall 45% of pupils in the Borough of Walsall achieved five GCSEs with grades of A*-C, below the national average of 56%. The borough's education format is a traditional 5–7 infant, 7–11 junior and 11-16/18 secondary school system, with some infant and junior schools being combined single site primary schools, while others have infant and junior schools on separate sites. The towns of Walsall, Bloxwich, Darlaston and Willenhall have always used these age ranges, but
520-431: Is also a war memorial , there was a library until its closure in 2017 as part of a council budget cut, there is a McDonald's on Daw End Lane, there is also a small church called "Christ The King Church", a Labour Club , Travis Perkins factory and Community Centre . There is also a methodist church on Daw End Lane, two public houses and a nature reserve called "Park Lime Pits Local Nature Reserve". There are also
560-464: The European Parliament . The West Midlands region elected seven MEPs. In 1974, Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council was created to administer the new metropolitan borough. Elections to the council take place in three out of every four years, with one-third of the seats being contested at each election. Between its formation in 1974 and the 2003 election , the council varied between control by
600-520: The Freedom of the Borough of Walsall. Birchills Birchills is a residential area of Walsall in the West Midlands of England . The appropriate Walsall ward is Birchills Leamore. The population of this ward taken at the 2011 census was 14,775. It is situated several hundred yards west of the town centre and is an established area containing many different housing types, though Victorian/Edwardian terraced houses and inter-war council houses are
640-666: The Labour Party , and where no one party had an overall majority. From 2003 to 2011 the Conservative Party then held a majority of councillors. At the 2011 election the Conservative Party lost five seats, while Labour gained eight, and afterwards no party held a majority . At the 2019 election , the Conservative Party regained control of the council. At the time of the United Kingdom Census 2001 , according to
680-449: The Office for National Statistics , the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall had a total resident population of 253,499, of which 123,189 (48.6%) were male and 130,310 (51.4%) were female, with 101,333 households. The Borough occupied 10,395 hectares (40.14 sq mi) at the time of the 2001 census. Its population density was 22.79 people per hectare compared with an average of 28.41 across
720-502: The Staffordshire districts of Lichfield , Cannock Chase and South Staffordshire to the east, north and northwest respectively. Most of the borough is highly industrialised and densely populated, but areas around the north and east of the borough are open space. Prior to 1966, the area that would later become the metropolitan borough of Walsall was governed by five smaller local authorities: The four urban districts were all within
760-564: The West Midlands county , with the average house price within the borough being £131,131 during the period April – June 2009, compared with the average across the Metropolitan County of £128,142. Following transfer from the council in 2003, social housing in the area is primarily managed by WATMOS (consisting of eight Tenant management organisations ), and the Walsall Housing Group . The A34 trunk road runs directly through
800-439: The administrative county of Staffordshire , in a two-tier structure with Staffordshire County Council providing county-level services. Walsall itself was a self-governing county borough , independent from the county council, but was still deemed to be part of Staffordshire for ceremonial purposes. A review of local government in the West Midlands area was carried out under the Local Government Act 1958 , culminating in
840-509: The Aldridge, Brownhills and Streetly areas (which became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall in 1974) adopted 5–9 first, 9–13 middle and 13-16/18 secondary schools in September 1972. However, this system was discontinued and replaced with the traditional age ranges in September 1986 to fit in with the other schools in the Walsall borough. The following people and military units have received
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#1732869880597880-527: The Leighs, from whom it passed to the Very Rev Edward Mellish, Dean of Hereford , whose executors, W. and G. Mellish, B. Gurdon and W. Tritton became the principal proprietors and lords of the manor. Rushall Hall today is mainly a 19th-century structure, incorporating walls from an earlier building. At the time the massive surviving, fortified gatehouse and walls were built in the 13th and 14th centuries,
920-747: The Middle Ages for building and agricultural purposes. The use of limestone as a flux for smelting iron caused great expansion in mining during the Industrial Revolution. A new settlement grew up at Daw End, and the Hay Head and Linley workings were both on a large scale. The quarries in Rushall Hall's park flooded to become the Park Lime Pits – today a nature reserve. The Arboretum lakes, then also in Rushall, were similarly formed by quarrying. According to
960-473: The West Midlands Review Order 1965, which merged many of the districts in the area with effect from 1 April 1966. Darlaston and Willenhall were both absorbed into the county borough of Walsall, whilst the two urban districts of Brownhills and Aldridge merged to become Aldridge-Brownhills Urban District . At the same time, there were also more minor boundary adjustments with neighbouring areas around
1000-565: The West Midlands metropolitan county. The median age of the population was 37, compared with 36 within the West Midlands metropolitan county and 37 across England and Wales. The majority of the population of the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall were born in England (91.77%); 1.42% were born elsewhere within the United Kingdom, 0.82% within the rest of the European Union , and 6.00% elsewhere in
1040-423: The averages for England, though Metropolitan Borough of Walsall has a higher rate of people who are permanently sick and disabled, where the national average is 5.3%. The Metropolitan Borough of Walsall is split between several travel to work areas (TTWA). The central and northern areas of the borough (including the towns of Walsall , Bloxwich and Brownhills ) are within the Walsall and Cannock TTWA, whilst
1080-400: The borough and are represented by Valerie Vaz ( Labour ) and Wendy Morton ( Conservative ) respectively. Parts of the borough are within the constituencies of Wolverhampton North East and Wolverhampton South East , represented by Sureena Brackenridge and Pat McFadden ( both Labour ) respectively. Prior to Brexit in 2020, the borough was part of the West Midlands constituency in
1120-720: The borough. At the time of the 2001 census, there were 105,590 people (41.7%) in employment who were resident within Walsall Metropolitan Borough. Of these, 18.60% worked within the wholesale and retail trade, including repair of motor vehicles; 26.44% worked within manufacturing industry; and 9.85% worked within the health and social work sector. At the 2001 UK census, Walsall Metropolitan Borough had 180,623 residents aged 16 to 74. 2.3% of these people were students with jobs, 6.0% looking after home or family, 6.8% permanently sick or disabled and 2.4% economically inactive for other reasons. These figures are roughly in line with
1160-407: The edges of the new districts. The new arrangements were relatively short-lived. Under the Local Government Act 1972 , local government in the area was reviewed again, with Walsall County Borough and Aldridge-Brownhills Urban District merging to become the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall on 1 April 1974. On the same date the area became part of the new metropolitan county of West Midlands . For
1200-499: The forces of Prince Rupert in 1643. The Royalists in their turn were ejected after a short siege in 1644. Sir Edward Leigh's younger son was the metaphysical poet Richard Leigh . During the 18th century, the Leighs became absentees, as were their successors, the Mellish and Buchanan families. Limestone of high quality lies near the surface at Rushall. It was exploited by the Romans and through
1240-464: The garrison of Rushall, but his treachery was discovered, and he suffered death for it in 1640. Rushall Hall, a modern house, has been built near the ruins. The manor anciently belonged to the family of Bowles and passed, via Sir William Grobbere , to the Harpurs , one of whom, John Harpur Esq, endowed the vicarage , and rebuilt the church in about 1444. Early in the 17th century, the manor devolved to
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1280-659: The house itself was probably made of timber. The Leigh family succeeded the Harpurs in the mid-16th century and took a lead in county politics. At the start of the Civil War in 1642, Sir Edward Leigh was an MP and an opponent of the King. He fortified Rushall Hall and joined the Parliamentary Army , being appointed a colonel . His wife, left in command at Rushall, could not hold the Hall against
1320-647: The majority of the area west of the M6 motorway (including the towns of Willenhall and Darlaston ) is within the Wolverhampton TTWA. The southeast of the Metropolitan Borough (including Streetly ) is within the Birmingham TTWA. The entire borough is within the Birmingham Larger Urban Zone . Average house prices in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall were fourth out of the metropolitan boroughs in
1360-589: The middle of Walsall . An elevated section of the M6 Motorway built in 1968 half circles around Walsall to the west of the town. There can be increased congestion on the local A roads whenever the motorway is temporarily closed or in a state of serious delay as road users try to bypass the problem. Junctions (North to South) 11, 10, 9 and 7 allow access to and from various parts of the town. The M6 and M5 join at junction 8. The A454 runs through Walsall on its way to Sutton Coldfield from Bridgnorth . The Chase Line
1400-629: The modern-day Walsall district. The first record of Rushall occurs in Domesday Book (1086), where its total annual value to its lord was assessed as 10 shillings, from a village of eight households and a mill . The name means "a place in the marshy ground where rushes grow". Early settlement by the Saxons probably started to the north of Rushall Hall, where there are remains of a moated site : 19th-century excavations found Saxon coins in earthworks in that area. The feudal lordship did not originally have
1440-463: The most frequent type. Reedswood Park is located in Birchills, as is Pouk Hill - a hill which inspired a 1970s Slade song. At the 2021 census, the ward profile population was 16,024 which includes the nearby suburb of Leamore . Of the findings, the ethnicity and religious composition of the ward was: The religious composition of the ward at the 2021 Census was recorded as: Birchills formerly
1480-620: The next twelve years there was a two-tier structure in place, with West Midlands County Council providing higher county-level services. The county council was abolished in 1986. There were adjustments to some of the boundaries between Walsall and its neighbours in 1994. Since the 2024 general election , the residents of the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall have been represented in the UK Parliament by Members of Parliament (MPs) for four separate parliamentary constituencies. Two, Walsall and Bloxwich and Aldridge-Brownhills fall wholly within
1520-444: The world. Data on religious beliefs across the borough in the 2001 census show that 72.1% declared themselves to be Christian, 10.0% said they held no religion, and 5.4% reported themselves as Muslim . Whereas in the 2011 Census 59% declared themselves to be Christian, 26% said they held no religion or did not state their religion, and 8.2% reported themselves as Muslim . Within the Metropolitan Borough, 42.84% of households owned
1560-467: Was open from 1849 to 1909, on the former South Staffordshire Line between Walsall and Lichfield City . The station was located off Station Road between Harden, Ryecroft, Goscote , and Rushall. The site is now part of the McClean Way Greenway but is protected for any future use for rail use. The village was and is served by several other nearby railway stations including: The nearest airport
1600-456: Was served by Birchills railway station which was on the Chase Line but closed in the 1930s. Several tower blocks, built during the 1960s, are situated in the east of Birchills, near Walsall town centre. Murderer Raymond Leslie Morris was living in one of these flats with his wife at the time of his arrest on 4 November 1967. A power station was opened in the north of Birchills in 1949, just
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