Coseley
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Coseley is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the English West Midlands. It is part of the Black Country.
The town lies south east of Wolverhampton and north of Dudley. Coseley has a railway station on the West Coast Main Line which is served by Central Trains.
Coseley was originally a village in the ancient manor of Sedgley. In 1897, it broke away from the parish of Sedgley and became Coseley Urban District. At this stage most of the Coseley area was occupied by industrial and agricultural land.
Coseley Urban District Council built several thousand council houses and flats over a 40-year period from the mid 1920s which changed the face of the area.
1966 saw the urban district become part of Dudley County Borough, and since 1974 has been part of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley. However, the Brierley (pron. "Brearley" not to be confused with Brierley Hill), Bradley (pron. "Braydley") and Ettingshall areas were incorporated into Wolverhampton County Borough instead, while a smaller area bordering Wednesbury lies in the present-day Sandwell Metropolitan Borough.
Coseley is part of the Bilston WV14 postal district.
The Coseley Urban District Council Offices were originally located in the town centre but a new building was built in 1935 on Sedgley Road West near to the border with Tipton. After Coseley was merged into Dudley in 1966, the Coseley council offices were taken over by Dudley College who used it as an annexe until 1993.
Coseley neighbourhoods
- Roseville
- Hurst Hill
- Wallbrook
- Highfields
- Foxyards
Primary Schools in Coseley
- Wallbrook Primary School
- Christchurch Primary School
- Highfields Primary School
- Hurst Hill Primary School
- Foxyards Primary School
Secondary Schools in Coseley
- Coseley High School
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