Ettingshall

Ettingshall is an area of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, and is a ward of Wolverhampton City Council.

History

Ettingshall was mentioned as an ancient manor in the Domesday Book of 1086. The surrounding areas of Priestfield, Parkfield, Lanesfield and Millfields are believed to have been property of the manor.cite book|author=Michael Raven |title=Guide to Staffordshire and the Black Country, The Potteries and the Peak |year=2004 |publisher=Michael Raven |pages=148-9 |isbn=0906114330]

From the 18th century onwards, Ettingshall became heavily industrialised as a result of the Industrial Revolution. Until 1980, an area of wasteland on the southside of Millfields Road was the location of the Bilston Steelworks and old Bilston quarries. Ettingshall Road was the location for Cables and Instruments, Dixon's Wallcoverings and Tools and Machines. Spring Road is the location of Tarmac Roadstone and NET Thompson. Ettingshall was the location for the manufacture of the 240 ton boiler drum with a length of 122 feet in 1965. This was the heaviest load carried by British Rail. It was transported to Eggborough in Yorkshire.

Geography

It is situated 1.25 miles to the south-east of the city centre and centred around the A4039 and A4126 roads. It is situated on the western edge of the former Borough of Bilston and began as an expansion of the Sedgley village of Ettingshall in the Victorian era. As the northern parts of the original Ettingshall extended across the border into Bilston, many new houses and factories were built and this area became known as "Ettingshall New Village", the Ettingshall that still exists in the present day.

A few references to the original village in Sedgley still exist, with the Ettingshall Park Estate below the eastern slopes of Sedgley Beacon, while two roads in Coseley, Upper Ettingshall Road and Ettingshall Road still remain, their names reflecting the upper and lower parts of the extensive village.

Ettingshall ward stretches between the city centre and Bilston, bordering the East Park, Bilston North, Bilston East, Spring Vale, Blakenhall and St Peter's wards. As well as Ettingshall, it covers the inner city area of All Saints. It forms part of the Wolverhampton South East constituency.

Transport

The Midland Metro tramway has two stops in the area: The Royal (named after the now-closed Royal Wolverhampton Hospital) and Priestfield.

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