Kingswinford

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Kingswinford is a suburban area (formerly a large village) in the West Midlands. Historically within Staffordshire, the area is mentioned in the Domesday Book its name relates to a ford for the King's swine (Kingswin(e)ford) - Latin Swinford Regis.

The ancient parish of Kingswinford included Wordsley, Brierley Hill and Quarry Bank. The parishes of Kingswinford and Amblecote formed the Kingswinford rural district in 1894. It gave its name to a Parliamentary constituency of Kingswinford from 1885 until 1950. However, Amblecote became an urban district in 1898, leaving Kingswinford one of only a few single-parish rural districts. It was added to the Brierley Hill urban district in 1935, which became part of the County Borough of Dudley in 1966 and then the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in 1974. However, the rural part of the parish was added to Kinver in 1935, becoming part of Seisdon in 1966 and since 1974 part of South Staffordshire District.

Today Kingswinford urban folk are represented on the Dudley MBC through two electoral wards, Kingswinford North & Wall Heath and Kingswinford South (see outline map above). The Kingswinford DY6 postal district covers the entirety of Kingswinford and Wall Heath as well as nearby rural areas such as Hinksford and Ashwood (see separate tag).

Despite its roots as a small village, Kingswinford is now better described as a dormitory town to Dudley, containing as it does a large number of commuting communities, small industrial businesses and several schools. The area is considered by local residents to be a good place to live and work. There are however, increasing congestion and over-population problems coherent with those that exist throughout the Dudley borough. There are two major industrial trading estates in Kingswinford, the Dawley Brook Estate and the Pensnett Estate.

www.kingswinford.org/

for detailed histories see @:
blackcountryhistory.org/collections/search/?cb_ipp=15&c...

For detailed map of borough wards in Dudley as used in drawing attached polygon see :
online.dudley.gov.uk/about/tellmeaboutmy/gismo/gismo.as...