Boney Hay & Central

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Boney Hay & Central [1]
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Fields and paddocks in Boney Hay, Burntwood
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Boney Hay & Central [4]
Location within Staffordshire
Population6,344 (2021 Census Ward Profile)
•  London 128 mi (206 km)  SSE
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Burntwood
Postcode district WS7
Dialling code 01543
Police Staffordshire
Fire Staffordshire
Ambulance West Midlands
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Staffordshire
52°41′16″N1°55′32″W / 52.687725°N 1.925645°W / 52.687725; -1.925645

Boney Hay & Central is the name given to the ward and suburb [5] of Burntwood in the Lichfield District in the county of Staffordshire, England. It is one of the six wards on Burntwood Town Council [6]

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Geography

Part of Boney Hay and its residential streets Boney Hay History-plaque 02.jpg
Part of Boney Hay and its residential streets

Boney Hay & Central cover the central and northern parts of Burntwood. [7] The ward is mostly urban with residential and commercial developments. It is also close to the Staffordshire Countryside and part of Cannock Chase.

History

Geographically, by common consensus it is agreed Boney Hay falls no further East than Ogley Hay Road, no further west than Rugeley Road, No further South than Rycroft Shopping Precinct/Slade Avenue/ Redwood Park, and no further north than The Chorley Road end of Gentleshaw Common. Boney Hay's name is reputed to date back to Napoleonic times when a couple of returning veterans of The Battle of Waterloo in 1812, likened the crop of wheat growing in the fields there, before current housing, as matching that at Quatre Bras, Belgium, where French Skirmishers hid to snipe at Wellington's troops.[ original research? ] Hence the name Boney's Hay, as it was called by locals. It subsequently lost the 's' from Boney's to become Boney over time.[ original research? ] The area has one School, Boney Hay Primary School, and two public houses, The Ring 'O' Bells & The Forrester’s Tavern. A working man’s club, Boney Hay WMC, and several shops, including the Dehal Costcutters on the corner of Chorley Road, North Street. In the mid-1980s the Dehal Superstore as it was to become, was subject to a race hate campaign against the prospective new Asian owners Mick & Mo who bought out the much loved Woodhouse family.[ original research? ] Most notably the NF logo was sprayed on the North Street wall of the shop which remained for some years. One resident of the area was charged with defacement of property. Some of the houses in Boney Hay date back to the late 1800s most notably some situated on Oak Lane / Birch Terrace as visible from the name placards.[ original research? ]

Demographics

At the 2021 census, Boney Hay & Central's ward profile population was 6,344. Of the findings, the ethnicity and religious composition of the ward was:

: Boney Hay & Central: 2021 Census [8]
Ethnic groupPopulation %
White6,18297.4%
Asian or Asian British751.2%
Mixed691.1%
Black or Black British120.2%
Other Ethnic Group80.1%
Total6,344100%

The religious composition of Boney Hay & Central's ward at the 2021 Census was recorded as:

Boney Hay & Central: Religion: 2021 Census
ReligiousPopulation %
Christian3,53758.6%
Irreligious2,38339.5%
Other religion450.7%
Sikh340.6%
Buddhist150.2%
Muslim120.2%
Hindu60.1%
Jewish40.1%
Total6,344100%

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References

  1. ↑ Council, Lichfield District. "Ward maps". Lichfield District Council. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  2. Council, Lichfield District. "Ward maps". Lichfield District Council. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  3. Council, Lichfield District. "Ward maps". Lichfield District Council. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  4. ↑ Council, Lichfield District. "Ward maps". Lichfield District Council. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  5. ↑ Britain, Great (1983). Statutory Instruments. H.M. Stationery Office. ISBN   978-0-11-840227-9 . Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  6. ↑ "Council Information & Policies". Burntwood Town Council. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  7. ↑ KC, Philip Coppel (11 June 2016). Cornerstone’s Electoral Legislation 2016. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 2227. ISBN   978-1-78451-263-7 . Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  8. ↑ "Boney Hay & Central (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
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