Essington

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Essington
Village and civil parish
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Essington
Location within Staffordshire
Population5,200 (2021) [1]
OS grid reference SJ962034
Civil parish
  • Essington
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Wolverhampton
Postcode district WV11
Dialling code 01922
Police Staffordshire
Fire Staffordshire
Ambulance West Midlands
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UK
England
Staffordshire
52°37′42″N2°03′26″W / 52.62843°N 2.05727°W / 52.62843; -2.05727

Essington is a village and civil parish in the South Staffordshire, district, in Staffordshire, England, near the city of Wolverhampton and towns of Walsall, Bloxwich, Cannock and Brewood. The villages of Cheslyn Hay, Great Wyrley, Coven, Penkridge and Featherstone are also nearby. The village forms part of the Staffordshire/West Midlands border. The parish includes the hamlet of Springhill. In 2021 the parish had a population of 5,200.

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History

In 1870-1872 the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Essington as a township in the parish of Bushbury, with a post office and 187 houses. The population had risen from 644 in 1851 to 976 in 1861, "from the extension of mining operations", and an iron church with room for 260 people had been built in 1858–1859. [2]

Village

Essington is home to the remains of several moated farmsteads, possibly of Iron Age origin, on the land adjacent to the village's current boundaries. There is a public park called Brownshore Lakes, which is the site of two adjacent lakes. They are the remains of three coal mining tailing and settling ponds. The lakes are surrounded by woodland and it is a local recreational meeting place. It is also home to waterfowl and there is also an abundance of other wildlife around the lakes and the woods.

Transport

The village has direct connections with 2 main major roads: the A462, which runs from Junction 11 of the M6 to Wednesbury, West Midlands, and the A460 that links Wolverhampton with Cannock and Rugeley. The M6 and M54 motorways meet just northeast of the village, and are both accessible via the A460.

While the village was once served by several bus routes, now the only service to Essington is route 71. The service runs hourly to Cannock throughout the day Monday to Saturday, and continues from St Johns Church to New Cross Hospital and Wolverhampton until early afternoon Monday to Friday. Service 71 is operated by Chaserider (previously operated by Select Bus and Arriva). The nearest railway station is Bloxwich North, a 35-minute walk away.

Essington Parish

The Parish of Essington is quite large encompassing a village a number of recreational, industrial and farming areas and several hamlets and is part of South Staffordshire district in Staffordshire. It borders the county of West Midlands (Walsall and Wolverhampton). The Health Authority is South Staffordshire, the Ambulance Service is West Midlands, Social Services are South Staffordshire in Codsall. All property taxes (rates) are collected by South Staffordshire at Codsall.

Essington Parish Council is the lowest tier of local government. [3] [4]

Westcroft, a residential area along the A460 road in the west of the parish, borders the Wolverhampton suburb of Underhill. [5]

School

The main school in Essington is St Johns Primary Academy. [6] Located on Hobnock Road, it was built in 1846 and became known as St John's Church of England School from 1968.

Brownshore Pre-School Play Group is located opposite St John's Primary School on Hobnock Road.

Essington is a main catchment area for Cheslyn Hay Academy students.

Sports

There are rugby and football facilities in several locations around the parish located at Essington Rugby Club, High Hill, Essington.

Places of worship

St John's Anglican church is in the village and has many activities during the day and sometimes in the evening. [7] It was built in 1932 and has an extension at the west end, completed in 2015. [8] Outside the village, Essington Wood Methodist Chapel is Bursnips Road (A462). [9]

Notable people

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Civil Parish population 2021" . Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  2. ↑ "Essington through time". Vision of Britain. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  3. ↑ "Essington Parish Council". www.sstaffs.gov.uk. South Staffordshire Council. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  4. ↑ "Welcome to Essington Parish Council". Essington Parish Council. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  5. ↑ Club, Saturday Walkers. "Essington (South Staffordshire) parish map - SWC". Saturday Walkers Club. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  6. ↑ "St John's Primary Academy". St John's Primary Academy. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  7. ↑ "Welcome - St John's Church Essington" . Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  8. ↑ "About our building - St John's Church Essington" . Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  9. ↑ "Essington Wood – Brownhills and Willenhall Methodist Circuit" . Retrieved 17 October 2021.
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