Woods Bank

Woods Bank
Suburb
Lodge Road in Woods Bank, Darlaston
Woods Bank Location within the West Midlands
OS grid reference	SO973960
Metropolitan borough	Walsall
Metropolitan county	West Midlands
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WEDNESBURY
Postcode district	WS10
Dialling code	0121
Police	West Midlands
Fire	West Midlands
Ambulance	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Wolverhampton South East
List of places UK England West Midlands 52°33′45″N2°02′34″W / 52.562599°N 2.042681°W / 52.562599; -2.042681

Woods Bank is an area of Darlaston in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall in the West Midlands county in England. It is located to the southwest of Darlaston town centre and close to the Black Country New Road as well as the nearby village of Moxley. ^{[1] [ failed verification ]} It is primarily a residential estate and is close to the town of Bilston, bordering the boroughs of Sandwell and Wolverhampton. ^[2]

The number of houses in the Woods Bank area increased by up to 87% between 1841 and 1871, and a sanitary report of 1875 describes a dwelling there as of one lower and one upper room, with no ventilation or back door. The area was described as "a distinct location of poor ironworkers". ^[3]

References

1. Guttridge, Richard (26 January 2023). "The schools that have been told to improve according to Ofsted". Birmingham Live. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
2. Ede, John F. (1962). History of Wednesbury. Wednesbury Corporation.
3. Jones, Rachael (2 January 2021). "Darlaston: Growth of A Staffordshire Industrial Town During the Nineteenth Century". Family & Community History. 24 (1): 43–65. doi: 10.1080/14631180.2021.1925426 . ISSN   1463-1180.