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In the early 1990s, the area of Tipton around the [[Birmingham Canal]] was developed as a private housing estate called [[Tividale Quays]]. |
In the early 1990s, the area of Tipton around the [[Birmingham Canal]] was developed as a private housing estate called [[Tividale Quays]]. |
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St Michael's Church, once the most prominent landmark in the village, was earmarked for demolition in 1982 after an inspection revealed that the buildings were |
St Michael's C of E Church, once the most prominent landmark in the village, was completed in 1878. Contributions to its costs were made by local industrialists and especially by the [[Earl of Dudley]]. The large, brick building became known as the "Cathedral of the Black Country" and earned itself a reputation for advanced [[Anglo-Catholicism]] early in its history. Several vicars became very well known and loved: one, Wynn Griffiths, is commemerated in a street name in the [[Tividale Quays]] development. The growing parish produced two mission churches: one, St Augustine's (a corrugated iron construction now demolished)on Oldbury Road and a second, Holy Cross, on the Grace Mary Estate to the west of the Birmingham New Road. The Parish Church was earmarked for demolition in 1982 after an inspection revealed that the buildings were riddled with damp and woodworm. It was decided to demolish the church and rebuild it, rather than improve the original building. Consequently, the church was demolished in 1984 and a new, smaller church was later opened in 1995, using what had been the substantial parish hall as its core. |
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Revision as of 20:10, 3 March 2009
Tividale is a village in Sandwell, West Midlands.
It was in the parish of St Michael named after the church built there, was created in 1878 as an extension of the town of Tipton in the county of Staffordshire, England. It was originally set around the main Dudley to Oldbury road with several hundred terraced houses with shop fronts on the main road as well as many more on the side streets running off. But Tividale began to expand during the first half of the 20th century and was actually developed beyond Tipton's borders into Dudley.
The Netherton Tunnel runs under Tividale.
In 1966, Tipton became part of West Bromwich County Borough but Tividale was split between the boroughs of West Bromwich and Warley. Since 1974 it has been part of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough in the West Midlands county.
Tividale High School was built after the Second World War. It is a large school which started out as a secondary modern and is now a specialist Arts College.
It is also the home of the new Hindu Temple which is an exact replica of Tirupati Balaji Temple in Southern India.
Housing estates around Tividale include Tividale Hall,Temple way, Castle View, Grace Mary and Brades Hall.
Despite existing within the original Dudley and Tipton council areas, most of Tividale exists within the Oldbury B69 postal district.
The area has been served by a secondary school since 1956. It was opened as Tividale Secondary Modern School but is now known as Tividale Community Arts College.
Tividale Tram workshops opened along the main Tividale Road (a tram route) in 1907, and remained open until 1930. The tramway along the road closed in 1939, as trams were phased out in favour of trolley buses.
In the early 1990s, the area of Tipton around the Birmingham Canal was developed as a private housing estate called Tividale Quays.
St Michael's C of E Church, once the most prominent landmark in the village, was completed in 1878. Contributions to its costs were made by local industrialists and especially by the Earl of Dudley. The large, brick building became known as the "Cathedral of the Black Country" and earned itself a reputation for advanced Anglo-Catholicism early in its history. Several vicars became very well known and loved: one, Wynn Griffiths, is commemerated in a street name in the Tividale Quays development. The growing parish produced two mission churches: one, St Augustine's (a corrugated iron construction now demolished)on Oldbury Road and a second, Holy Cross, on the Grace Mary Estate to the west of the Birmingham New Road. The Parish Church was earmarked for demolition in 1982 after an inspection revealed that the buildings were riddled with damp and woodworm. It was decided to demolish the church and rebuild it, rather than improve the original building. Consequently, the church was demolished in 1984 and a new, smaller church was later opened in 1995, using what had been the substantial parish hall as its core.
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