Wythall
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| Wythall | |
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| Population | 11,377 [1] |
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| District | |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Birmingham |
| Postcode district | B47 |
| Dialling code | 01564 |
| Police | West Mercia |
| Fire | Hereford and Worcester |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
Wythall is a village in the Bromsgrove District, in the north-east corner of the county of Worcestershire, England. It borders Solihull and Birmingham, and has a population of 11,377.[1]
Wythall is around 6 miles South from Birmingham City Centre (a 20 minute train journey from Wythall railway station). It is very close to Hollywood, and the two are joined by the Alcester Road, which carries on North into Birmingham City Centre. There are many 18th Century buildings on this road including the old Post Office and School building. The Wythall institute is still the home of the WI today. The boundary between Hollywood and Wythall is debated [citation needed]. Wythall is more rural in setting, has less amenities, although the local train station is situated there.
St Mary's Anglican church has a roof and stair turret added by W. H. Bidlake.[2]
The only school within Wythall now is Meadow Green Primary School, now headed by Nathan Jones, who started in september 2009. There was previously a school in Silver Street from circa 1875 to 1992. This catered for all schoolchildren in Wythall and the surrounding area until a growing population required more schools. Woodrush High School in Hollywood opened in the 1950s for children aged 11 and over, and Shawhurst Infants School (next door to Woodrush) opened around 1967, leaving what was by now called Silvermead School as a Junior School. Meadow Green School opened in the early 1960s to give additional Junior and Infant provision. During 1991-1992 an extension was built on Shawhurst Infants School, and it was expanded to become The Coppice Primary School. Silvermead then closed, although many of its buildings have been converted into homes as Silvermead Court.
The local secondary school, The Woodrush Community High and Sixth Form, has an Astroturf and playing fields backing on to The Coppice Primary School. It has been open since the 1952.
During World War II it was home to a Royal Air Force base. The site is now occupied by The Transport Museum at Wythall, run by the Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Trust, which has a collection of buses and battery electric vehicles.
A sawmill, currently named Davies Timber Ltd., has been in operation for over 100 years and was steam powered at some point in its history, [citation needed] and maps from 1838 show a brickyard opposite the site.
References
- ^ a b Census 2001
- ^ The Buildings of England: Worcestershire, Nikolaus Pevsner, 1968 p338
External links
- Wythall Parish Council
- Wythall History Society
- Photographs of Wythall
- Transport Museum, Wythall
- Map sources for Wythall
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