Essington

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Essington
Village and civil parish
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Population5,200 (2021)[1]
OS grid reference[[[:Template:Ordnance Survey url]] SJ962034]
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  • Essington
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Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWolverhampton
Postcode districtWV11
Dialling code01922
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AmbulanceWest Midlands
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Essington is a village and civil parish in the South Staffordshire district of Staffordshire, England, 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of the city of Wolverhampton. Nearby are the towns of Bloxwich and Cannock and the villages of Cheslyn Hay, Great Wyrley (Landywood) and Featherstone. The parish borders the county of West Midlands and in 2021 had a population of 5,200.

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

The remains of several moated sites from the Middle Ages have been found in the parish.[3] Brownshore Pools, a public park, is the site of three former coal mining tailing and settling ponds surrounded by woodland.[4] Waterfowl and other wildlife inhabit the site. On the Bursnips Road is a former railway signal box,[5] which served the now-defunct Hilton Colliery Railway.[6] The building, which Staffordshire County Council has designated a locally listed Grade C structure,[7] has been converted to a private house.[8]

Transport

The village has direct connections with two 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.

Bus route no. 71 Wolverhampton - Cannock operated by Chaserider serves Essington.[9] Nearby railway stations are Bloxwich North, Bloxwich and Landywood.

Essington Parish

The Parish of Essington covers an area of 1,463.76 hectares (5.65 sq mi)[10] and encompasses in addition to Essington, the villages of Springhill and Newtown,[a] and several farms. The residential suburban area of Westcroft along the A460 road in the west of the parish borders the Wolverhampton suburb of Underhill.[11] The parish is part of South Staffordshire district in Staffordshire and borders the City of Wolverhampton (Ashmore Park) and the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall in the county of West Midlands. 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.[12][13]

School

The main school in Essington is St Johns Primary Academy.[14] 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 the Evangelist is an active Anglican church in the village.[15] It was built in 1932 and has an extension at the west end, completed in 2015.[16] Outside the village, Essington Wood Methodist Chapel is on Bursnips Road (A462).[17]

Notable people

  • Ealhswith, queen consort and wife of Alfred the Great, the self-styled first King of England.[citation needed]
  • Ralph Sweet-Escott (1869 in Essington – 1907) played international rugby union for Wales,[18] he also played cricket for Glamorgan.
  • Meera Syal CBE (born 1961) comedian and author; her debut novel Anita and Me was set in the fictional village of Tollington, which was based on Essington in the early 1970s, where she grew up.

See also

References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Civil Parish population 2021". Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Essington through time". Vision of Britain. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Essington". Staffordshire Past Track. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Essington | South Staffordshire District Council". www.sstaffs.gov.uk. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Brew, Alec (15 March 2024). Lost Wolverhampton. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-3981-0531-7.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Parliamentary Papers: 1909-1982. H.M. Stationery Office. 1921.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."South Staffordshire Local List of Buildings and Other Structures of Architectural or Historic Interest" (PDF). www.sstaffs.gov.uk. 3 March 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Bursnips Road Signal Box". oakparkrunners railway & other snippets. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Essington, Staffs – Bus Times". bustimes.org. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Standard Area Measurements for Parishes (December 2021) in EW". geoportal.statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Essington (South Staffordshire) parish map - SWC". Saturday Walkers Club. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Essington Parish Council". www.sstaffs.gov.uk. South Staffordshire Council. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Welcome to Essington Parish Council". Essington Parish Council. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."St John's Primary Academy". St John's Primary Academy. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Welcome - St John's Church Essington". Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  16. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."About our building - St John's Church Essington". Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  17. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Essington Wood – Brownhills and Willenhall Methodist Circuit". Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  18. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Lemon, Eric; Jenkins, John M. (11 May 2024). They Played Rugby for Wales, 2023 edition. Eric Lemon. p. 420. ISBN 978-0-6453626-6-4.

Notes

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  1. ^ Both Springhill and Newtown are designated 'village' per Ordnance Survey Open Names database (SJ80)

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