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Originally in Staffordshire, the Rowley Regis Urban District was formed in 1894 to cover the villages of Rowley, Blackheath, Cradley Heath, and Old Hill. The urban district was incorporated into a municipal borough in 1933. [ 9 ]
Rowley Regis Staffordshire. Click on the map for other historical maps of this place. In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Rowley Regis like this: ROWLEY-REGIS, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Dudley district, Stafford.
Rowley Regis is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Staffordshire, created in 1848 from a chapelry in Clent Ancient Parish (Worcestershire). Other places in the parish include: Old Hill and Tividale. Parish church: Parish registers begin: Parish registers: 1539. Bishop’s Transcripts: 1606.
Rowley Regis Church Records. Rowley Regis Parish Registers (1815-1955) The parish registers of Rowley Regis are the primary source for birth, marriage and death details before civil registration (1837). A full index to names with original images of the registers are available between 1815 and 1955.
Rowley Regis, Staffordshire genealogy site with description, census transcripts, parish records, and many other resources.
Rowley Regis was once a small ancient village on the top of a very high hill in South Staffordshire, now apparently absorbed seamlessly into the enveloping sprawl of the West Midlands conurbation.
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