Talk:Blackheath, West Midlands

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I think that the description of Blackheat as a "suburb" of Rowley Regis is at least misleading and at most wrong.
 * 1) Rowley, or Rowley Village or even possibly Rowley Regis is an ancient and historic village centred on the church of St Giles.
 * 2) In no way is Rowley Regis a town.
 * 3) The village has, from time to time, leant its name to a number of institutions and geographically more or less well-defined regions, most importantly, Rowley Regis Urban District Council.
 * 4) RRUDC no longer exists though the geographic use of the name continues, especially by the post office.
 * 5) Unboubtedly, Blackheath lies within any reasonable definition of the region of Rowley Regis.
 * 6) Undoubtedly, Blackheath is a town.
 * 7) Therefore, to describe Blackheath as a suburb and Rowley Regis, a town, seems to create a highly misleading impression.

It would be worth-while someone having a go at describing the exact realtionship between Rowley village and Blackheath town (for the unfamiliar, they are barely half a mile apart and you wouldn't be able to tell the join) but I can't put my finger on it. Cutler 22:26, Apr 26, 2005 (UTC)

Blacheath Expanding, and future plans
I'm not very happy with these edits: Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. Disuss. Cutler 10:21, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Re:Blackheath Expanding, and future plans
Agree with Cutler

Blackheath in Rowley (Regis)??
Modern day Rowley Regis is seen as one of the six towns that make up Sandwell MBC - the others being Oldbury, Smethwick, Tipton, Wednesbury and West Bromwich.

Politically speaking the Wards which make up RR are:

Blackheath, Cradley Heath and Old Hill, Rowley and Tividale.

So these days Blackheath is seen in Rowley Regis.

Yes Blackheath is a town, so is Cradley Heath, Old Hill etc. These all make up one "Super Town" - Rowley Regis - which doesn't really have a centre like the other Sandwell towns - ie. you can easily refer to Oldbury town centre, West Brom town centre etc so it does seem a bit disjointed. To me the town centre of Rowley Regis would be Blackheath.

To me the boundary of Rowley and Blackheath is the Sir Ropert Peel public house - the pub and up the hill = Rowley, below the pub = Blackheath.


 * No disagreement with any of that. It was the word suburb that I objected to. Please sign posts with four tildes " ~ " Wikipedia will then insert your name and date details like this: Cutler 11:42, 20 April 2006 (UTC)