User:Markthearcher

Can anyone out there help my compile a brief history of a building dating from 1602,called Rookery Hall or Lane Hall, Lanesfield, in the city of Wolverhampton, West Midlands.

Built in 1602 and rebuilt in 1869 the house is now the home of the 44 Club a sports venue for a series of sporting activities.

Believed to be associated with the Lane Family, of Bentley, Willenhall (of Bentley Hall) and that of Col Lane and his daughter Jane Lane, who had the distinction of helping Charles King of England, escape after the battle of Worcester.

The Hall (Rookery Hall) lies at the junction of the Birmingham New Road (built 1927) and Spring Road.The area was part of the Black Country coalfield and had many mines in the area producing coal fuel, fireclay and iron goods.