Wednesfield, Staffordshire

Description
Wednesfield, a town, a township, and two ecclesiastical parishes in Wolverhampton parish, Staffordshire. The town lies on the Wyrley Canal; 2 miles NE of Wolverhampton, and has a station on the Walsall and Wolverhampton section of the M.R., and a post, money order, and telegraph office under Wolverhampton. The town is governed by an urban district council. The manufacture of locks, keys, and steel traps is very largely carried on. There are a large iron-foundry and colour works. Edward the Elder beat the Danes here in 910. Acreage of the township, 3688; population, 12,024. The ecclesiastical parishes are Wednesfield and Wednesfield Heath, and are jointly conterminate with the township. Population of St Thomas, Wednesfield, 4971; of Holy Trinity, Wednesfield Heath (constituted 1853), 7053. The livings are vicarages in the diocese of Lichfield; gross value of St Thomas, £285 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Lichfield. Net value of Holy Trinity, £300 with residence. St Thomas' Church was built in 1745, and rebuilt with the exception of the tower in 1843. Holy Trinity Church at Heath Town is modern. There are Congregational, New Connexion and Primitive Methodist, and Wesleyan chapels. There are also some cottage homes for children connected with the Wolverhampton Union. See HEATH TOWN.