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were constructed. One of the two taller tower blocks, Cobden House, was demolished by a controlled explosion in August 2002. The four smaller tower blocks (Neale House, Villiers House, Cross House, and
Ranelagh House) were cleared with mechanical demolitions in 2007. The final taller tower block,
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Group was formed by
Maurice Lane. The group is still going today and recruits people aged 6–14. Although scouting has changed somewhat since the days 1st Blakenhall has formed, the group now meets at St. Johns Methodist Church and is open to both male and females in Blakenhall. The next major
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Wolverhampton's first major council housing development to rehouse families from town centre slums, a site around Green Lane (later renamed Birmingham Road and Thompson Avenue) and Parkfield Road was included in this development. In 1960, 1st Blakenhall
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were built in
Blakenhall in 1902, though it would be nearly 20 years before mass council housing building took place anywhere else in the area. By the 1980s, these properties were outdated and were finally demolished in the spring of 1988. Vehicle maker
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Wolverhampton, although it has improved slightly since the 1990s due to its designation as an ABC Regeneration Area. A similar initiative covers the neighbouring
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518:Terraced shops on Dudley Road, Blakenhall
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16:Suburb of Wolverhampton, England
627:The Royal School, Wolverhampton
623:The Royal School, Wolverhampton
573:occupies the site of a former
560:Metropolitan Borough of Dudley
19:For the Cheshire village, see
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619:Colton Hills Community School
554:wards, as well as (briefly)
502: Other Religions (3.3%)
399:since July 2021, previously
1122:Bushbury South and Low Hill
522:The Blakenhall ward serves
440:Faith in Blakenhall (2021)
94:OS grid reference
28:Human settlement in England
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791:Liverpool University Press
649:Wolverhampton City Council
524:Wolverhampton City Council
381:Wolverhampton Wanderers FC
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1055:Local History: Blakenhall
926:, Accessed 24 August 2023
912:30 September 2007 at the
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466: No religion (12.2%)
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738:. Wolverhampton History.
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528:Wolverhampton South East
272:Wolverhampton South East
128:Metropolitan county
1012:Wolverhampton Chronicle
783:Noszlopy, George Thomas
768:20 October 2013 at the
750:"Black Country History"
1223:Areas of Wolverhampton
984:"Blakenhall: Religion"
862:52.575861°N 2.135798°W
629:is in Graiseley ward.
526:and forms part of the
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386:Wolverhampton's first
198:Postcode district
907:1st Blakenhall Scouts
635:Parkfield High School
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411:. It was designed by
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867:52.575861; -2.135798
359:Toponymy and history
178:Sovereign state
73:Location within the
21:Blakenhall, Cheshire
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763:Graiseky Hill Works
651:, opened in 2010.
621:and senior part of
556:South Staffordshire
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825:on 20 October 2013
715:on 10 January 2011
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210:Dialling code
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1132:Ettingshall
973:2001 Census
953:15 December
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605:, and 0.4%
579:2021 census
552:Spring Vale
548:Ettingshall
413:Steve Field
365:Old English
353:2021 census
326: /
1212:Categories
1172:St Peter's
1152:Merry Hill
1147:Heath Town
1112:Blakenhall
871: (
849:52°34′33″N
829:19 October
655:References
617:district.
615:All Saints
581:was 40.7%
544:St Peter's
375:) towards
341:Blakenhall
311:52°34′23″N
85:Population
67:Blakenhall
34:Blakenhall
1142:Graiseley
1127:East Park
1036:6 January
852:2°08′09″W
736:"Housing"
719:5 January
587:Christian
536:Graiseley
314:2°07′37″W
248:Ambulance
188:Post town
963:cite web
910:Archived
766:Archived
607:Buddhist
593:, 10.4%
589:, 16.6%
585:, 24.3%
571:Gurdwara
558:and the
494:Buddhism
474:Hinduism
401:Waitrose
101:SO910966
601:, 3.3%
597:, 4.3%
476:(10.4%)
460:(24.3%)
450:(40.7%)
448:Sikhism
405:Safeway
377:Sedgley
295:England
170:England
164:Country
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484:Islam
421:Scout
397:Tesco
214:01902
1167:Penn
1162:Park
1038:2011
969:link
955:2010
831:2013
795:ISBN
721:2011
686:2015
583:Sikh
540:Penn
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