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Places

Staffordshire

Tettenhall
This is the village where I live and it used to be politically located within the county of Staffordshire.  It now comes under the jurisdiction of Wolverhampton Borough Council as part of the West Midlands Metropolitan area.

Tettenhall is approximately 2 miles north west of Wolverhampton and straddles the old London to Holyhead coaching road (now A41) which travels in a north westerly direction from London through the midlands to north Wales.  See a location map here.

Tettenhall History
Tettenhall lays claim to an interesting historical past as being the possible site for a major battle between the Danes and Saxons around AD 910.  It was a battle considered second only in importance to the one which took place on the south coast of England near Hastings in 1066.

Tettenhall is one of only a handful of villages within the UK which can boast two village greens. Upper Green is shown above left and Lower Green here.

Upper Green
The main village of Tettenhall consisting of shops, Post office, library and the popular Padding Pool can all be found on Upper Green.

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Next is another view of the pool which is looking over public open space area towards Tettenhall Cricket Club and Danescourt Cemetery. 

A Clock Tower stands on Upper Green and was a gift from Mr and Mrs E. Swindley in 1911 to commemorate the Coronation of King George V.

Moving across Upper Green there are more views of the shops and open space areas across the green. Inevitably room must be made for the modern motor car and the car parking problems they cause.

Lower Green
Lower Green is reputedly to be one of the possible sites in Tettenhall where a major battle between the Danes and Saxons in AD 910 took place.

In the top corner of Lower Green there is an access road leading to
St. Michael's Church.  Here  is the front entrance (Litch Gate) to the picturesque Church of St Michael's .

More views of Lower Green:-

• The Mitre Public House on Lower Green
  
• Former National School now St Michael's and All Angel's Junior School.
  

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