Bilston
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Bilston is a market town in the City of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands, England. It is in the Black Country, south east of Wolverhampton city centre and close to the borders of Sandwell and Walsall. The town was known for enamelling from the mid-17th century, and is a former coal and iron mining district. Iron works dominated in Victorian times and the area became a centre for steel production. The town had a population of 34,639 at the 2021 Census.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Bilston
- UK place.metropolitan_borough
- Wolverhampton
- UK place.region
- West Midlands
- UK place.metropolitan_county
- West Midlands
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Wolverhampton South East
- UK place.population
- 25,576
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011.Wards)
- UK place.post_town
- BILSTON
- UK place.postcode_district
- WV14
- UK place.postcode_area
- WV
- UK place.dial_code
- 01902
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SO951964
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Top: Bilston Market entrance. Lower: St Leonard's Church, Town Hall
- UK place.parts_type
- Areas of the town
- UK place.p1
- Bradley (Village)
- UK place.p2
- Ettingshall (Part)
- UK place.p3
- Lanesfield
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Bilston is a market town in the City of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands, England. It is in the Black Country, south east of Wolverhampton city centre and close to the borders of Sandwell and Walsall. The town was known for enamelling from the mid-17th century, and is a former coal and iron mining district. Iron works dominated in Victorian times and the area became a centre for steel production. The town had a population of 34,639 at the 2021 Census.
==History== Bilston was first referred to in AD 985 as Bilsatena when Wolverhampton was granted to Wulfrun then in 996 as Bilsetnatun in the grant charter of St. Mary's Church (now St. Peter's Collegiate Church, Wolverhampton). Bilsetnatun can be interpreted as meaning the settlement (ton) of the folk (saetan) of the ridge (bill). It is mentioned in the Domesday Book as a village called Billestune.
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