Memorial To James Chance In West Smethwick Park
Memorial To James Chance In West Smethwick Park is a memorial in Sandwell, England. Memorial To James Chance In West Smethwick Park is situated nearby to the grassland The Ivy Bush Beer Garden, as well as near the church Oldbury Cemetery Chapel.Photo: Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Memorial
- Description: structure in Sandwell, West Midlands, England
- Also known as: “James Chance Memorial”, “James Timmins Chance memorial”, and “Memorial to James Chance in West Smethwick Park”
- Inscription: “James J Chance, MA, JP, DL. For 50 years, a partner in Chance Brothers & Co at the Glass Works Smethwick, and Akali Works, Oldbury. He purchased the land for the Park, laid it out and endowed it and on Sep 7 1895 opened it as a gift to the public forever.”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include West Smethwick Park and Holly Lodge High School.
West Smethwick Park
Park
Photo: Pigsonthewing, CC BY-SA 4.0.
West Smethwick Park is a public park in the St Pauls ward of Smethwick, England. It opened on 7 September 1895 on land donated by James Timmings Chance. West Smethwick Park is situated 940 feet south of Memorial To James Chance In West Smethwick Park.
Holly Lodge High School
School
Photo: Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0.
Holly Lodge High School College of Science is a secondary school in Smethwick, West Midlands, England. Holly Lodge High School is situated 930 feet east of Memorial To James Chance In West Smethwick Park.
Smethwick Galton Bridge railway station
Railway station
Photo: Loganberry, Public domain.
Smethwick Galton Bridge is a split-level railway station in Smethwick, West Midlands, England. It is at a point where two railways' lines cross on two levels. Smethwick Galton Bridge railway station is situated 2,600 feet northeast of Memorial To James Chance In West Smethwick Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Londonderry and Smethwick.
Londonderry
Neighborhood
Photo: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Londonderry is a residential area of Oldbury and Smethwick, on the B4182 road, in the Sandwell Metropolitan Borough, in the English county of West Midlands.
Smethwick
Town
Photo: Row17, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Smethwick is an industrial town in the Sandwell district, in the county of the West Midlands, England. It lies 4 miles west of Birmingham city centre. Historically it was in Staffordshire and then Worcestershire before being placed into West Midlands county.
Lyng
Hamlet
Lyng is a residential area of West Bromwich in the West Midlands of England. It is situated in the south of the town near the border with Oldbury - and part of Oldbury's Ring Road actually borders the southern part of the area.
Memorial To James Chance In West Smethwick Park
- Categories: monument and historic site
- Location: Sandwell, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.49843° or 52° 29′ 54″ northLongitude
-1.99056° or 1° 59′ 26″ westInception
1900Open location code
9C4WF2X5+9QOpenStreetMap ID
node 310841298OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q26343439
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The Ivy Bush Beer Garden and Oldbury Cemetery Chapel.
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