Blue Plaques: The Tipton Workhouse
Blue Plaques: The Tipton Workhouse is a memorial in Sandwell, England. Blue Plaques: The Tipton Workhouse is situated nearby to Sundial Park, as well as near Tipton Fire Station.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of England and Dudley Port railway station.
Church of England
Church
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The Church of England is the established Christian church in England and the Crown Dependencies. It was the initial church of the Anglican tradition. The church traces its history to the Christian hierarchy recorded as existing in the Roman province of Britain by the 3rd century and to the 6th-century Gregorian mission to Kent led by Augustine of Canterbury. Church of England is situated 1 mile southeast of Blue Plaques: The Tipton Workhouse.
Dudley Port railway station
Railway station
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Dudley Port railway station serves the Dudley Port and Great Bridge areas of Tipton, West Midlands, England. Situated on the Rugby–Birmingham–Stafford branch of the West Coast Main Line, the station is operated by West Midlands Railway. Dudley Port railway station is situated 2,700 feet south of Blue Plaques: The Tipton Workhouse.
Tipton railway station
Railway station
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Tipton railway station is located in the industrial town of Tipton in the borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England and was known as Tipton Owen Street until 1968. Tipton railway station is situated 3,100 feet west of Blue Plaques: The Tipton Workhouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Great Bridge and Tipton.
Great Bridge
Suburb
Great Bridge is a historic village and district of Tipton in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell in the metropolitan county of the West Midlands, England. It is situated near the towns of Dudley, West Bromwich and Wednesbury.
Tipton
Town
Photo: Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0.
Sandwell is a metropolitan borough that spans a densely populated part of the West Midlands, including Bearwood, Blackheath, Cradley Heath, Oldbury, Rowley Regis, Smethwick, Tipton, Tividale, Wednesbury, West Bromwich.
Swan Village
Hamlet
Swan Village is an area of West Bromwich, in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell in the West Midlands County of England. It is now divided by the Black Country New Road and was the site of the Swan Village Gas Works.
Blue Plaques: The Tipton Workhouse
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “Near this spot at the junction of Lower Church Lane and Alexandra Road stood until 1912 THE TIPTON WORKHOUSE where local government in the town originated with the first meeting of the Tipton Local Board of Health.10 September 1855.”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Sandwell, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.5316° or 52° 31′ 54″ northLongitude
-2.05177° or 2° 3′ 6″ westOperator
Tipton Civic SocietyOpen location code
9C4VGWJX+J7OpenStreetMap ID
node 3283976668OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sundial Park and Tipton Fire Station.
Nearby Places
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