Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton is a City district (city) and in the West Midlands of England. The city has a famous sports club, Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.. It is an industrial city, and has a University, and Wolverhampton is also the name of the Metropolitan Borough in which it lies. In 2002 the city had a population of 239358. The name of the city is abbreviated to "W'ton" or "Wolves".

Wolverhampton lies northwest of Birmingham. The Centre of Wolverhampton is outside the Black Country, although some districts, such as Bilston and Heath Town in the area.



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[hide] *1 History  ==History[ Edit] == The city was founded in 985 by Lady Wulfruna. The name comes from "Wulfruna Wulfruna's heaneton", "city on the Hill".
 * 2 Districts
 * 3 Born
 * 4 number of inhabitants
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There was a monastery in Wolverhampton in the time of the Saxony, founded by Lady Wulfruna, and consecrated in 994. The St. Peter's Church was on the site of the old monastery in 1425 built. Around the 13th century the town was an important market town, and was known for his wool. From the 16th century the city became industrialized, and some metal processing companies established themselves there, including lock and key makers.

In the 19th century the area came to the South-East of the city known under the name Black Country (Black Country) because the industry the area polluted with black soot that crystallized everywhere. In Victorian times the city amassed great wealth by the huge amount of industry in the area. The remains of this wealth can be seen in the architecture of the city houses such as Wightwick Manor and tettenhall Towers. Many homes, however, are of a similar calibre in the sixties and seventies aborted.

In 1835, the Wolverhampton Mechanics ' Institute was established, and this was by the present University of Wolverhampton various accretions (1992). The main campus is located in the Centre of the city, with outbuildings in Compton, and in Walsall and Telford. ==Districts[ Edit] == Districts in the city include:

==Born<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ==Number of inhabitants<span class="mw-editsection" len="335" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The tables below show the number of inhabitants of the city and of the region which today is controlled by the Wolverhampton City Council.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1" len="165" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [1] ,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" len="165" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[2]
 * Ashmore Park
 * Bilston, Blakenhall, Bradley, Bradmore, Bushbury
 * Colton Hills Castlecroft, Codsall , Compton
 * Dunstall Hill
 * Fallings Park
 * Goldthorn Park
 * Heath Town
 * Lanesfield
 * Merry Hill, Monmore Green
 * Newbridge
 * Old Fallings, Oxley
 * Palmer's Cross, Pendeford, Penn, Penn Fields, Portobello, Priestfield
 * Tettenhall, Tettenhall Wood
 * Wednesfield, Whitmore Raavi, Wightwick, Wood End
 * Jack Rowley (1920-1998), football player and coach
 * Jack Taylor (1930-2012), football referee
 * Hugh Porter (1940), cyclist
 * Stuart Baxter (1953), football player and coach
 * Ian Wells (1964-2013), football player
 * Ashley Williams (1984), footballer
 * Mark Davies (1988), footballer
 * Wayne Jones (1965), darts player
 * Liam Payne (1993), singer in the boy band One Direction