. Wednesbury as a manufacturing and commercial centre . church, but only a few vestiges of itremain ; blast furnaces now stand on the site of Willingsworth Hall;the most interesting building still standing is Oakeswell Hall, a half-timbered residence with a curious lantern roof, once the seat of theHopkins family, who suffered for their loyalty to Charles I. during theCivil Wars. The ParishChurch, which hasbeen extensivelyrestored, is anedifice in the Per-pendicular style,dedicated toSt. earliest por-tion dates fromthe time of KingJohn, when it wassubject to HalesOwen
. Wednesbury as a manufacturing and commercial centre . church, but only a few vestiges of itremain ; blast furnaces now stand on the site of Willingsworth Hall;the most interesting building still standing is Oakeswell Hall, a half-timbered residence with a curious lantern roof, once the seat of theHopkins family, who suffered for their loyalty to Charles I. during theCivil Wars. The ParishChurch, which hasbeen extensivelyrestored, is anedifice in the Per-pendicular style,dedicated toSt. earliest por-tion dates fromthe time of KingJohn, when it wassubject to HalesOwen ; the memo-rials in the churchare a mural tabletto the noble familyof Harcourt, and amonumental tombwith the recum-bent efhgies ofRichard Parkesand his wife, ofWillingsworth,ancestors of LordDudley. Thereare also tabletsto the Hopkinsfamily in Oakes-well Hall; to the family of Comberford (1559), who were Lords of the Manor ; toFrancis Wortley (1631); and there is the fragment of a slab, dated1521, belonging to the Jennings family of litigious iJ. W. Bernard. Photo. The Drill Hall, Wednesbury. 33 UNDER GOVERNMENT CONTROL. James Russell & Sons REGISTEREDOFFICES: LIMITEDi Crown Tube Works,WEDNESBURY.
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