Birches Bridge is an area of

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, Staffordshire. It is situated to the northwest of Wolverhampton between Bilbrook and Codsall.

Name and origins

Birches Bridge takes its name from The Birches, a large estate first mentioned in court rolls of 1716 and in a Codsall Parish Register of 1730. The estate stood between the present day Birches Road and Lane Green Road. ''Birch'' coming from old English ''braec'' or ''brec'', meaning a newly cultivated piece of land.

Shops and amenities

Birches Bridge is home to Bilbrook railway station and Birches Bridge Shopping Centre, which features The Flower Shop which was established when the parade of shops was built in 1956, a

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supermarket and an

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petrol station amongst other shops and eateries.

Transport links

The area is serviced by the number 5 Wolverhampton to Codsall

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bus service, and Bilbrook railway station on the

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. The railway station was originally known as Birches.

References

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