Frankley is a village and
civil parish
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in Worcestershire. The modern Frankley estate is part of the
New Frankley civil parish in Birmingham, and has been part of the city since 1995. The parish has a population of 122.
History
Frankley is listed within the
hundred
100 or one hundred (Roman numerals, Roman numeral: C) is the natural number following 99 (number), 99 and preceding 101 (number), 101.
In mathematics
100 is the square of 10 (number), 10 (in scientific notation it is written as 102). The standar ...
of Cane in Worcestershire in the 1086 Domesday Survey. In the mid-12th century Cane was combined with other Domesday hundreds to form the hundred of
Halfshire, which was extant through the 19th century.
Adam de Harvington, or de Herwynton, (died c.1345),
Lord Treasurer of Ireland, owned the manor of Frankley in the fourteenth century.
St Leonards Church
The 15th-century
church building lies to the north of the village.
The building is constructed from sandstone in a red and grey colour, until 1965 the tower contained two bells.
A new church hall was constructed in 2005.
New Church Hall for St Leonards Church, Frankley, Worcestershire
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Frankley services
The village gives its name to Frankley services, a motorway service area on the M5 motorway
The M5 is a motorway in England linking the Midlands with the South West England, South West. It runs from junction 8 of the M6 motorway, M6 at West Bromwich near Birmingham to Exeter in Devon. Heading south-west, the M5 runs east of West Brom ...
to the north west of the village. The services opened with the motorway in 1966.
See also
* Frankley Reservoir
* Frankley Water Treatment Works
References
External links
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Villages in Worcestershire
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