Lutley is a hamlet near

Halesowen Halesowen ( ) is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, in the county of the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. Historic counties of England, Historically an exclave of Shropshire and, from 1844, in Worcestershire, ...

in the

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district, in the county of the West Midlands, England. Lutley Mill is nearby in Halesowen and is also the name of a local pub. Lutley Mill is situated on Puddings Brook. The Lutley Gutter runs through Lutley. In 1951 the parish had a population of 457. Lutley Mill - geograph

History

Lutley was historically a

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in the

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of Halesowen. Most of the parish formed the manor of Halesowen, which was transferred from

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to become a detached part of

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on being acquired to the

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in the thirteenth century. However, Lutley was not part of the manor, belonging instead to the priests of

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, being the only one of their possessions outside Staffordshire. The ownership resulted in the manor of Lutley being with

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and various other places part of the manor of the Deanery of Wolverhampton. It was therefore also one of the few parts of the parish of Halesowen to remain in Worcestershire, along with Cradley and Warley Wigorn, which were also part of the parish but not the manor of Halesowen. In 1866 Lutley became a separate civil parish. From 1894 to 1925 it was part of

Halesowen Rural District Halesowen ( ) is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, in the county of the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. Historic counties of England, Historically an exclave of Shropshire and, from 1844, in Worcestershire, ...

. In 1925 it was incorporated into the

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of Halesowen. It remained a civil parish until 1974, but as an

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it had no parish council of its own after 1925, being directly administered by Halesowen Town Council. The parish was abolished in 1974 along with the borough of Halesowen, becoming part of the wider

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of Dudley. The original village has become a hamlet with a few farms at , while the southern portion of the township at Hayley Green has been built up in modern times, as the town of Halesowen expanded. This became as ribbon development along Hagley Road, but expanded in the 1980s with the development of Portsdown Road and the roads leading off it.

Community facilities

The area contains Lutley Primary School and the Lutley Community Centre.

References

Hamlets in the West Midlands (county) Former civil parishes in the West Midlands (county) Halesowen {{WestMidlands-geo-stub

History

Community facilities

See also

References