Tettenhall Regis is a

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City Council, West Midlands. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 11,911.

Geography

The modern ward of Tettenhall Regis is one of two covering the

Tettenhall Tettenhall is a historic village within the City of Wolverhampton, in the county of the West Midlands, England. Tettenhall became part of Wolverhampton district in 1966, along with Bilston, Wednesfield and parts of Willenhall, Coseley and ...

area, the other being

Tettenhall Wightwick Tettenhall Wightwick is a ward of Wolverhampton City Council, West Midlands. The population of this ward taken at the 2011 census was 10,872. Geography It is one of two wards covering the Tettenhall area, the other being Tettenhall Regis. It ...

. It is situated on the western edge of the city, bordering

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and the Oxley, St Peter's,

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and

wards. It forms part of the Wolverhampton West constituency. As well as the northern part of

, it covers the suburbs of

Aldersley Aldersley is a suburb of Wolverhampton, West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. It is north-west of Wolverhampton city centre, within the Tettenhall Regis Ward (politics), ward. Aldersley is a relatively modern part of Wolverhampton, with ...

and Claregate.

Name

Historically, Tettenhall

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was divided into two manors, Tettenhall Regis ("Tettenhall of the king") and Tettenhall Clericorum ("Tettenhall of the clergy"). Likewise, the smaller

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of Tettenhall was divided into two

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wicks called Tettenhall Regis and Tettenhall Clericorum.

Architecture

The ward contain some interesting architecture including the Clifton Road conservation area. Woodthorne, once the home of

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, has long since been demolished and its site is now used by DEFRA. The Church of St. Michael on Lower Green was a medieval church (and formerly a Royal Free Chapel) that was badly damaged by a fire in the 1950s and rebuilt in the Gothic style.

Places of interest

The A41 runs through the western area of the ward, this section of A41 "Holyhead Road" was designed by

Thomas Telford Thomas Telford (9 August 1757 – 2 September 1834) was a Scottish civil engineer. After establishing himself as an engineer of road and canal projects in Shropshire, he designed numerous infrastructure projects in his native Scotland, as well ...

who organised blasting through Tettenhall Rock. Adjacent to the A41 is Tettenhall Green which was gifted to Tettenhall Parish Council by a Miss Jenks, the Green contains Tettenhall pool (a well known local paddling pool). Adjacent to Tettenhall Green is Wolverhampton Cricket Club and also nearby is the South Staffordshire Golf Club.

Education

The ward is home to Aldersley and The King's

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s and a number of

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