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Local Information for Walsall

Walsall is an industrial town in the West Midlands of England. It is located northwest of Birmingham and east of Wolverhampton. Walsall is a part of the West Midlands conurbation and a part of the Black Country.

Walsall is the administrative headquarters of the Walsall Metropolitan Borough. In 2002, the town had a population of 178,600 with nearly 250,000 living in the surrounding borough. Neighbouring towns in the borough include Willenhall, Bloxwich and Aldridge.

The name Walsall is thought to have derived from the words "Walh halh", meaning "valley of the foreigners" (referring to the Celts). By the first part of the 13th century, Walsall was a small market town, with the weekly market being introduced in 1220. The Mayor of Walsall was created as a political position in the 14th century.

Queen Mary's Grammar School was founded by Mary I of England in 1554, and the school carries the queen's personal badge as its emblem; the Tudor Rose and the sheaf of arro...More