Tividale

Tividale

Infobox UK place
official_name= Tividale
country= England
region= West Midlands
population=
os_grid_reference= SO965905
map_type= West Midlands
latitude= 52.51238
longitude= -2.05300
post_town= OLDBURY
postcode_area= B
postcode_district= B69
dial_code=
constituency_westminster=
civil_parish=
metropolitan_borough= Sandwell
metropolitan_county= West Midlands

Tividale is a village in Tipton, Sandwell, West Midlands.

It was in the parish of St Michael named after the church built there, was created in 1878 as an extension of the town of Tipton in the county of Staffordshire, England. It was originally set around the main Dudley to Oldbury road with several hundred terraced houses with shop fronts on the main road as well as many more on the side streets running off. But Tividale began to expand during the first half of the 20th century and was actually developed beyond Tipton's borders into Dudley.

The Netherton Tunnel runs under Tividale.

In 1966, Tipton became part of West Bromwich County Borough but Tividale was split between the boroughs of West Bromwich and Warley. Since 1974 it has been part of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough in the West Midlands county.

Tividale High School was built after the Second World War. It is a large school which started out as a secondary modern and is now a specialist Arts College.

It is also the home of the new Hindu Temple which is an exact replica of Tirupati Balaji Temple in Southern India.

Housing estates around Tividale include Tividale Hall, Castle View, Grace Mary and Brades Hall.

Despite existing within the original Dudley and Tipton council areas, most of Tividale exists within the Oldbury B69 postal district.

The area has been served by a secondary school since 1956. It was opened as Tividale Secondary Modern School but is now known as Tividale Community Arts College.

Tividale Tram workshops opened along the main Tividale Road (a tram route) in 1907, and remained open until 1930. The tramway along the road closed in 1939, as trams were phased out in favour of trolley buses.

In the early 1990s, the area of Tipton around the Birmingham Canal was developed as a private housing estate called Tividale Quays.

St Michael's Church, once the most prominent landmark in the village, was earmarked for demolition in 1982 after an inspection revealed that the buildings were revealed to be riddled with damp and woodworm. It was decided to demolish the church and rebuild it, rather than improve the original building. Consequently, the church was demolished in 1984 and a new, smaller church was later opened on the site.


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