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Wakeley Hill in Penn, Wolverhampton
This is Wakeley Hill at the junction with Church Hill. Wakeley Hill leads towards Colton Hills and Penn Golf Club.
In Victorian times this was Wakeley Lane, though locally it was often called Workhouse Lane. Old tithe maps show the workhouse about three hundred metres up the hill, on the right.
Image: © Roger D Kidd
Taken: 10 Dec 2017
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Church Hill in Penn, Wolverhampton
This is looking down Church Hill at the junction with Wakeley Hill.
Image: © Roger D Kidd
Taken: 29 Mar 2012
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Church Hill in Penn, Wolverhampton
Church Hill leads from Penn Village (the A449) to St Bartholomew's Church on Penn Common. Wakeley Hill leads off to the left, towards Colton Hills and Penn Golf Club.
Image: © Roger D Kidd
Taken: 10 Dec 2017
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Church Hill and Wakeley Hill in Penn, Wolverhampton
Church Hill leads from Penn Village (the A449) to St Bartholomew's Church on Penn Common. Wakeley Hill leads off to the left, towards Colton Hills and Penn Golf Club.
In Victorian times this was Wakeley Lane (not Hill), was often called Workhouse Lane. Old tithe maps show the workhouse about three hundred metres up the hill, on the right, rather than in cottages off to the left, which has been suggested.
Image: © Roger D Kidd
Taken: 10 Dec 2017
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Church Hill in Penn, Wolverhampton
Church Hill is seen here, looking north towards the A449 Penn Road from near the junction with Wakeley Hill.
Image: © Roger D Kidd
Taken: 10 Dec 2017
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Church Hill in Penn, Wolverhampton
Church Hill is seen here, looking south towards Penn Common from near the junction with Brenton Road.
Image: © Roger D Kidd
Taken: 10 Dec 2017
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Wakeley Hill in Penn, Wolverhampton
This is Wakeley Hill at the junction with Church Hill. Wakeley Hill leads towards Colton Hills and Penn Golf Club.
In Victorian times this was Wakeley Lane, though locally it was often called Workhouse Lane. Old tithe maps show the workhouse about three hundred metres ahead, on the right.
Image: © Roger D Kidd
Taken: 10 Dec 2017
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Housing and bus on Wakeley Hill, Penn, Wolverhampton
Off to the left is The Fold. The bus on Midland route 64 is a 1997 Dennis Dart Alexander ALX200 Demonstrator, reg P942EMS.
This used to be called Wakeley Lane, and also Workhouse Lane. Tithe maps show the workhouse to have been at the (current) Grade II listed Ivy Terrace, about 300 metres ahead on the right.
Image: © Roger D Kidd
Taken: 29 Mar 2012
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Modern housing on Wakeley Hill in Penn, Wolverhampton
Off to the left is The Fold. Wakeley Hill leads from near the A449 to Penn Common and the Barley Mow public house.
In Victorian times this was Wakeley Lane (not Hill), and was often called Workhouse Lane*. Before the building of the golf course, the old route also continued (unsurfaced) to Gospel End.
* Old tithe maps from the 1840s show the workhouse about 220 metres further up the hill, and on the right, past Butts Road. It is now called Ivy Terrace.
Image: © Roger D Kidd
Taken: 29 Mar 2012
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Wakeley Hill in Penn, Wolverhampton
Looking south-east from the junction with Church Hill. Wakeley Hill leads towards Colton Hills and Penn Golf Club.
In Victorian times this was Wakeley Lane (not Hill), was often called Workhouse Lane. Old tithe maps show the workhouse about three hundred metres up the hill, on the right, rather than in cottages here off to the left, which has been suggested.
Image: © Roger D Kidd
Taken: 10 Dec 2017
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