Frankley

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Frankley
Worcestershire
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Location
Grid reference: SO995785
Location: 52°25’20"N, 2°-0’45"W
Data
Population: 122  (2001[1])
Post town: Birmingham
Postcode: B32, B45
Dialling code: 0121
Local Government
Council: Bromsgrove
Parliamentary
constituency:
Bromsgrove

Frankley is a village and parish in the Halfshire hundred of Worcestershire, on the border with Birmingham. The modern Frankley estate is part of the New Frankley civil parish in Birmingham, and has been part of the city since 1995.[2] The rural civil parish has a population of 122.[1]

History

Frankley is listed within the hundred of Cane in Worcestershire in the 1086 Domesday Survey.[3] In the mid-12th century Cane was combined with other Domesday hundreds to form the hundred of Halfshire.

St Leonards Church

The 15th-century[4] church building lies to the north of the village.[5] The building is constructed from sandstone in a red and grey colour, until 1965 the tower contained two bells.[5] A new church hall was constructed in 2005.[6]

Frankley services

The village gives its name to Frankley services, a motorway service area on the M5 motorway to the north-west of the village. The services opened with the motorway in 1966.[7]

References

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