Ettingshall
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Ettingshall is an area of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, and is a ward of Wolverhampton City Council. It is situated to the south-east of the city centre.
Ettingshall ward stretches between the city centre and Bilston, bordering the East Park, Bilston North, Bilston East, Spring Vale, Blakenhall and St Peter's wards. As well as Ettingshall, it covers the inner city area of All Saints. It forms part of the Wolverhampton South East constituency.
The Midland Metro tramway has two stops in the area: The Royal (named after the now-closed Royal Wolverhampton Hospital) and Priestfield.
Ettingshall is situated on the western edge of the former Borough of Bilston and began as an expansion of the Sedgley village of Ettingshall in the Victorian era. As the northern parts of the original Ettingshall extended across the border into Bilston, many new houses and factories were built and this area became known as "Ettingshall New Village", the Ettingshall that still exists in the present day.
A few references to the original village in Sedgley still exist, with the Ettingshall Park Estate below the eastern slopes of Sedgley Beacon, while two roads in Coseley, Upper Ettingshall Road and Ettingshall Road still remain, their names reflecting the upper and lower parts of the extensive village.
