Pelsall
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Pelsall is a small village to the North of Walsall, it was first recorded in the year 994 as being a small hamlet.
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[edit] Landmarks
The main landmark in Pelsall was for many years the The Fingerpost at the junction of the Norton Road and the Lichfield Road.
Since the late 1990s Pelsall has also had its Millennium Stone marking the 994-1994 Millennium of the village.
It is well known for its annual carnival, with decorated floats and bric-a-brac stalls.
Pelsall is quite green with a large turf central common around which there are pubs and two fish and chips shops.
In 1997, a memorial garden was erected in the village in memory of Donna Cooper, a local girl who died after being knocked over by joyriders in January 1993, at the age of 13.
[edit] Education
Pelsall is currently home to four primary schools; St Michael’s C of E Primary, Pelsall Village School, Ryders Hayes School and Rushall JMI.
Pelsall was also home to Pelsall Comprehensive School which opened in Autumn 1963 as Pelsall Secondary Modern and closed in 1995. The buildings are now home to Rushall JMI School, Education Walsall offices and an teacher training centre.
[edit] Places of worship
The parish church of Pelsall is St Michael and All Angels Church, besides this Pelsall is also home to Pelsall Evangelical Church and Pelsall Methodist Church. Over the years many other places of worship have come and gone.
[edit] External links
- Webpage about Pelsall
- Information on the Pelsall Hall Colliery disaster of 1872
- The story of the 32nd (Aldridge) Battalion, South Staffordshire Home Guard, 1940-1944 - includes much information on the contribution of the Pelsall unit.
