Bobbington
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Bobbington is a village and civil parish in the South Staffordshire district of Staffordshire, England, about west of Wombourne. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 506, increasing to 588 at the 2011 Census.
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Place details
- Locality
- South Staffordshire
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Bobbington
- UK place.shire_district
- South Staffordshire
- UK place.region
- West Midlands
- UK place.shire_county
- Staffordshire
- UK place.post_town
- Stourbridge
- UK place.postcode_district
- DY7
- UK place.postcode_area
- DY
- UK place.dial_code
- 01384
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SO809905
- UK place.population
- 588
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.static_image
- Holy Cross Church at Bobbington, Staffordshire (geograph 2111888).jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Church of The Holy Cross
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 588
- Image
- Bobbington church - geograph.org.uk - 810768.jpg
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- Bobbington
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- SO809905
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Bobbington is a village and civil parish in the South Staffordshire district of Staffordshire, England, about west of Wombourne. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 506, increasing to 588 at the 2011 Census.
Bobbington is just on the county border with Shropshire (to the west), and is about east of Bridgnorth in Shropshire. It is only about west of the border with West Midlands, and during World War II was home to Bobbington Airfield, renamed during the war as Halfpenny Green, and now known as Wolverhampton Halfpenny Green Airport. On the 12 November 1943 a Royal Air Force, Handley Page Halifax Mk II (BB326) crashed shortly after taking off from Bobbington airfield due to a mechanical failure, killing seven of the eight crew.
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