Tettenhall

52.598333333333 - 2.1680555555556Koordinaten: 52 ° 36 ' N, 2 ° 10' W

The present church of Tettenhall St. Michael and All Angels, already existed at the time of the Domesday Book ( 1086 ). At that time, ( to exclude the charges levied ) lived about a hundred inhabitants there. Interesting and a landmark of the city is the Clock Tower of 1912, built to commemorate the coronation of King George V. In addition, are remarkable: Wightwick Manor, an ensemble of mansions dating back to the late 19th century; the ancient windmill dating from 1720; Compton Hall ( 1845); Salisbury House, originally a property of the Thorneycrofts (see below), today office building; St. Jew 's Church; and West Park, the recreation park of the district.

Tettenhall has a shopping street and an arcade and is crossed by the highway A41. Although it was incorporated in 1966 in Wolverhampton, but its rural character was maintained. 1851 lived here 3,396 inhabitants, which now includes Wolverhamptoner Districts Tettenhall Wightwick and Tettenhall - Regis 11,000 and 12,000 inhabitants.

Tettenhall has its own Public School, Tettenhall College, which is in Tettenhall Towers, headquarters of the Thorneycroft family housed. Perhaps the most famous students of the college was Arthur Harden. The Thorneycrofts turn were famous conservatives. In the 1860s, Benjamin Disraeli personally tried to win Colonel Thorneycroft to be a candidate for the House of Commons, but he refrained.

In addition, he was a very eccentric man. He was known that he thrust his butler from the towers of his castle, to test different he invented flying machines. A descendant of Colonel Thorneycroft was British Chancellor of the Exchequer, Peter Thorneycroft in the 1950s.

Other famous sons and daughters of the town include:

• Edward Banks, poet ( 20th century)
• Herbert Westren Turnbull, mathematician ( 20th century)
• James Brindley, engineer and canal builder (18th century)
• Thomas Congreve, engineer, rocket engineer (18th century)
• Henry Hartley Fowler, First Lord of Wolverhampton, noble politician, Minister of Colonies
• Sir Alfred Hickman, Industrial
• Admiral Richard Leveson
• William Pitt, local historian and poet
• Thomas Telford, road engineer