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The town of Halesowen was until the thirteenth century known as Halas, but it was then gifted to a Welsh prince called Owen and became known has Halas-Owen, but in modern times it has always been called Halesowen. Until 1974 Halesowen was a borough in the county of Worcestershire, but then it became part of the new West Midlands Metropolitan County and the Dudley Metropolitan Borough.The centre of Halesowen is home to a Norman Church, a football ground where non-league Halesowen Town F.C play, and a College of Further Education which was founded in 1939.
Halesowen was recorded in the Domesday Book as larger than Birmingham. Ironically, the city of Birmingham (ten miles east of Halesowen) is now the second largest city in England and Halesowen is now part of the Dudley borough.
Most of the housing stock in Halesowen is privately owned houses built in the 30 years which followed the end of the Second World War, although some parts of the town are still made up of Victorian and Edwardian terraced houses. The town centre was almost completely rebuilt during the 1960's.
In the eastern part of Halesowen is Leasowes Park which was originally a garden owned by the eighteenth century poet William Shenstone. Although he has been dead for some 200 years, William Shenstone is still one of the most famous names associated with Halesowen. The local theatre and a Wetherspoon's watering hole are both named after him. Somers Forge industries is the premier industry in Halesowen.
Halesowen is the most expensive town in the Dudley borough in which to buy houses because of its convenient location near to the city of Birmingham, where many of its residents work.
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