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CITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON

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Wolverhampton is a city in the West Midlands, which is a county in central England

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The earliest record of a settlement dates back to 985AD, when King Ethelred II gave land to Lady Wulfruna

The area became known as Wulfruna’s Heantune, meaning Wulfruna’s High Town. From this we get the name Wolverhampton

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Wolverhampton has a long history in manufacturing, starting with weaving and wool products moving on to metal crafts in the 1700’s

This includes the famous Chubb company who make locks and safes

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In the 20th Century, transport became a major industry with bicycles, motor cycles, cars, trams, buses and air planes all being built here

Today, Wolverhampton retains a thriving aero-space industry supplying control systems to most of the world’s airlines

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Wolverhampton has a population of over 236,900 people living within the city area, according to 2006 census

27% of these are from ethnic minorities, which is higher than the national average

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Wolverhampton is now an harmonious multi-ethnic city but not without its problems

The traditional industries, based on iron, coal and manufacturing have declined leaving pockets of high unemployment

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However, it is re-inventing itself with the resurgence of high technology engineering, the creative industries, retail and entertainment, and with a rapidly expanding university

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For more information on Wolverhampton:

http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/history/Hhistory.htm

http://www.localhistories.org/wolverhampton.html

http://www.wolverhamptonarchives.dial.pipex.com/local_industry_3.htm

http://www.wolverhampton.gov.uk/

http://www.be-me.org/

http://www.light-house.co.uk/