 Timeline
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994
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Wulfrun's Charter
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1086
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Domesday Book - Pelsall described as 'Waste', about half a hide (60 acres) of arable land.
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1215
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Mention of a Mill at Pelsall.
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1300
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Pelsall officially 'disafforested' from Cannock Forest.
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1311
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First mention of a Church at Pelsall.
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1546
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An inventory shows that Pelsall Church Owned:
5 ounce of white plate, 4 ounce of gilt plate, and 2 bells in the steeple.
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1563
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Population recorded as 14 householders.
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1597
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First record of an alehouse. Licence granted to William HORTON to 'brew and bake'.
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1660
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Charities established. Henry DICKINSON gave money for the poor.
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1665
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Hearth Tax: reveals there were 51 households in Pelsall at that time.
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1717
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George SPARROW applied for a lease to drain his coalpits.
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1763
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People of Pelsall agreed to pay St Peter's Church of Wolverhampton fees for permission to bury at Pelsall Church.
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1801
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Census shows population of village as 477.
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1806
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Industrial Revolution gaining speed . Many entrepeneurs take advantage of Pelsall's rich mineral weatlh.
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1831
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Population: 721
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1836
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Wesley Chapel opened on land donated by Mr Boaz BLOOMER founder of the Pelsall Ironworks.
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1843
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New parish church erected in Hall Lane to replace old church which had been situated in Paradise Lane.
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1845
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School opened for 122 pupils. Fee: 2d (pence) per week.
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1848
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BLOOMER family came to Pelsall opening the Pelsall Coal and Iron Company.
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1853
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Primitive Methodist chapel built in Foundry Lane.
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14 July 1859
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New Weslyan Chapel opened. Boaz BLOOMER was treasurer.
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1860
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Josiah WILKES brought his family from Sedgely to Pelsall and established a brass and iron foundry.
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1861
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Population: 1,892
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1869
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New Methodist Chapel built at Heath End.
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1871
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Population: 2,389
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1891
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Population: 3,364
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1872
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Pelsall Hall Colliery disaster. 22 men and boys lost.
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1895
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Typhoid fever broke out in the village.
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1892
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Pelsall Coal and Iron Works closed.
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1901
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Population: 3,626
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