Smethwick

Smethwick (pronounced 'Smethick') is a town adjacent to Birmingham and West Bromwich in England.

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Originally the area was an Urban District and from 1894 a Municipal Borough in the county of Staffordshire. In 1907 it became a County Borough, independent of county control, although remaining in Staffordshire for police purposes. In 1966, Smethwick was merged with the boroughs of Oldbury and Rowley Regis to form the new County Borough of Warley. This in turn was merged with West Bromwich in 1974 to form the metropolitan borough of Sandwell, in the West Midlands county.

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