| Coalpool | |
|---|---|
| Suburb | |
 Coalpool Lane, Coalpool, Walsall | |
Coalpool Location within the West Midlands | |
| OS grid reference | SK018005 |
| Metropolitan borough | |
| Metropolitan county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | WALSALL |
| Postcode district | WS3 |
| Dialling code | 01922 |
| Police | West Midlands |
| Fire | West Midlands |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Coalpool is an area and a housing estate in Walsall, West Midlands, England. Most of the homes in area were built by the local council during the 1930s, with a smaller development taking place in the late 1940s and 1950s which marked the resumption of council house building in the borough after World War II.1
During World War II, an air raid on a house in Beddows Road on 14 November 1940 resulted in a 19-year-old Blakenall Heath man being seriously injured; he died in Walsall Manor Hospital shortly afterwards. This was the only civilian fatality during the Second World War.2
Community facilities and housing have been improved and relatively little demolition has taken place around Coalpool, with the overwhelming majority of the properties being refurbished.
References
References
- "Walsall - The growth of the town | A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 17 (pp. 146-165)". British-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
- Norman Bayley