Codsall has had a church since Norman times though since the arrival of the railway in 1849, and especially post-war, the centre of the village has moved away somewhat from the church as the village has expanded.
Tuesday, 28 January 2020
Staffordshire Places (4) : Codsall
The village of Codsall is in South Staffordshire. The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book, though only six people were recorded as having lived there then! Codsall's economy has remained mostly agriculturally based. There are still farm fields around the village though most of the over 7,500 inhabitants these days do not work on farms, rather they work elsewhere most notable Wolverhampton which is not far away to the South East.
Codsall has had a church since Norman times though since the arrival of the railway in 1849, and especially post-war, the centre of the village has moved away somewhat from the church as the village has expanded.
Codsall has had a church since Norman times though since the arrival of the railway in 1849, and especially post-war, the centre of the village has moved away somewhat from the church as the village has expanded.
