Kara n Kierons Featherstone Methodist Church Micro Traditional Cache
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Kara n Kierons Featherstone Methodist Church Micro
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A home made magnetic nano cache
History
Originally a farming community consisting of a few scattered farms. the town is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, and was owned by the Clergy of Wolverhampton Church. It is possible that the population numbers were fairly static until the opening of a new mine, Hilton Main, in the 1920s, it closed in 1969.
The Duke of Cleveland was lord of the manor of this small township of 550 acres and just 34 souls in 1851. This was once the residence of John Huntbach, the noted antiquary. The principal inhabitants were Joshua Price and Edward Tunycliffe, farmers, John Perry the lock manufacturer and Thomas Hill a vermin killer.[1]
The village's population at the time of the 1851 census was 35. By 1921 this had risen to 39. By the time of the 2001 census it was 3,948[2]
Today
The village has one primary school, Whitgreave Primary School, and a pub,
Recently controversy was sparked over the proposed building of 1,500 houses on green belt land, although many people believed the extra facilities proposed would make the village a better place to live. After much public opposition this plan was rejected in early 2009.
Featherstones Methodist church and some small shops. There are three off licences In 2008 there was some concern over the future of the post office, but it was not one of those closed.
On the outskirts of the village are HMP Featherstone and HMP Brinsford - which is also a Youth Offender Institution (YOI). HMP Oakwood is currently being constructed next to the existing prisons. Nearby is the site of the former Brinsford Lodge
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