Bobbington As It Is Now

Bobbington is a small rural parish predominantly agricultural in character lying on the County boundary with Shropshire and situated approximately eight miles from the West Midlands conurbation.  With a population of less than 550 it supports a village school, 3 public houses, a Grade II* listed church, a Methodist chapel, a village Hall, Country House Hotel and a Community Post Office.  Also within the parish is a commercial vineyard and winery, garden nurseries, and a local airfield engaged in business, training and recreational flying.  Highgate Common, recently awarded SSSI status, fringes the parish boundary.  The parish contains several houses of historical interest including Bobbington Hall, Blakelands, Bobbington House, and Leaton Hall.

Brief History Of Bobbington

The ancient parish of Bobbington was mentioned in Domesday Book when the population was recorded as 12.  Bobbington, meaning the tun of Bubba’s people, was probably the site of the present village where there was a church by the 13^th-century, and the area lay in the Kinver forest.  The listed Grade II* church has a 12^th-century north arcade and aisle.  A school was established at White Cross, north east of the village, in 1792 by Hannah and Mary Corbett of Blakelands for 20 boys and 12 girls between the ages of 8 and 15, they were to be chosen from amongst the poorest in the parish.  In 1896 the school, known as the Free School of Hannah and Mary Corbett, or White Cross School, became a public elementary school with the endowment income benefiting the pupils.  In 1941 the Air Ministry opened an airfield at Halfpenny Green for use as a training station and buildings near the edge of the airfield were demolished, notably the timber-framed Gospel Ash Farm at the southern end and then the school buildings at White Cross.  A new school was eventually built next to the Village Hall.

Links

External Link: Bobbington Parish Council

Contact Details for the Parish Chairmen & Clerk

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