• Source: Lye, West Midlands

Lye or The Lye is a town in the Dudley district, in the county of the West Midlands, England, 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Stourbridge and borders with Pedmore and Wollescote.




History


Lye was formerly a village historically situated within the boundaries of the county of Worcestershire. It used to be famous for the manufacture of nails, anvils, vices, chain, crucibles and firebricks. Lye Waste, adjacent to the original village of Lye, was an area of uncultivated common land but it was settled by people who, by building houses including a fireplace within 24 hours by using mud and clay as the main building materials, acquired freehold rights as a result of the passing of the Inclosure Acts [sic] from 1604 onwards, and it became thickly built upon.
Bentley's History, Guide and Classified Directory of Stourbridge of 1841, describes the district of Lye and Lye Waste as "almost one continued series of humble dwellings and work-shops interspersed at intervals with others of a more respectable appearance". Nailmaking was the main occupation but anvils, chains, vices, bricks and tobacco pipes were also made. The writer observes that the "poor artizan in many of the trades appears to get a very small remuneration for his labour, and to make an improvident use of much of even the little he gets."
Lye was formerly a township and chapelry in the parish of Old Swinford, in 1866 Lye became a separate civil parish, on 1 April 1974 the parish was abolished. In 1951 the parish had a population of 4769.
The village of Careless Green, now part of Lye but once a separate village immediately to the south-east, was noted for insurance clubs called Stewpony societies and the Stewpony Allotment Society which tried to improve conditions for the labouring classes.




Places of interest


The local cemetery is the Lye and Wollescote Cemetery, which contains a pair of Grade II listed chapels.
Lye is also home to Lye Town F.C., which has competed in the West Midlands Regional League since 1947. Its home ground is The Sports Ground, which it shares with the resident cricket club.
Lye railway station serves the community, and is situated on the Stourbridge–Birmingham mainline.




Sir Cedric Hardwicke


Lye is the birthplace of the actor Sir Cedric Hardwicke, who is commemorated by a sculpture by Tim Tolkien, commissioned by Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council. The memorial takes the form of a giant filmstrip, the illuminated cut metal panels illustrating scenes from some of his best-known films which include The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Things to Come, and The Ghost of Frankenstein. It was unveiled in November 2005 and is located at Lye Cross near his childhood home.




Sport


The town has an association football club, Lye Town FC. They currently compete in the Northern Premier League Division One Midlands, the ninth tier of English football and play at The Sports Ground. The club were West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division champions in 2013–14.













Further reading


Britain In Old Photographs: Lye And Wollescote Denys Brooks and Pat Dunn, 1997 (ISBN 0-7509-1657-5).
A Brief History of Lye & Wollescote Don Cochrane, 2005 (ISBN 0-9541753-3-6).




References






External links



River Stour
Christ Church and Community Website
LyeTown.co.uk Nostalgic and historical photographs of Lye
Home Webpage of Lye Town Football Club

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Lye, West Midlands
• Lye railway station
• Lye (disambiguation)
• Helix (stationery company)
• Lye and Wollescote Cemetery
• Lye Town F.C.
• Tim Tolkien
• N. H. Brettell
• West Midlands (county)
• West Midlands Trains