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Himley is a small village and civil parish in Staffordshire, England, west of Dudley and southwest of Wolverhampton. At the 2011 Census, it had a population of 802. Himley Hall was the home of the Baron Dudley.
Between 1925 and 1932, there was a railway station known as Himley railway station on the Wombourne Branch Line, which opened as a goods line in 1911 but was only open for just over half a century. It was operated by the Great Western Railway. A picnic area now stands on the site of the station, forming part of the Kingswinford Railway Walk.
The Old Rectory, built , is almost as big as St. Michael's Church behind it. The building, which had been sold by the Church of England in the 1950s, is now a private residence and is briefly mentioned in Nikolaus Pevsner's Buildings of Staffordshire. It was Grade II listed in 1963. When the building was still a working rectory, its garden was once visited by Mary of Teck, Queen consort as the wife of George V. The rectory for the parish is now in Swindon.
There are two parks in Himley: the main park located within the boundaries of Himley Hall; and a second smaller park located on School Road.
The 18th-century Crooked House pub, just within the boundaries of Himley parish, was gutted by fire in August 2023, and then promptly demolished without council permission. In February 2024 South Staffordshire Council issued the landowner with an enforcement notice which requires them to reconstruct the building.
The grounds of Himley Cricket Club have held one Twenty20 match for Worcestershire.
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