Park Hall is an affluent area near to the south-eastern edge of
Walsall in the
West Midlands of England. It is considered that the area near to the local Park Hall Primary and Infant schools and the Gillity Village shops are classed as Park Hall.
Park Hall estate is close to the other Walsall suburbs of
Chuckery, Yew Tree, and
The Delves and is separated from
Streetly by countryside and by the local landmark
Barr Beacon
Barr Beacon is a hill on the edge of Walsall, West Midlands, England, very near the border with Birmingham. It gives its name to nearby Great Barr (the Beacon borders the Pheasey area of Great Barr) and to the local secondary school Barr Beacon ...
. It is in the
Walsall South
Walsall South is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Valerie Vaz, a member of the Labour Party.
Members of Parliament
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The constituency is in the heart of an area tradi ...
parliamentary constituency; the local MP is
Valerie Vaz of the
Labour Party. The previous long-standing MP was
Bruce George who retired just prior to the candidates being declared for the 2010
general election
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.
The Gillity Village shops are the central point of Park Hall, containing a mixture of food and other shops. Further shops can be found on the estate at the junction of Gillity Avenue and Edinburgh Road. There are four pubs in and near to the estate.
Sir William Joseph Pearman-Smith of Park Hall
The area is named after Park Hall, built in 1863, which was the home of Sir William Pearman-Smith (b.1864) who was knighted by King
Edward VIII
Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972), later known as the Duke of Windsor, was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Empire and Emperor of India from 20 January 19 ...
on 19 February 1936. He died in 1939. A solicitor, he was a senior partner in the law firm ''Messrs Pearman-Smith and Sons'', established by his grandfather. He was a governor of
Stowe School
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. Pearman-Smith was Walsall's mayor from 1899 to 1902.
Park Hall was demolished in the 1950s.
Park Hall primary school was opened on the site of the hall in 1970. It outgrew its original building, so a junior school, which was used as a community centre until 2013, known as Park Hall Community Centre, was built next door, opening in 1974. The community centre has since moved and is no longer located in Park Hall. No community activities take place at the school since it became an academy in 2012. It was the first purpose-built Junior Community School built in the UK. Park Hall infant and junior school are mixed and
secular. The school took grant-maintained status in January 1994. The infant school teaches over 300 pupils with students' standards in national tests being in the highest five per cent of the country upon leaving.
Park Hall Junior School has over 400 pupils and it is the 9th ranked junior school out of 80 in the Walsall region in the aggregate score across the three test subjects of English, Maths and Science.
References
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Walsall