Pedmore is a residential

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of Stourbridge in the

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. It was originally a village in the

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countryside until extensive housebuilding during the interwar years saw it gradually merged into Stourbridge. The population of the appropriate Dudley Ward (Pedmore and Stourbridge East) taken at the 2011 census was 12,471.,

Amenities

Pedmore is home to the Pedmore Cricket Club and is served by the nearby railway stations of

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and Hagley railway station. Pedmore is served by two

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- Pedmore

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School, and Ham Dingle Primary Academy. It is also served by a

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Pedmore High School The Pedmore High School is a mixed secondary school located in the Pedmore area of Stourbridge, West Midlands, England. The school opened in September 1939, it was to be called Pedmore Road School, but the use of road names for schools in Wor ...

, which until July 2004 was called The Grange School. In the 1920s, Pedmore House was built on what is now the end of Ham Lane. It became a local landmark, offering restaurant facilities that later incorporated the Tuscana Italian restaurant as well as 20-bedroom hotel. It closed in July 2006, despite being hugely popular with customers, and was demolished the following year to make way for a housing development by ''David Payne homes.''

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and

footballer Ashley Young has lived in Pedmore since 2007.

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footballer

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is also believed to live in the area. Playwright

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grew up here.

References

External links

British History Online: PedmorePedmore Cricket ClubPedmore Technology College and Community Schoolphotos of Pedmore and surrounding area on geograph
Areas of the West Midlands (county) Former civil parishes in the West Midlands (county) Stourbridge {{WestMidlands-geo-stub