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((Short description|Town in West Midlands, England))
((Use dmy dates|date=September 2019))
((Use British English|date=February 2012))
((Infobox UK place
| official_name             = Oldbury
| country                   = England
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| static_image_caption      = Sandwell Council House in Oldbury
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| population                = 25,488
| population_ref            = (Built-up area subdivision)<ref name=ONS>((cite web|url=http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/articles/747.aspx |title=2011 Census – Built-up Areas |publisher=Office for National Statistics |access-date=16 February 2014))</ref><br />13,606 (Ward)<ref name=NeighbourhoodStatistics>((cite web |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6504629&c=oldbury&d=14&e=13&g=6366399&i=1001x1003x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1392566228667&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2491&nsjs=true&nsck=false&nssvg=false&nswid=1366 |title=Population Density, 2011 (QS102EW) |work=Neighbourhood Statistics |publisher=Office for National Statistics |access-date=16 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221161803/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6504629&c=oldbury&d=14&e=13&g=6366399&i=1001x1003x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1392566228667&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2491&nsjs=true&nsck=false&nssvg=false&nswid=1366 |archive-date=21 February 2014 |url-status=dead ))</ref>
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'''Oldbury''' is a market town in the [[Metropolitan Borough]] of [[Sandwell]], West Midlands, England. It is the administrative centre of the borough. At the [[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 census]], the town had a population of 13,606,<ref name=NeighbourhoodStatistics/> while the 2017 population of the wider built-up area was estimated at 25,488.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/westmidlands/|title=West Midlands (United Kingdom): Counties and Unitary Districts & Settlements - Population Statistics, Charts and Map|website=www.citypopulation.de))</ref> Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, which defines Oldbury Town as consisting of the wards of Bristnall, Langley, Oldbury, and Old Warley,<ref>((Cite web |title=Sandwell Town Profiles |url=https://www.sandwelltrends.info/sandwell-town-profiles/ |access-date=8 June 2022 |website=Sandwell Trends |publisher=Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council |language=en-GB))</ref> gave the population as 50,641 in 2011.<ref>((cite web |title=Census 2011 – Summary Key Statistics |url=http://www.sandwelltrends.info/lisv2/navigation/keystats.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513125852/http://www.sandwelltrends.info/lisv2/navigation/keystats.asp |archive-date=13 May 2013 |access-date=16 February 2014 |work=Sandwell Trends |publisher=Research Sandwell))</ref>

==Etymology==
The place name Oldbury comes from the [[Old English]] 'Ealdenbyrig', – signifying that Oldbury was old even in early English times over 1,000 years ago. ''Eald'' being Old English for 'old', ''Byrig'' is the plural of '[[burh]]' in Old English – a burh being a fortification or fortified town.<ref>((cite web |last1=Daniels |first1=Terry |title=Old-Time Oldbury Photographs and memories |url=https://www.historyofoldbury.co.uk/Oldtime%20Oldbury.pdf |website=historyofoldbury.co.uk |publisher=Oldbury Local History Group |access-date=7 June 2022 |page=1 |date=2000))</ref>

==History==
((See also|Evolution of Worcestershire county boundaries|History of Worcestershire|Shropshire (Detached)))

Oldbury was part of the [[Parish|ancient parish]] of [[Halesowen (ancient parish)|Halesowen]], a detached part of [[Shropshire]] surrounded by [[Worcestershire]] and [[Staffordshire]]. After the [[dissolution of the monasteries]], [[Henry VIII]] gave Hales Owen manor including Oldbury to [[John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland|Sir John Dudley]]. In 1555, Sir John's son Robert sold most of Hales Owen manor but retained Oldbury and Langley which became a separate manor. Thus [[Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester|Sir Robert Dudley]] became the first Lord of the Manor of Oldbury. Oldbury manor was held by several families thereafter with the land gradually being sold off and the manorial functions dispersed. The last Lord of Oldbury Manor was [[Patrick Allan Fraser]].<ref>((cite web |last1=Daniels |first1=Dr Terry |title=The History of Oldbury Manor |url=https://www.historyofoldbury.co.uk/articles/article001%20-%20oldbury%20manor.htm |website=historyofoldbury.co.uk |access-date=5 June 2022 |date=2008))</ref>

''Pigot and Co.'s National Commercial Directory for 1828-9'' describes Oldbury as a village in Shropshire with close trade and manufacturing links to Dudley and Stourbridge. It notes the importance of the iron trade with its "considerable blast furnaces, for making pig iron" and states "there are also steel works; and coal and iron-stone abound in the vicinity". Mention is made of a debtors' prison, and a court-house which held a fortnightly [[Court of Requests]] for recovery of debts not exceeding five pounds.<ref>((Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hdMHAAAAQAAJ |title=Pigot and Co.'s National Commercial Directory for 1828-9 |year=1828 |publisher=J. Pigot & Co. |location=London & Manchester |pages=874))</ref>

The first branch of [[Lloyds Bank (historic)|Lloyds Bank]] was opened in Oldbury in 1864. The branch was founded to serve fellow Quakers Arthur Albright and John Wilson's local chemical factory. The original building survives, but the Lloyds bank branch closed around 2005.<ref>((cite web |title=Humble beginnings of a banking empire |url=https://www.expressandstar.com/news/business/2008/09/19/humble-beginnings-of-a-banking-empire/ |website=expressandstar.com |access-date=5 June 2022 |date=19 September 2008))</ref> 

==Local government==
[[File:Oldbury, old town hall - geograph.org.uk - 1346099.jpg|thumb|right|The old [[Municipal Buildings, Oldbury|Municipal Buildings]]]]
By the [[Counties (Detached Parts) Act 1844]], Oldbury was reincorporated into [[Worcestershire]] after a nine-hundred-year absence. 
[[File:Oldbury Municipal Borough Coat of Arms.png|thumb|150px|right|Coat of arms of the former Municipal Borough of Oldbury]]
In 1894, Oldbury became an [[Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)|Urban District]], based at the [[Municipal Buildings, Oldbury|Municipal Buildings]] and in 1935 the area gained [[Municipal Borough]]-status.<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10108779  |title=Oldbury UD/MB|publisher=Vision of Britain|access-date=11 May 2021))</ref> Oldbury council built several thousand houses, flats and bungalows for 40 years from 1893 until its disbandment, the 1,000th of which was completed in 1933 at Wallace Road near the border with [[Rowley Regis]].<ref>((cite web|title=History of Oldbury Timeline|url=http://www.historyofoldbury.co.uk/2timeline.htm|work=History of Oldbury, Langley and Warley|publisher=The Local History Societies of Langley, Oldbury and Warley|access-date=16 February 2014))</ref>

The Municipal Borough of Oldbury was merged with the [[County Borough]] of [[Smethwick]] and the Municipal Borough of Rowley Regis in 1966 to form the [[County Borough of Warley]].<ref name=HistoryOfOldbury>((cite web|title=The Story of Oldbury|url=http://www.historyofoldbury.co.uk/2story.htm|work=History of Oldbury, Langley and Warley|publisher=The Local History Societies of Langley, Oldbury and Warley|access-date=16 February 2014))</ref> 

In 1974, Oldbury became part of the new [[Sandwell]] Metropolitan Borough (a merger between the county boroughs of [[West Bromwich]] and Warley), and was transferred from Worcestershire into the new [[West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]] Metropolitan County. Since 1986, after the abolition of the [[West Midlands County Council]], Sandwell effectively became a [[unitary authority]]. Sandwell Council's headquarters are in Oldbury town centre.

==Industry and commerce==
The town has seen a large expansion in retail since 1980. In October 1980, [[Sainsbury's|J((&nbsp))Sainsbury]] opened one of its first [[Sainsbury's SavaCentre|SavaCentre]] [[hypermarket]]s in Oldbury town centre.<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.expressandstar.com/news/2010/10/20/oldbury-supermarket-rings-the-tills-for-30-years/|title=Oldbury supermarket rings the tills for 30 years|website=Express & Star))</ref> Twenty years later, it was rebranded as a traditional Sainsbury's store as the SavaCentre side of the business was phased out. A [[Toys "R" Us]] superstore at Birchley Island opened in October 1988 but the retail chain went out of business in 2018.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.expressandstar.com/news/business/2018/07/31/toys-r-us-in-oldbury-facing-demolition-to-pave-way-for-new-shops/|title=Toys R Us in Oldbury facing demolition to pave way for new shops|first=Alex|last=Ross|website=www.expressandstar.com))</ref> Oldbury Green Retail Park was built next to the town's ring road in the mid-1990s. Homebase relocated there from its 1980s purpose-built store, which [[Gala Bingo]] subsequently took over.

Due to the socio-economics of Sandwell, the area has a number of social housing organisations such as [[Black Country Housing Group]] which has been operating in Sandwell since its relocation from [[Birmingham]] in the 1980s.

In October 2013, the commercial radio station [[Free Radio Shropshire & Black Country|Free Radio]] moved its local operations for the Black Country and Shropshire from Wolverhampton to new studios at Black Country House.<ref>[http://radiotoday.co.uk/2013/10/free-radio-opens-new-studios-in-oldbury/ Free Radio opens new studios in Oldbury], RadioToday, 24 October 2013</ref>

==Transport links==
===Rail=== 
((refimprove section|date=June 2023))
For over thirty years, there were three railway stations in the parish with the name Oldbury; only one is still open, but under a new name. The surviving one, on the [[Stour Valley Line]] at Bromford Road, has existed since the 1850s. It was originally called Oldbury & Bromford Lane, then Oldbury, and since 1984, [[Sandwell & Dudley railway station|Sandwell & Dudley]].<ref>Intelligence ''[[Railway Gazette International]]'' May 1983 page 314</ref>

The second nearest railway station to the centre of Oldbury is [[Langley Green railway station|Langley Green]] on the Stourbridge Extension Line, now the [[Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster Line]]. It opened in April 1867 and was originally called Langley Green & Rood End, until a short half-mile long branch line, the Oldbury Railway, was linked to the station with its own (third) platform; this opened in November 1884 and the station was renamed Oldbury & Langley Green.<ref>((Cite book |last=Drew |first=Suzie |title=Langley and Langley Green Recalled |last2=Callow |first2=Diane |others=Langley Local History Society |year=1996 |isbn=1900689030 |page=8))</ref> The Oldbury Railway, which also linked to [[Albright and Wilson]], had both a passenger station, named [[Oldbury railway station|Oldbury]], on Halesowen Road; and a goods station, at the [[Birmingham Canal Navigations]] wharf in Oldbury. Passenger services ran to Oldbury station until March 1915; and the line closed completely other than as a freight line for Albright and Wilson. All traces of its [[viaduct]] and embankment beyond Tat Bank Road were destroyed in 1964 when the [[M5 motorway]] was built. A short stub of the line to Oldbury remained in situ but out of use.

===Road===

The M5 motorway runs through the town on an elevated section supported by [[reinforced concrete]] pillars. Access is from junction 2. 

The [[A4123 road|A4123]] Birmingham to Wolverhampton dual carriageway enters the town from across the Hagley Road in Harborne, Birmingham and runs north-westerly via Causeway Green to Birchley Island (M5 junction 2) and on through [[Tividale]] to Burnt Tree Island where it becomes the Birmingham New Road. The road took three years to complete and was opened by the [[Edward VIII|Prince of Wales]] on 2 November 1927.<ref name=Daniels>((cite book |last1=Daniels |first1=Terry |title=Making and moving in Langley : two centuries of industry and transport in Causeway Green, Langley, Langley Green and Rood End |date=1999 |publisher=Sandwell Community Library and Information Service |location=Birmingham |isbn=1900689103 ))</ref>((rp|21))  

Buses run from Oldbury town centre to [[Bearwood, West Midlands|Bearwood]], [[Birmingham city centre]], [[Dudley]], [[Halesowen]], [[Merry Hill Shopping Centre]], [[West Bromwich]] and [[Walsall]], The majority of the services are operated by [[National Express West Midlands]] and [[Diamond West Midlands|Diamond Bus]].

===Canal===
[[James Brindley]]'s original [[BCN Main Line|Birmingham Canal]] was cut south of Oldbury town centre in 1768.<ref name=Daniels/>((rp|35))

==Neighbourhoods==
* Bristnall Fields is a residential area centred on the roundabout where Pound Road, Moat Road, Bristnall Hall Road, George Road and Brandhall Road meet. There is a post office, the Plough Inn and neighbourhood shops and services. Brandhall Allotments are off Brandhall Road. [[Oldbury Academy]] and a [[Salvation Army]] Church and Community Centre are on Pound Road. 
* [[Brades Village]] is an area of established housing and industry near the border with Tipton.
* [[Brandhall]] is a residential area in the south of Oldbury that began to be developed in the 1930s. 
* Causeway Green is a residential and commercial area where Causeway Green Road and Pound Road cross the Wolverhampton New Road. Local facilities include a post office/newsagent, convenience store, chemist, fast food outlets, a restaurant and a [[micropub]]. A car dealership is on Wolverhampton New Road; opposite is an [[Army Reserve (United Kingdom)|Army Reserve]] Centre. Brandhall Golf Course off Heron Road dated from 1906 but closed in 2020.<ref>((Cite web |title=Century-old Oldbury golf course will close despite protests |url=https://www.stourbridgenews.co.uk/news/18490250.century-old-oldbury-golf-course-will-close-despite-protests/ |access-date=2022-06-07 |website=Stourbridge News |language=en))</ref> Housing on Old College Drive was built on a Sandwell College site. The [[People's Dispensary for Sick Animals]] (PDSA) opened a pet hospital on St Matthews Road in July 2015.<ref>((cite web |title=Ribbon cutting marks the opening of Oldbury pet hospital |url=https://www.halesowennews.co.uk/news/13509021.ribbon-cutting-marks-the-opening-of-oldbury-pet-hospital/ |website=Halesowen News |access-date=20 November 2019))</ref> Causeway Green Methodist Church on Penncricket Lane opened in 1863.<ref>((cite web |title=Causeway Green Methodist Church celebrating 150th anniversary |url=https://www.halesowennews.co.uk/news/10733657.causeway-green-methodist-church-celebrating-150th-anniversary/ |website=Halesowen News |access-date=20 November 2019))</ref>
* Hill Top is a residential area surrounding Langley (Hill Top) Reservoir and the ((convert|225|m|ft|0)) high Warley Hill. [[Bristnall Hall Academy]] and Moat Farm Infants School are in the locality. Salop Drive Market Garden is a ((convert|3|acre|ha|0)) working market garden and local food project operated by ''Ideal for All'' a registered charity for disabled and disadvantaged people. 
* [[Langley Green, West Midlands|Langley Green]] is a residential area to the south of the town centre.
* Lion Farm is a large [[social housing]] estate built in the early to late 1960s in the south-west of the town, near the border with Rowley Regis.<ref>[https://flashbak.com/superb-photos-of-life-on-a-1991-british-social-housing-estate-44489/ Superb Photos Of Life On A 1991 British Social Housing Estate], Flashbak, 2 November 2015</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-33860668 Life on the Lion Farm estate 25 years ago], BBC News, 12 August 2015</ref> The estate had nine tower blocks, but only three remain.
* [[Londonderry, West Midlands|Londonderry]] is residential area in the south-east of the town, straddling the border with Smethwick. It is home to the [[Sandwell Aquatics Centre|Sandwell Aquatic Centre]].
* Oldbury town centre is the historic heart from which the former [[urban district]] and borough developed.
* Rood End is an Edwardian and late-Victorian residential area in the east of the town, near the border with Smethwick.
* Titford is a mainly residential area ((Convert|1|mile|km)) south of Oldbury town centre. The [[Titford Canal]] terminates at Titford Pool in the Titford Pools Urban Reserve Park. In 2015, Aldi opened a supermarket on Wolverhampton Road,<ref>((Cite web |title=October opening date for new Oldbury Aldi store |url=https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-news/2015/06/23/october-opening-date-for-new-oldbury-aldi-store/ |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=www.expressandstar.com |language=en))</ref> opposite an ASDA. 
* [[Warley, West Midlands|Warley]] is an area of mostly private housing ((Convert|2.8|mile|km)) south-east of Oldbury town centre, bordered to the south by [[Quinton, Birmingham]].
* Whiteheath, also known as Whiteheath Gate, is a residential area along the A4034 road south of Birchley Island between Blackheath ward and Langley ward. Coal mining and brickmaking took place here from around 1850 to 1920. An explosion at Ramrod Hall colliery in 1856 resulted in eleven deaths.<ref>((cite web |publisher=Durham Mining Museum |title=Mining Disasters- Ramrod Hall |url=http://www.dmm.org.uk/uknames/u1856-05.htm |language=en))</ref><ref>((cite book |author-last=White Heath and Lion Farm History Society |publisher=Oldbury Local History Group |title=Whiteheath and Lion Farm: A Century of Memories |isbn=0953831019 |date=2000 |language=en))</ref>

==Schools==
The town has the following secondary schools:<ref>((Cite web |title=Secondary schools ((!)) Sandwell Council |url=https://www.sandwell.gov.uk/info/200295/schools_and_learning/1031/secondary_schools |access-date=2023-01-22 |website=www.sandwell.gov.uk))</ref>
* [[Bristnall Hall Academy]]
* [[Oldbury Academy]]
* [[Ormiston Sandwell Community Academy]]
* [[Perryfields Academy]]
* [[Q3 Academy Langley]]
==Parks and open spaces==
Barnford Hill Park off Moat Road in Langley Green was opened in 1916 on land presented to the Borough of Oldbury by Mr W. A. Albright of chemical manufacturer, [[Albright and Wilson]]. The park's elevated position gives views to the north and west over the Black Country.<ref>((Cite web |title=Barnford Hill Park |url=https://madeinoldbury.co.uk/articles/barnford-hill-park/ |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=Made in Oldbury |language=en-US))</ref> There is a small outcrop of [[Puddingstone (rock)|pudding stone]], whose pebbles are mainly of encrinal limestone.<ref>((Cite web |title=Barnford Hill Park |url=https://blackcountrygeopark.dudley.gov.uk/sites-to-see/barnford-hill-park/ |access-date=2022-11-19 |website=blackcountrygeopark.dudley.gov.uk |language=en))</ref><ref>((cite book |last1=Yates |first1=James |editor1-link= |title=Observations . . . on the Structure of some detached Groups of Transition Rocks in the Midland Counties |date=1827 |publisher=Geological Society of London |location=London |page=255 |edition=Transactions of the Geological Society Volume II |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qWFRAAAAYAAJ |access-date=16 January 2023))</ref> The park holds a [[Green Flag Award]]<ref>((Cite web |title=Barnford Park Oldbury |url=https://www.greenflagaward.org/park-summary/?park=1513 |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=www.greenflagaward.org |language=en))</ref> and is designated one of the borough's nine flagship parks by Sandwell Council.<ref>((Cite web |title=Parks in Sandwell ((!)) Sandwell Council |url=https://www.sandwell.gov.uk/info/200249/parks_in_sandwell |access-date=2023-01-17 |website=www.sandwell.gov.uk))</ref> It has an area of ((Convert|34|ha|acre)) and features a pergola, hedge maze and rose garden. Facilities include a skateboarding ramp, multi-sports court, exercise equipment, children's play areas, football pitches, a pavilion and car parking. The park formerly catered for crown green bowling, tennis and putting.<ref name=2017plan>((Cite web |last1=Sandwell Parks and Countryside Service |title=Barnford Hill Park Management Plan 2017—2020 |url=https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=x-raw-image%3A%2F%2F%2F24f610a862274166e398d7c38b82c381f818bed9ca41d0450be81c82dcf2c2e4&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sandwell.gov.uk%2Fdownload%2Fdownloads%2Fid%2F25829%2Fbarnford_park_management_plan.pdf&tbnid=ZkEnYqgQ9iQeFM&vet=12ahUKEwi_7unOmsv8AhX7sycCHSfbBi4QMygDegQIARBM..i&docid=-geKSzKvNr91XM&w=1075&h=851&q=Friends%20of%20Barnford%20Park |pages=12,20–22,69 |access-date=16 January 2023 |language=en))</ref>

The land for Langley Park was donated by Arthur Albright in 1886.<ref>((cite book |last1=Daniels |first1=Terry Dr |title=Oldbury, Langley & Warley through time |date=2013 |publisher=Amberley Publishing |location=London |page=Langley Park |isbn=9781445629834 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LheoAwAAQBAJ&q=PT105|access-date=16 January 2023))</ref>

Tividale Park.<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.friendsoftividalepark.org.uk/|title=Friends of Tividale Park|website=Friends of Tividale Park))</ref> Broadwell Park features outdoor exercise equipment and fitness stations, as well as a small stream.<ref>((Cite web |url=http://www.historyofoldbury.co.uk/Oldtime%20Oldbury.pdf/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=23 May 2019 |archive-date=4 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304220217/http://historyofoldbury.co.uk/Oldtime%20Oldbury.pdf |url-status=dead ))</ref>
== Oldbury Borough archives collection ==
The archives for the Borough of Oldbury are held at [[Sandwell Community History and Archives Service]]

==Notable people==
The Sadlers rose to become an eminent family in Oldbury during the nineteenth century. Notable figures included [[John Sadler (1820-1910)]] ('the Grand Old Man of Oldbury') and Sir [[Samuel Alexander Sadler]].

[[Joseph Willott, Jr.]], member of the [[Wisconsin State Assembly]], was born in Oldbury in 1855.

[[Cornelius Whitehouse]] (1795–1883) inventor of lap-welded wrought iron tube was born in Oldbury.<ref>((Cite news |date=21 October 1935 |title=A centre of the steel tube industry |page=16 |work=Western Mail and South Wales News |issue=20,692 |url=https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000104/19351021/451/0032 |url-access=subscription |access-date=31 December 2023 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]))</ref>

;Writers and academics
[[Mick Aston]], archaeologist and star of the TV programme ''[[Time Team]]'', was born in Oldbury and attended [[Langley High School (Oldbury)|Oldbury Grammar School]].<ref>((Cite news |last=Dyer |first=Christopher |date=2013-06-25 |title=Mick Aston obituary |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/jun/25/mick-aston-archaeologist-time-team |access-date=2023-02-19 |issn=0261-3077))</ref>

;Visual arts
[[Martin Elliott (photographer)|Martin Elliott]] (1946–2010), the photographer best known for the iconic poster "[[Tennis Girl]]", was born in Oldbury and attended [[Langley High School, Oldbury|Oldbury Grammar School]].<ref>((cite news|last=Childs |first=Martin |date=12 April 2010 |title=Martin Elliott: Photographer whose iconic print adorned millions of bedroom walls |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/martin-elliott-photographer-whose-iconic-print-adorned-millions-of-bedroom-walls-1942940.html |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |access-date=18 April 2010))</ref>

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Oldbury is the birthplace of Sir [[John Frederick Bridge]], who was a famous organist, composer and author. He was known as "Westminster Bridge" because of his long stint as [[List of Westminster Abbey organists|organist at Westminster Abbey]] (1882–1919). He composed special music for Queen Victoria's Jubilee and King Edward VII's coronation, in addition to other choral, instrumental and organ music. His brother [[Joseph Cox Bridge]] was also an organist, composer and author, becoming well known for his recorder compositions.

[[Jack Judge]] (1872–1938), the songwriter and music-hall entertainer best remembered for writing the song "[[It's a Long Way to Tipperary]]", was born in Oldbury. Jack Judge House, built in 2010 on Halesowen Street, housed Oldbury library<ref>((Cite web |date=26 November 2010 |title=Oldbury's brand new library is on the verge of completion |url=https://www.halesowennews.co.uk/news/8705602.oldburys-brand-new-library-is-on-the-verge-of-completion/ |access-date=18 November 2022 |website=Halesowen News |language=en))</ref> until 2021<ref>((Cite web |title=Oldbury Library - Library in OLDBURY, Sandwell - Visit Sandwell |url=https://www.visitsandwell.com/things-to-see-and-do/oldbury-library-p1414411 |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=www.visitsandwell.com))</ref> and is home to the Black Country Coroner's Court. 

In his early years, the comedian [[Frank Skinner]] lived in Oldbury at 181 Bristnall Hall Road.<ref>((Cite web |date=2001 |title=The Frank Skinner Story: I had to share a bed with my brother until I was six. When he got a part in my sitcom he told people it was because he used to sleep with the writer; THE FRANK SKINNER STORY: MY CHILDHOOD YEARS. - Free Online Library |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+Frank+Skinner+Story:+I+had+to+share+a+bed+with+my+brother+until+I...-a079016844 |access-date=18 November 2022 |website=www.thefreelibrary.com))</ref> He attended Moat Farm Infants School, [[St Hubert]]'s Roman Catholic Junior School and [[Warley High School|Oldbury Technical School]], and has been a TV comedian since the late 1980s.

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[[Jodie Stimpson]], the British triathlete was born in Oldbury in 1989 and attended [[Warley High School]].<ref>((Cite web |date=3 August 2014 |title=The Big Interview: Jodie Stimpson |url=https://www.shropshirestar.com/sport/2014/08/03/the-big-interview-jodie-stimpson/ |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=www.shropshirestar.com |language=en))</ref> She won Gold in the Individual and Team Relay Triathlon at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games in 2014. The [[Boxing|boxer]] [[Patrick Cowdell|Pat Cowdell]], who achieved stardom during the 1970s and 1980s, was born in nearby Smethwick and lives in Oldbury.((Citation needed|date=February 2023|reason=Connection with Oldbury needs reliable source)) Dr Frank Barney Gorton Stableford, the inventor of the world famous [[Stableford|eponymous]] golf scoring system was born in Oldbury in 1870.((Citation needed|date=February 2023|reason=Connection with Oldbury needs reliable source))

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