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County Borough of Warley
Warley
was a short-lived
county borough
and
civil parish
in the
geographical county
of
Worcestershire
,
England
, forming part of the
West Midlands conurbation
. It was formed in 1966 by the combination of the existing county borough of
Smethwick
with the municipal boroughs of
Oldbury
and
Rowley Regis
, by recommendation of the
Local Government Commission for England
. It was abolished just 8 years later in 1974 under the
Local Government Act 1972
, with its area passing to the
Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell
.
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