Aldridge is a town in the West Midlands, England, in the borough of Walsall. In 1981, it had a population of 26,500. Aldridge used to be an industrial town with coal mines and lime kilns. After the Second World War it became a dormitory town for Birmingham.
In 2004, Aldridge's MP was Richard Shepherd (Conservative), the MP for Aldridge-Brownhills.
Aldridge-Brownhills became an urban district council in 1894. Other villages within the district included Pelsall , Walsall Wood , Clayhanger and Streetly. The council survived for 80 years until it was incorporated into Walsall Metropolitan Borough in 1974.
Geography
Aldridge is located at (52.6000, -1.9167)1.
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