Bescot

The area is bisected by the M6 motorway, including its 'Junction 9', where it meets the A461 which leads to Pleck and Wednesbury.

Bescot was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as a carucate of waste land in the possession of the King.

In 1403, Sir Roger Hillary died and the manor was passed on to the possession of his wife, Margaret.

When she died, the property was passed on to Sir John Saer de Rochford, Roger's nephew.

[1] During the Industrial Revolution, Bescot was dominated by the Forge Works which were owned by Edward Elwell.

Bescot Station (now Bescot Stadium Station). View NW, towards Wolverhampton (left) and Walsall (right); Birmingham - Wolverhampton (ex-Grand Junction) - Stafford etc. main line, junction of line to Walsall, Rugeley, Lichfield etc.