Langley Green, West Midlands

Langley Green is an area of the town of Oldbury, on the B4169 road, in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, in the English county of West Midlands.

The Oldbury Rep Theatre, which had its first production in 1944, moved to its current location in 1956.

It hosts a variety of productions and has established itself as a community theatre providing a venue for local organisations and schools.

Before 1844, the locality was shared between the counties of Shropshire and Worcestershire in an extremely complicated manner.

Langley Green is the birthplace of footballer Fred Wheldon who played for local clubs Rood End White Star and Langley Green Victoria in the mid-to-late 1880s before moving on to Small Heath in 1890, Aston Villa in 1896 and West Bromwich Albion in 1900.

The B4169: Causeway Green Road (in foreground) and New Henry Street, Langley Green
Before 1844, Langley Green was shared out between Shropshire (pink) and Worcestershire (green), including separate field strips. (Historic County Borders Project)