Oldbury is a market town in the metropolitan borough of Sandwell, in the county of the West Midlands, England.

After the dissolution of the monasteries, Henry VIII gave Hales Owen manor including Oldbury to Sir John Dudley.

Oldbury manor was held by several families thereafter with the land gradually being sold off and the manorial functions dispersed.

[7] 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.

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.

The branch was founded to serve fellow Quakers Arthur Albright and John Wilson's local chemical factory.

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.

[17] Twenty years later, it was rebranded as a traditional Sainsbury's store as the SavaCentre side of the business was phased out.

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.

James Brindley's original Birmingham Canal was cut south of Oldbury town centre in 1768.

[22]: 35 Local news and television programmes are provided by BBC West Midlands and ITV Central.

Facilities include a skateboarding ramp, multi-sports court, exercise equipment, children's play areas, football pitches, a pavilion and car parking.

[45] Oldbury is the birthplace of Sir John Frederick Bridge, who was a famous organist, composer and author.

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.

In his early years, the comedian Frank Skinner lived in Oldbury at 181 Bristnall Hall Road.

Jodie Stimpson, the British triathlete was born in Oldbury in 1989 and attended Warley High School.