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	Network West Midlands:
		For a full list of all the 40+ operators in the West Midlands County who are part of Network West Midlands click here.
		There are over 400 million passenger journeys by public transport each year in the West Midlands
		Network West Midlands is a partnership between Centro and bus, rail and tram operating companies within the West Midlands County to promote increased public transport use.
	www.networkwestmidlands.co.uk /Partners.asp (88 words)

	West Midlands County, England Horse Directory - O Horse!
		West Midlands County, England Horse Directory - O Horse!
		Regions: Maricopa County, Arizona; West Midlands County, England
		Thorowgood synthetic saddles are made entirely from synthetic materials to produce a range of saddles that combine the look and feel of leather with the ease of care and durability that comes from using synthetics.
	www.ohorse.com /?reg=3354 (288 words)

	West Midland Bird Club: West Midlands County (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The West Midlands county (now 902 km²;) is primarily urban, including the cities of Birmingham, Coventry and Wolverhampton, plus Solihull and the Black Country.
		The West Midlands county should not be confused with the wider West Midland region, at whose heart it sits.
		The county borders and is surrounded by all three of the other counties in our region (clockwise from the West): Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire.
	www.westmidlandbirdclub.com /westmidlands/index.htm (475 words)

	West Midlands (county) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The County of West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England, the United Kingdom, formed in 1974.
		The West Midlands borders the counties of Warwickshire to the east, Worcestershire to the south, and Staffordshire to the north.
		The West Midlands is not entirely urban; Coventry is separated from the Birmingham urban area, by stretch of green belt land roughly 15 miles across known as the "Meriden Gap", which retains a strongly rural character.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/West_Midlands_(county) (806 words)

	MSN Encarta - West Midlands
		West Midlands, non-administrative metropolitan county, central England, bounded on the north and west by Staffordshire, on the east and south-east by Warwickshire, and on the south by Worcestershire.
		West Midlands was formed under the local government reforms of 1974, taking Dudley and Stourbridge, and their surrounding areas, from Worcestershire; Wolverhampton, West Bromwich, and Walsall, and their surrounding areas, from Staffordshire; and Birmingham, Solihull, and Coventry, and their surrounding areas, from Warwickshire.
		The population of the West Midlands was estimated in 2001 to be 2,555,596.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761561757/West_Midlands.html (789 words)

	Encyclopedia: West Midlands (county) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Metropolitan borough of Dudley is a metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England.
		Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs) is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west.
		The Metropolitan borough of Walsall is a metropolitan borough of the county of West Midlands, England.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/West-Midlands-%28county%29 (5987 words)

	West Midlands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The name 'West Midlands' is used in reference to the western half of the Midlands as opposed to the East Midlands.
		In 1986 its county council was abolished by the government of Margaret Thatcher.
		The West Midlands conurbation, (officially the West Midlands Urban Area) is the name of the large conurbation at the heart of the region, containing the cities of Birmingham and Wolverhampton, Solihull and the area known as the Black Country, including small parts of Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/West_Midlands (312 words)

	West Midlands County Council - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The West Midlands County Council (WMCC) was the former upper-tier administrative body for the West Midlands county, a metropolitan county in England.
		It was abolished along with five other metropolitan county councils and the Greater London Council by the government of Margaret Thatcher.
		Its assets were split between the West Midlands Residuary Body and the West Midlands boroughs councils.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/West_Midlands_County_Council (252 words)

	History of West Midlands County - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This area straddles the historic border between the counties of Warwickshire (the east, including Birmingham city centre and Coventry), Staffordshire (the north), Worcestershire (the south).
		Warley was entirely new, formed by the merger of the county borough of Smethwick with Oldbury and Rowley Regis, whilst the other districts and boroughs were partitioned variously between the existing county boroughs.
		The West Midlands county was created in 1974, under the Local Government Act of 1972.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_West_Midlands (584 words)

	The Hereford and Worcester, Warwickshire and West Midlands (County and Metropolitan Borough Boundaries) Order 1993
		shall be transferred from Warwickshire, and from North Warwickshire to West Midlands, to Solihull, to the parish and ward of Bickenhill, and to the Solihull petty sessional division and the Birmingham and Solihull coroner's district.
		shall be transferred to Warwickshire, and from Warwick to West Midlands, to Solihull, to the parish of Balsall, to the Balsall West parish ward, to the Meriden ward, and to the Solihull petty sessional division and the Birmingham and Solihull coroner's district.
		(a) the county of Hereford and Worcester (district of Bromsgrove); and
	www.opsi.gov.uk /si/si1993/Uksi_19930437_en_1.htm (1620 words)

	Wikinfo \| West Midlands (county) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The West Midlands is landlocked metropolitan county in western central England.
		However the West Midlands is not entirely urban, a stretch of green belt land roughly 15 miles across, exists between the Birmingham conurbation and Coventry, which retains a strongly rural character.
		The county was created in 1974, with most of the area previously being county boroughs in their own right.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=West_Midlands_(county) (336 words)

	Talk:West Midlands (county) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In an official local government Order it declares that, throughout the document, the term West Midlands "means the metropolitan county of West Midlands", implying that "metropolitan county" is descriptive and not part of the official name.
		The "Region" is well-defined; the "region" is the one that sometimes includes Cheshire etc. I s'pose the use of a capital R is too subtle.
		the West Midland Bird Club uses West Midland Region (singular Midland) for the four counties of Staffs, Warks, Worcs and the WM county.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:West_Midlands (391 words)

	West Midlands : West Midlands metropolitan county (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The west Midlands is a geographical term describing the western half of central England.
		The West Midlands metropolitan county is a landlocked county in central England.
		The county was originally run by the "West Midlands County Council" but this was broken up in 1986 and most of the powers given to metropolitan district councils.
	www.termsdefined.net /we/west-midlands-metropolitan-county.html (285 words)

	Theme1 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In general terms it is used to describe the western midlands of England, incorporating the area from the Welsh border in the west to the county of Warwickshire, and from Shropshire in the north to Gloucestershire in the south.
		If the creation of the West Midlands in 1974 was intended to engineer some kind of regional loyalty and community it singularly failed to do so: Coventry, Birmingham and Dudley people felt just as remote from each other as they always had.
		The chaotic nature of the urban development of the West Midlands, which defied the county structure appeared to be lost on Ordnance Survey.
	www.newman.ac.uk /Subject_Areas/History/mwwm/page6.html (3220 words)

	ipedia.com: West Midlands (region) Article (Site not responding. Last check: )
		West Midlands Region Admin HQ Birmingham Area - Total 7th in England 13,004 km²; Population - Total - Density 5th in England 5,267,337 405/km² NUTS 1: UKG The West Midlands is a geographical...
		There is some ambiguity in the use of the name as between 1974 and 1986 it was used for the metropolitan county of West Midlands, and is still used by various organisations within that area such as West Midlands Police and West Midlands Fire Service.
		The West Midlands Region is sometimes considered to spread as far as Cheshire, Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire, but the core area consists of the traditional counties of:
	www.ipedia.com /west_midlands__region_.html (189 words)

	IoL - Membership - West Midlands Society (Site not responding. Last check: )
		West Midlands Society needs a new committee – otherwise the Society will be in abeyance.
		West Midlands Society has served the Institute since 1985 – we need your ‘RSVP’ otherwise it will be ‘RIP’.
		Active membership is drawn from approximately 300 Institute of Linguists members in the area, mainly from the West Midlands county and the surrounding postal areas.
	www.iol.org.uk /membership/soc_westmidlands.asp (387 words)

	West Midlands on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		WEST MIDLANDS [West Midlands] former metropolitan county, central England.
		The county was abolished in 1986, and the districts became responsible for all services except police, fire, and civil defense, which are supervised jointly.
		Get Moving: The right track for prosperity; The West Midlands is at the heart of the country's transport network but congestion across the region demands change.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/w/westm1idl.asp (966 words)

	West Midlands -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		metropolitan county of England, comprising seven metropolitan boroughs: the city of Birmingham (England's second largest city), the city of Coventry, and the boroughs of Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall, and Wolverhampton.
		It originated in the 1830s as a lumbering settlement and was named after the county, which is approximately in the middle of the state.
		Based on the coalfields of the Midlands and the northeast, it used local supplies of iron ore. The main centers were the...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9076624 (826 words)

	The West Midlands (from England) -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The West Midlands region, comprising the historic counties of Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, and Warwickshire, has given its name to the metropolitan county of West Midlands, which includes the cities of Birmingham and Coventry and the Black Country (an urban area whose…
		The historic town of Dudley and surrounding areas at the centre of the borough are part of the historic county of Worcestershire, as are southern neighbourhoods such as Stourbridge and Halesowen.
		Within months of its discovery, Comet West became visible to the naked eye, and for two days in 1976 the comet was the brightest in space.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-44512 (913 words)

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