Hunnington

Hunnington
Hunnington Location within Worcestershire
Population	552
Civil parish	Hunnington
District	Bromsgrove
Shire county	Worcestershire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Halesowen
Postcode district	B62
Police	West Mercia
Fire	Hereford and Worcester
Ambulance	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Bromsgrove
List of places UK England Worcestershire 52°25′45″N 2°03′06″W / 52.429248°N 2.051568°W / 52.429248; -2.051568Coordinates: 52°25′45″N 2°03′06″W / 52.429248°N 2.051568°W / 52.429248; -2.051568

Hunnington is a village and civil parish in the Bromsgrove District of Worcestershire, England, close to the border with West Midlands, and just south of Halesowen. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 552.^[1]

History[]

It was originally a township in the parish of Halesowen, a detached part of Shropshire, and was transferred to the jurisdiction of Worcestershire in 1844. It became a parish in its own right in the 19th century, and became part of the in 1894 under the Local Government Act 1894, and then of Bromsgrove District under the Local Government Act 1972 from 1974. Hunnington was formerly on the Halesowen Railway that had services withdrawn in 1960 and was dismantled in 1964.

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