What is Halesowen?
{{infobox UK place |country = |latitude= 52.450164 |longitude= -2.050935 |map_type= |official_name= Halesowen |population= 55,273 |metropolitan_borough= Dudley |metropolitan_county = West Midlands |region = West Midlands |constituency_westminster= Halesowen & Rowley Regis |post_town= HALESOWEN |postcode_district = B62, B63 |postcode_area= B |dial_code= 0121 or 01384 (Parts of Cradley) |os_grid_reference= SO9583 }} '''Halesowen''' is a town in [[West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]] of [[England]]. Historically, it is part of [[Worcestershire]]. The population of the town in the 2001 census was 55,273.<ref>[http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/Expodata/Spreadsheets/D8271.xls Office for National Statistics : ''Census 2001 : Urban Areas : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population''] Retrieved 2009-08-26</ref> The centre of Halesowen has a [[Norman architecture|Norman]] church, St John's Church. It was built in 1083 on the site of an [[Anglo-Saxon]] church. It was founded by Earl Rodger de Montgomery. The building of the spire at St John's Church started at the end of the 1st century and is shows evidence of Norman origin even though there have been many alterations to it. ==References== {{reflist}} {{UK-stub}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Towns in the West Midlands (county)]]