second in importance to wednesbury manor house was oakeswell hall, built c. 1421 by william byng. the property descended to the family of jennyns. by 1662 the house was known as okeswell or hopkins new hall place (it being adjacent to the hopkins family's new hall fields). richard parkes, a quaker ironmaster, bought it in 1707 and moved in the following year. during the late 18th and early 19th centuries it was a farmhouse. between 1825 and 1962 it had several different owners, including joseph smith (the first town clerk) who greatly restored it. in 1962 it was demolished.