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Straits Farm
Straits Farm and timber yard was located on the left-hand side of the Straits Road
where it bends into Sandyfields Road, it no longer exists.
The timber yard was removed and new houses built around 1962, the farm was demolished
a few years later and more houses were added to the Straits Estate.
1907 Sale Notice:
Charles Walker was recorded at Straits Farm in 1885.
During the 1920s-1930s William Evans was the tenant.
The contents of the farm were sold off in 1933.
When part of the Himley Estate belonging to the Earl of Dudley was sold off in 1947,
this property was included in the sale, it was said
that the property had an area of 84½ acres and included five cottages.
Also known as Major's Farm in it's later years, the proprietor, Major Jones was a well known
local character with a popular riding stables.
It appears that Major Jones had the tenancy between 1934 and 1947.
In 1973 new houses were being built on the site of Straits Farm.
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