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Farms
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.
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.
In 1973 new houses were being built on the site of Straits Farm.
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