Boney Hay & Central
| Boney Hay & Central[1] | |
|---|---|
 Fields and paddocks in Boney Hay, Burntwood | |
![Boney Hay & Central[1] is located in Staffordshire](/wiki/File:Staffordshire_UK_location_map.svg) ![Boney Hay & Central[1]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png){kind=small} Boney Hay & Central[1] Location within Staffordshire | |
| Population | 6,344 (2021 Census Ward Profile) |
| • London | 128 mi (206 km) SSE |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Burntwood |
| Postcode district | WS7 |
| Dialling code | 01543 |
| Police | Staffordshire |
| Fire | Staffordshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Boney Hay & Central is the name given to the ward and suburb[2] of Burntwood in the Lichfield District in the county of Staffordshire, England. It is one of the six wards on Burntwood Town Council[3]
Geography
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Boney Hay & Central cover the central and northern parts of Burntwood.[4] The ward is mostly urban with residential and commercial developments. It is also close to the Staffordshire Countryside and part of Cannock Chase.
History
[edit]Geographically, by common consensus it is agreed Boney Hay falls no further East than Ogley Hay Road, no further west than Rugeley Road, No further South than Rycroft Shopping Precinct/Slade Avenue/ Redwood Park, and no further north than The Chorley Road end of Gentleshaw Common. Boney Hay's name is reputed to date back to Napoleonic times when a couple of returning veterans of The Battle of Waterloo in 1812, likened the crop of wheat growing in the fields there, before current housing, as matching that at Quatre Bras, Belgium, where French Skirmishers hid to snipe at Wellington's troops.[original research?] Hence the name Boney's Hay, as it was called by locals. It subsequently lost the 's' from Boney's to become Boney over time.[original research?] The area has one School, Boney Hay Primary School, and two public houses, The Ring 'O' Bells & The Forrester’s Tavern. A working man’s club, Boney Hay WMC, and several shops, including the Dehal Costcutters on the corner of Chorley Road, North Street. In the mid-1980s the Dehal Superstore as it was to become, was subject to a race hate campaign against the prospective new Asian owners Mick & Mo who bought out the much loved Woodhouse family.[original research?] Most notably the NF logo was sprayed on the North Street wall of the shop which remained for some years. One resident of the area was charged with defacement of property. Some of the houses in Boney Hay date back to the late 1800s most notably some situated on Oak Lane / Birch Terrace as visible from the name placards.[original research?]
Demographics
[edit]At the 2021 census, Boney Hay & Central's ward profile population was 6,344. Of the findings, the ethnicity and religious composition of the ward was:
| : Boney Hay & Central: 2021 Census[5] | |||||||||||||
| Ethnic group | Population | % | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | 6,182 | 97.4% | |||||||||||
| Asian or Asian British | 75 | 1.2% | |||||||||||
| Mixed | 69 | 1.1% | |||||||||||
| Black or Black British | 12 | 0.2% | |||||||||||
| Other Ethnic Group | 8 | 0.1% | |||||||||||
| Total | 6,344 | 100% | |||||||||||
The religious composition of Boney Hay & Central's ward at the 2021 Census was recorded as:
| Boney Hay & Central: Religion: 2021 Census | |||||||||||||
| Religious | Population | % | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian | 3,537 | 58.6% | |||||||||||
| Irreligious | 2,383 | 39.5% | |||||||||||
| Other religion | 45 | 0.7% | |||||||||||
| Sikh | 34 | 0.6% | |||||||||||
| Buddhist | 15 | 0.2% | |||||||||||
| Muslim | 12 | 0.2% | |||||||||||
| Hindu | 6 | 0.1% | |||||||||||
| Jewish | 4 | 0.1% | |||||||||||
| Total | 6,344 | 100% | |||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ Council, Lichfield District. "Ward maps". Lichfield District Council. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ Britain, Great (1983). Statutory Instruments. H.M. Stationery Office. ISBN 978-0-11-840227-9. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ "Council Information & Policies". Burntwood Town Council. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ KC, Philip Coppel (11 June 2016). Cornerstone’s Electoral Legislation 2016. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 2227. ISBN 978-1-78451-263-7. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ "Boney Hay & Central (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
