Notable Residents
- Industrialist John Corbett was born in the town.
- Don Richardson, the man who developed the Merry Hill Shopping Centre, was born in the town, just streets away from the land that he developed for mass commercialisation more than 50 years later.
- Danny Batth, professional footballer for Wolverhampton Wanderers. Currently on loan at Sheffield Wednesday until May 2012.
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