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Boney Hay & Central

Coordinates: 52°41′16″N 1°55′32″W / 52.687725°N 1.925645°W / 52.687725; -1.925645
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Boney Hay & Central[1]
Fields and paddocks in Boney Hay, Burntwood
Boney Hay & Central[1] is located in Staffordshire
Boney Hay & Central[1]
Boney Hay & Central[1]
Location within Staffordshire
Population6,344 (2021 Census Ward Profile)
• London128 mi (206 km) SSE
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBurntwood
Postcode districtWS7
Dialling code01543
PoliceStaffordshire
FireStaffordshire
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament
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UK
England
Staffordshire
52°41′16″N 1°55′32″W / 52.687725°N 1.925645°W / 52.687725; -1.925645

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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Part of Boney Hay and its residential streets

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

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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?]

Demographics

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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

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  1. ^ Council, Lichfield District. "Ward maps". Lichfield District Council. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  2. ^ Britain, Great (1983). Statutory Instruments. H.M. Stationery Office. ISBN 978-0-11-840227-9. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Council Information & Policies". Burntwood Town Council. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Boney Hay & Central (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 20 September 2024.