# Lapal

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'''Lapal''' is a residential area of [Halesowen](/source/Halesowen), in the [Dudley](/source/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Dudley) district, in the county of the [West Midlands](/source/West_Midlands_(county)) of England (part of [Worcestershire](/source/Worcestershire) until 1974).<ref name=":0">{{Citation |last=Kozłowska-Szyc |first=Monika |title=The credit market of a small peripheral Polish town in the early modern period |date=2020-09-09 |work=A History of the Credit Market in Central Europe |pages=153–162 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429356018-15 |access-date=2024-08-29 |place=1 Edition. {{!}} New York : Routledge, 2020. {{!}} |publisher=Routledge |doi=10.4324/9780429356018-15 |isbn=978-0-429-35601-8|url-access=subscription }}</ref> It is situated in the east of the town on the border with [Birmingham](/source/Birmingham).<ref name=":0" /> The Lapal area sits to the East of the [Lapal Canal](/source/Lapal_Canal), to the North of Lapal Lane South up to what is now the M5 motorway, to the South West of Carters Lane and Kent Road, and to the South East of Mucklow Hill. Most of the houses were built between 1930 and 1980. In the late 1970s the large Abbeyfields estate was built alongside the currently disused portion of the [Dudley Canal](/source/Dudley_Canal), adding to its already extensive [owner-occupier](/source/owner-occupier) housing stock.

It is the most affluent suburb of Halesowen, commanding the largest average house prices of all the suburbs in the town.{{citation needed|date=August 2024}}

The area is served by [Lapal Primary School](/source/Lapal_Primary_School) and [Leasowes High School](/source/Leasowes_High_School), the Royal Oak public house and a small cluster of shops opposite, including a newsagent/post office, bakery, fish and chip shop, Chinese take-away, pharmacy and general grocery store. Also to be found in the area the ruins of the 13th century Halesowen Abbey, located in a field off the Manor Way by-pass.

The area has local bus connections with Halesowen town centre, [Stourbridge](/source/Stourbridge), [Brierley Hill](/source/Brierley_Hill), [Cradley Heath](/source/Cradley_Heath), [Merry Hill](/source/Merry_Hill%2C_Wolverhampton), Birmingham and [Oldbury](/source/Oldbury%2C_West_Midlands). It is situated near to Junction 3 of the [M5 motorway](/source/M5_motorway).

The disused [Lapal Canal Tunnel](/source/Lapal_Tunnel) is nearby.

== History ==
Lapal was formerly a [township](/source/Township_(England)) in the parish of Halesowen,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9934|title=History of Lapal, in Dudley and Worcestershire|publisher=[A Vision of Britain through Time](/source/A_Vision_of_Britain_through_Time)|accessdate=2 October 2024}}</ref> in 1866 Lapal became a separate [civil parish](/source/civil_parish),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10335292|title=Relationships and changes Lapal Tn/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=2 October 2024}}</ref> on 1 April 1974 the parish was abolished.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/Reg/districts/stourbridge.html|title=Stourbridge Registration District|publisher=UKBMD|accessdate=2 October 2024}}</ref> In 1951 the parish had a population of 2730.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10334524/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Lapal Tn/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=2 October 2024}}</ref>

==References==
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Category:Areas of Dudley
Category:Former civil parishes in the West Midlands (county)
Category:Halesowen

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