Plenty of areas in the West Midlands have their history dating back to the time of the Middle Ages.
We’ll take you a whizz around some of the locations, that many Brummies and West Midlands residents have and do call home.
For those, who may not have heard of the Domesday book, it was akin to what most households in today’s time fill out as a sort of a precursor to the census.
In this list you can explore the charm of West Midlands' ancient market towns, tracing back to the Domesday book, identified as some of the best places to live in 2026.
The Domesday book was known as a massive survey of England and some places in Wales, and was completed back in 1086.
As you can imagine, some places in the UK, have no doubt changed their names since then, but what parts still remain.
Take a look below:
5. West Bromwich
Known as the Bromwic, and is recorded to have had a mere 3 households back in 1086. West Bromwich is a fantastic market town and has since grown considerably now having a population of 103,112 according to the 2021 Census. | Gordon Griffiths / CC BY-SA 2.0
6. Oldbury
Oldbury was a settlement in Domesday Book, in the hundred of Alnodestreu and the county of Shropshire. It had a recorded population of 13 households in 1086. | John M / CC BY-SA 2.0
7. Dudley
In the Domesday book, Dudley was located in the hundred of Clent and the county of Worcestershire. It had 16 households in 1086. Now Dudley has a population of 323,495. | Oosoom, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
8. Wednesbury
In the Domesday book, Wednesbury has a recorded population of 9.3 households in 1086. | Wednesbury Library by Mike Faherty, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons