1    CODSALL  STATION, Station Road. The station was formally opened on 12th November 1849,       and became part of the Great Western network in 1854. The buildings and bridges are listed as       Grade II. 2    OAKEN LODGE, Oaken Lanes. Reported to be 800 years old and believed to have once been the       site of two cottages built for woodcutters from the forest of Oaken. There remains some phy-       sical evidence of a sandstone building on the site as early as the 17th century. 3    GREENHILLS, Stafford Lane. This dwelling is one of several built locally during the last century       to provide a country estate for businessmen from Wolverhampton and the Black Country. Since       the middle of the last century the house has accommodated four prominent families, the most       recent being the Thompsons who arrived in the early 1930s. The present occupier is grandson of       the first Thompson to live in the house, and the third generation chairman of Banks's Brewery.       An interesting feature of the estate is the presence of peacocks which can often be heard but are       rarely seen. 4    WILLOW COTTAGE, Willow Lane. This cottage, which was demolished in 1950, existed pre-      1841. It had provided a substantial home with its own dairy and stables, traces of which can still      be found within a clump of trees which lie behind the Shop Lane council houses near the centre      of the field. Willow Lane runs between Stafford Lane and Shop Lane and in its time has been      known as Neve Lane, after John Neve, one time tenant of Greenhills, and Eicke Lane, probably      after a local farmer of that name living in the village during the mid 1800s. 5    SHOP LANE. The scene today from the junction of Oaken Lane and Willow Lane, looking south       west, includes on the left a row of semi-detached dwellings originally provided as council       houses, and on the opposite side a row of bungalows built for private sale. Beyond the bunga-       lows stand a pair of semi-detached cottages erected for local farm workers, whilst beyond those       are two detached houses which front a nursery. Prior to 1920 and from the same position the       view would have been of open fields except for four terraced cottages standing on the site of the       present bungalows, and the semi-detached cottages further along the lane built in 1911. The       council houses were built in the early 1920s and the bungalows, to replace the old cottages, in       the 1960s.

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6    DOWER HOUSE, Hollybush       Lane. A slight diversion down this       lane before proceeding through       the village is suggested to view       both the Dower House and Holly-       bush Cottage. The Dower House,       once known as Oaken House,       stands in a dominant position with       splendid views over the country-       side from the rear terrace. It took       its present form in the late 18th       century and now stands as a       grade II listed building with many       features of architectural interest.       During its history it has accomm-