Sneyd Brook, a short distance to the west of the site and school boundary, was for many centuries the limit of Walsall Parish. This tributary of the River Tame was known as Bentley Brook further south and is also referred to as Park Brook in this area. Today there is still an inn of this name on the Wolverhampton Road where it crosses the brook.
According to a document at Walsall Local History Centre (Ref No: 35/36/17a-b) the name 'Sneyd' originates in 1410and means a piece, a fragment or something cut-off and in this case refers to part of Essington manor that 'intrudes' into the manors of Walsall and Wednesfield.
Much of the brook's flow was once diverted to supply the nearby Anson Branch canal. The water that does continue along this inauspicious ditch eventually reaches the North Sea via the Tame and Trent rivers.
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