became integrated into Shropshire, known as Warley Salop (Warley Shropshire). Cradley was also a possession of the Barony of Dudley and thus remained in its original county, along with the hamlet of Lutley which was held by the Canons of Wolverhampton. The Shropshire territories of the Manor remained in the hands of Earl Roger's descendants until 1102, when Robert de Belesme led an unsuccessful rebellion against Henry I and Hala was confiscated by the Crown as a consequence. Henry II gave the Manor to his half-sister Emma who had married Dafydd ab Owain Gwynedd in 1174. She restored it to Richard I, although her son Owen still had claims on it. The Manor's name was altered to Hales Owen in the 1270s. Counties (Detached Parts) Act 1844 The Counties (Detached Parts) Act 1844 was an Act of Parliament which abolished many of the exclaves of counties in England and Wales for civil purposes. The precursor to this legislation was the Reform Act 1832 and Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1832, which redefined the boundaries for Members of Parliament. These acts changed the status of many exclaves and enclaves, thus starting the process of incorporating these 'outliers' into their surrounding county. Halesowen was to be incorporated into Worcestershire for Parliamentary purposes, although the Justices of the Peace of Shropshire still held jurisdiction until 1844. The Counties (Detached Parts) Act 1844 placed all of what was the medieval Halesowen parish back into Worcestershire, under the 'Lower' division of Halfshire hundred. Warley Wigorn was unified with Warley Salop to form the new parish of Warley in 1884. Modern local government era In 1889; Halesowen and Oldbury formed part of the new administrative county of Worcester, due to enactment of the Local Government Act 1888. The county retained Halesowen (and Oldbury through the County Borough of Warley) until adoption of the Local Government Act 1972, which established the Metropolitan County of West Midlands in April 1974. Dudley County Borough along with Stourbridge and Halesowen formed Dudley Metropolitan District (later to become Dudley Metropolitan Borough), whilst Warley County Borough merged with West Bromwich to create Sandwell. The 'top tier' West Midlands County Council was abolished in April 1986 via enactment of the Local Government Act 1985. Romsley, Hunnington and Frankley are part of the administrative Worcestershire, within the Bromsgrove District. See also Counties (Detached Parts) Act 1844 County Borough of Warley Dudley Metropolitan Borough Evolution of Worcestershire