Dudley continued for another quarter of a century. The largest developments of this era were the Sledmere Estate near Oakham in the mid-1950s and the Russells Hall Estate near Himley Road from the late 1950s to mid-1960s. The Old Park Farm estate was also built in the early 1950s on the remaining section of land which had been incorporated into Dudley from Sedgley to allow for the Priory Estate to be built. The council also built eleven blocks of multi-storey flats in the borough between 1963 and 1969; three at Eve Hill, two at Grange Park, two at Queen's Cross and four at Netherton, although four of those had been demolished by 2001. In 1966, under recommendations of the Local Government Commission for England, the county borough was expanded to include the vast majority of the area which had formed the Brierley Hill Urban District, as well as the bulk of Sedgley and the southern section of Coseley, and a small section of Tipton. This area also included the buildings on Sedgley Road West previously occupied by Tipton borough council. The plans for an expansion of the Dudley borough had at one stage included the incorporation of Tipton and Rowley Regis into Dudley, but most of Tipton was absorbed into West Bromwich and Rowley Regis was instead incorporated into the new County Borough of Warley. As all of these areas were within Staffordshire, Dudley was transferred from Worcestershire to the county of Staffordshire. Areas transferred Additionally, the section of Oakham and Tividale which was within Dudley was at this time transferred to the newly created County Borough of Warley, which in turn remained in Worcestershire. In 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, the county borough was abolished, and along with the former Halesowen and Stourbridge municipal boroughs, was formed into the present Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, which became a part of the metropolitan county of the West Midlands. References Black Country Bugle - 2 June 2005 History of Dudley Local government in Staffordshire Local government in Worcestershire Local government in the West Midlands (county) Dudley County boroughs of England