Lye, West Midlands
Lye Waste, adjacent to the original village of Lye, was an area of uncultivated common land but it was settled by people who, by building houses including a fireplace within 24 hours by using mud and clay as the main building materials, acquired freehold rights as a result of the passing of the Inclosure Acts [sic] from 1604 onwards, and it became thickly built upon.The writer observes that the "poor artizan in many of the trades appears to get a very small remuneration for his labour, and to make an improvident use of much of even the little he gets.Lye is the birthplace of the actor Sir Cedric Hardwicke,[10] who is commemorated by a sculpture by Tim Tolkien, commissioned by Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council.The memorial takes the form of a giant filmstrip, the illuminated cut metal panels illustrating scenes from some of his best-known films which include The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Things to Come, and The Ghost of Frankenstein.They currently compete in the Northern Premier League Division One Midlands, the ninth tier of English football and play at The Sports Ground.