ROWLEY REGIS  , an urban district in the Kingswinford parliamentary division of Staffordshire, England, on the Stourbridge branch of the Great Western railway, 7 M . W. of Birmingham, Pop . (1901) 34,670 . It Iies in a hilly district rich in coal and iron, while a hard basaltic intrusion known as Rowley rag is largely quarried . The town is a modern growth out of a village surrounding the church of St Giles, which dates from the 13th century, though rebuilt in 1840 . Iron manufactures are extensive; there are also brick and tile works and breweries .