Wickersley
Coordinates: 53°25′12″N 1°16′45″W / 53.4199°N 1.2792°W
| Wickersley | |
 St Alban's Church |
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 Wickersley
Wickersley shown within South Yorkshire |
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| Population | 7,235 |
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| OS grid reference | SK480916 |
| Civil parish | Wickersley |
| Metropolitan borough | Rotherham |
| Metropolitan county | South Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ROTHERHAM |
| Postcode district | S66 |
| Dialling code | 01709 |
| Police | South Yorkshire |
| Fire | South Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| UK Parliament | Wentworth |
| List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire | |
Wickersley is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham in South Yorkshire, England, situated 3 miles (4.8 km) from central Rotherham. The area is very near to road junctions for the M1, M18 and A1(M) (passing through Bramley, Rotherham). Wickersley was once held by Richard FitzTurgis (who adopted the name 'de Wickersley), founder of Roche Abbey, and subsequently by his heirs by marriage, the de Livet (Levett) family.[1][2] The Wickersleys later removed to Sheffield, where they built the home Broom Hall.[3] The village of Wickersley has a population of 7,235.[4]
Wickersley School and Sports College is one of the area's largest institutions with a student body of approximately 1,800 eleven to eighteen-year-olds and a teaching staff of over 100. There are 3 churches in Wickersley. Wickersley's parish church, which is part of the Church of England diocese of Sheffield, Is dedicated to St Alban the Martyr and it is one of the oldest buildings in Wickersley. There is also a Roman Catholic church called Blessed Trinity, as well as a methodist church. [5]
[edit] References
- ^ William de Livet, Wickersley, A Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Deeds in the Public Record Office, Great Britain Public Record Office, 1902
- ^ Roger de Wickersley, grant of Wickersley church, The History, Antiquities, and Description of the Town and Parish of Worksop, John Holland, Sheffield, 1826
- ^ Broom Hall, rotherhamweb.co.uk
- ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Rotherham Retrieved 2009-08-28
- ^ "Wickersleyweb Churches". www.wickersleyweb.co.uk. http://www.wickersleyweb.co.uk/hist/churches.htm. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Wickersley |
- Wickersley Youth Junior Football Club for Boys and Girls
- Wickersley Web
- Wickersley school and sports college website
- Wickersley Working Men’s Social Club
- Wickersley Old Village Cricket Club
- History of Wickersley
- de Wickersley of Broomhall and Wickersley, wickersley.co.uk
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