Wolverley
Coordinates: 52°24′48″N 2°14′38″W / 52.41325°N 2.24401°W
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 Wolverley village |
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 Wolverley
Wolverley shown within Worcestershire |
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| OS grid reference | SO835795 |
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| District | Wyre Forest |
| Shire county | Worcestershire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | KIDDERMINSTER |
| Postcode district | DY10, DY11 |
| Dialling code | 01562 |
| Police | West Mercia |
| Fire | Hereford and Worcester |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| EU Parliament | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Wyre Forest |
| List of places: UK • England • Worcestershire | |
Wolverley is a village, and with Cookley together, a civil parish in the Wyre Forest District of Worcestershire, England. It is located a few miles to the north west of Kidderminster, near the town of Bewdley, and the villages of Kinver and Cookley. It lies on the River Stour, and the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, and at the time of the 2001 census had a population of 2,096.[1]
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[edit] The Legend of the Swan
According to ancient legend a crusading member of the Attwood family was rescued from a dungeon and returned to his home Wolverley Court by a swan.[2]
[edit] William Sebright
Wolverley was the birthplace of William Sebright, who as a Town Clerk of London accumulated an estate in Bethnal Green, which he left in his will of 1620 for the foundation of a grammar school in Wolverley.[3] The site of the original Wolverley Grammar School is still in the centre of the village: the grammar school changed its name to Sebright School in 1931 when it moved to a new site. The new school was opened by Bewdley-born Stanley Baldwin.[4] Between 1948 and 1970 Sebright was a public school, and from 1965 to 1969 the sculptor Fritz Steller was the Head of Art. Sebright School closed in 1970[5] and reopened as Wolverley High School, now called Wolverley C E Secondary School, a state run secondary school. However, the junior wing, Heathfield School, continued in existence and now includes pupils up to 16. Over the years the endowment left by William Sebright has grown to millions of pounds, and the original scope of the educational foundation he set up has been broadened to include grants to local schools, and to former pupils of those schools.[6]
[edit] Tinplate Industry
Wolverley Lower Mill, which was established in 1670 by Philip Foley and Joshua Newborough, helped the village play a key role in the early tinplate industry.[7]
[edit] Baskerville the printer
The village was also the birthplace of John Baskerville, the celebrated printer (1706–1775).[8]
[edit] Wolverley Camp
During the Second World War the US Army Medical Corps opened its award winning 52nd general hospital at Wolverley Camp.[9]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ 2001 Census
- ^ Parishes - Wolverley | British History Online
- ^ [author missing] "Bethnal Green: Estates", in A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 11: Stepney, Bethnal Green (1998), pp. 155-68
- ^ "Arrangements for to-day", The Times, London, 10 October 1931, p. 15.
- ^ "School to close", The Times, London, 21 February 1970, p. 3.
- ^ Old Wolvernians Chapel Fund
- ^ King, P. W. (1988) "Wolverley Lower Mill and the Beginnings of the Tinplate Industry" in: Historical Metallurgy 22(2) (1988), 104-13.
- ^ Famous Brummies and others that worked or lived in Birmingham
- ^ Wolverley Camp: ex-Army Barracks near Kidderminster
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Wolverley |
- Parish Website and parish church of Saint John the Baptist, photo and link [1]
- River Stour
- Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal
- Wolverley and Cookley Historical Society
- S&W Canal
- Attwood Family Information
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