Bishops Wood

Bishops Wood
Bishops Wood
	St John the Evangelist's Church
	Bishops Wood Location within Staffordshire
OS grid reference	SJ835097
District	South Staffordshire;
Shire county	Staffordshire;
Region	West Midlands;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Stafford
Postcode district	ST19
Police	Staffordshire
Fire	Staffordshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
	List of places UK England Staffordshire 52°40′57″N 2°14′25″W / 52.68259°N 2.2402°W

Bishops Wood, or Bishopswood (grid reference SJ835097) is a small village on the Staffordshire border with Shropshire. It is home to the Royal Oak public house, the first to be named after the nearby oak tree at Boscobel House in which King Charles II hid after the Battle of Worcester. The population for this village taken at the 2011 census can be found under Brewood and Coven. Bishop's Wood (grid reference SJ753310) is a 352 hectare wood 4 miles west north west of Eccleshall, Staffordshire.

The village, in the parish of Brewood, may derive its name from the country residence of the early Bishops of Lichfield: Boscobel House. The King Charles II Royal Oak tree, White Ladies Priory, Blackladies (another former priory, now a private residence) and Weston Park are all within easy walking distance.

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