Wickersley

Wickersley is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham in South Yorkshire, England, situated 3 miles (5 km) from the centre of Rotherham. The area is very near to road junctions for the M1, M18 and A1(M) (passing through Bramley, Rotherham). It is home to the secondary school and sixth form, Wickersley School and Sports College.

Wickersley
St Alban's Church
Wickersley is located in South Yorkshire
Wickersley
Wickersley
Location within South Yorkshire
Population7,392 (2011)
OS grid referenceSK480916
• London135 mi (217 km) SSE
Civil parish
  • Wickersley
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townROTHERHAM
Postcode districtS66
Dialling code01709
PoliceSouth Yorkshire
FireSouth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament

Historical background

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] increasing to 7,392 at the 2011 Census.[5]

Wickersley School and Sports College is one of the area's largest institutions with a student body of over 2,000 eleven to eighteen-year-olds and a teaching staff of over 300.

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 and it is one of the oldest buildings in Wickersley. There is also Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic church, as well as a Methodist church.[6]

Sport
  • Cricket - Wickersley Old Village CC based on Northfield Lane

See also

References
  1. William de Livet, Wickersley, A Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Deeds in the Public Record Office, Great Britain Public Record Office, 1902
  2. Roger de Wickersley, grant of Wickersley church, The History, Antiquities, and Description of the Town and Parish of Worksop, John Holland, Sheffield, 1826
  3. Broom Hall, rotherhamweb.co.uk
  4. Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Rotherham Retrieved 28 August 2009
  5. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  6. "Wickersleyweb Churches". Wickersleyweb. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
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