Wickersley

Wickersley
Wickersley
	St Alban's Church
	Wickersley Location within South Yorkshire
Population	7,392 (2011)
OS grid reference	SK480916
• London	135 mi (217 km) SSE
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
UK Parliament	Wentworth and Dearne (UK Parliament constituency);
	List of places UK England Yorkshire 53°25′12″N 1°16′45″W / 53.4199°N 1.2792°W

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 and M18 (passing through Bramley, Rotherham). It is home to the secondary school and sixth form, Wickersley School and Sports College.

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]

Modern times

Wickersley, in recent years, has become an increasingly affluent village and has many high end bars and restaurants situated at its centre, because of this, Wickersley is considered to be one of the most desirable places to live in Rotherham.

Sport

Cricket - Wickersley Old Village CC based on Northfield Lane

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 28 August 2009
^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
^ "Wickersleyweb Churches". Wickersleyweb. Retrieved 20 July 2009.

External links

Media related to Wickersley at Wikimedia Commons
Wickersley Parish Council
Wickersley school and sports college website
History of Wickersley
de Wickersley of Broomhall and Wickersley, wickersley.co.uk
Wickersley in the Domesday Book

[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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