Wolverley

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Wolverley
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Wolverley village
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Post townKidderminster
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Lea Castle, Wolverley, postcard photograph c.1900. Built after 1809 by John Knight I, ironmaster. Sold by his son John Knight II (1765–1850) in about 1818[1] to finance his purchase of Exmoor Forest, Somerset. Demolished c.1945 except for the gatehouse, which still stands. A series of watercolours c.1816 of the interiors of Lea Castle, attributed to the painter John Carter (1748–1817), is held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Elisha Whittelsey Collection, no. 56.601(4).[2]

Wolverley is a village; with nearby Cookley (1 mi northeast), it forms a civil parish in the Wyre Forest District of Worcestershire, England. It is 2 miles north of Kidderminster and lies on the River Stour and the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal. At the time of the 2001 census, it had a population of 2,096.[3] The village has also been known as "Overley" at various times.[4]

Notable features

There are 13 Listed Buildings within Wolverley, three of which are grade II*.[5]

One of the unusual features of the area are rooms cut into the sandstone cliffs behind some of the houses. In the centre of the village, next to the Queen's Head Public House car-park are some caves which reflect this usage.[5]

Bodenham Arboretum is a 170 acre woodland site located in Wolverley.[6]

Wolverley has one of the few remaining animal pounds in the area.[7]

St. John's Church

Woverley's Church of England and parish church is dedicated to St. John. It is claimed as a tradition that there has been a church or chapel on the site since Anglo-Saxon times. The first documented evidence of a church was the mention of a parish priest in the village in the Domesday Book (1086). A church on the site of the current parish church site has been in deanery of Kidderminster since the 13th Century. The current building was consecrated on 20 September 1772, and belongs to the Church of England. The current clergyman with responsibility is The Revd Shaun Armstrong.[8]

History

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The Worcester Member of Parliament John Atte Wode is recorded as holding land at Wolverley prior to 1357.[10]

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.[11][12]

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.[13] 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.[14] 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[15] and reopened as Wolverley High School, now called Wolverley C E Secondary School, a state run secondary school. However, the junior wing, Heathfield Knoll 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.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.

Tinplate Industry

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Baskerville the printer

The village was also the birthplace of John Baskerville, the celebrated printer (1706–1775).[16]

Wolverley Camp

During the Second World War the US Army Medical Corps opened its award-winning 52nd general hospital at Wolverley Camp.[17]

See also

Notes

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  1. ^ VCH, Worcs, op.cit
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."1–20 of 957 results for lea castle". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."2001 Census" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2009.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Everard1 Horton2, Judith1 Wendy2 (July 2021). "VCH SHROPSHIRE: Wem Rural: Wolverley" (PDF). VCH Wem Rural: draft J. Everard and W. Horton July 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Wolverley Conservation Area Character Appraisal (PDF), Wyre Forest District Council, July 2007, p. 17
  6. ^ Bodenham Arboretum, About the Arboretum, accessed on 5 May 2026
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Wolverley Conservation Area Character Appraisal, Wyre Forest District Council, July 2007, p. 23, The animal pound, and the surrounding grass is currently completely fenced off with hoped railings, whilst the original door is now looking in poor condition. As part of the history of the Area, and one of the few such remaining pounds in the area, this feature should be enhanced.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Church staff. "St. John's Church in Wolverley". St. John the Baptist Church Wolverley. Archived from the original on 30 May 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Wolverley". Key to English Place-Names. The Institute for Name-Studies. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
  10. ^ Driver, J. T. Worcestershire Knights of the Shire 1377–1421 Transactions of the Worcestershire Archaeological Society. Third Series Vol 4 1974 p20
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.""Parishes: Wolverley"", Victoria County History, Worcestershire, vol. 3, 1913, pp. 567–573
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Church staff. "The Legend of the Swan". St. John the Baptist Church Wolverley. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  13. ^ "Bethnal Green: Estates", in A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 11, Stepney, Bethnal Green, ed. T F T Baker (London, 1998), pp. 155-168. (Full text via British History Online.) [accessed 15 July 2020]
  14. ^ "Arrangements for to-day", The Times, London, 10 October 1931, p. 15.
  15. ^ "School to close", The Times, London, 21 February 1970, p. 3.
  16. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Famous Brummies and others that worked or lived in Birmingham". Archived from the original on 19 September 2008.
  17. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.DiGi-Masters.com. "ex-Army Barracks near Kidderminster". Wolverley Camp. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  18. ^ Wolverley Pound entrance, 20 June 2018
  19. ^ Bodenham Arboretum

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