Wickersley is a village and

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in the

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, England, situated from the centre of

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. The area is very near to road junctions for the M1, M18 and

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(passing through

Bramley, Rotherham Bramley is a village and civil parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham in South Yorkshire, England. The village is situated approximately from central Rotherham and from Sheffield city centre, both to the west south-west. Bramley is ...

). It is home to the secondary school and sixth form,

Wickersley School and Sports College Wickersley School and Sports College is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Wickersley in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. The school has 2,150 pupils, aged 11–18, ...

Historical background

Wickersley was once held by Richard FitzTurgis (who adopted the name 'de Wickersley), founder of

Roche Abbey Roche Abbey is a now-ruined abbey in the civil parish of Maltby, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. It is in the valley of Maltby Dyke, known locally as Maltby Beck, and is administered by English Heritage. It is a scheduled monument and Gr ...

, and subsequently by his heirs by marriage, the de Livet (

Levett Levett is a surname of Anglo-Norman origin, deriving from eLivet, which is held particularly by families and individuals resident in England and British Commonwealth territories. Origins This surname comes from the village of Livet-en-Ouche, no ...

) family. The Wickersleys later removed to Sheffield, where they built the home

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. The village of Wickersley has a population of 7,235 increasing to 7,392 at the 2011 Census.

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

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, which is part of the Church of England

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, 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.

Sport

* Cricket - Wickersley Old Village CC based on Northfield Lane

References

External links

*
Wickersley Parish CouncilWickersley school and sports college website
* {{authority control Villages in South Yorkshire Geography of the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham Civil parishes in South Yorkshire

Historical background

Sport

See also

References

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