Wickersley

Wickersley is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham in South Yorkshire, England, situated from the centre of Rotherham. The area is very near to road junctions for the M1 and M18. It is home to the secondary school and sixth form, Wickersley School and Sports College.

Historical background

The name Wickersley derives from the Old Norse personal name Vikarr, and the Old English lēah meaning 'wood/clearing'.
Wickersley was once held by Richard FitzTurgis, founder of Roche Abbey, and subsequently by his heirs by marriage, the de Livet family. The Wickersleys later removed to Sheffield, where they built the home Broom Hall. The village of Wickersley has a population of 7,235 increasing to 7,392 at the 2011 Census.
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.

Modern times

Wickersley, in recent years, has become an increasingly affluent village. It 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