Wolverley
Wolverley is a village; with nearby Cookley, 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. The village has also been known as "Overley" at various times.
Notable features
There are 13 Listed Buildings within Wolverley, three of which are grade II*.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.
Wolverley has one of the few remaining animal pounds in the area.
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. 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.History
The name Wolverley derives from the Old English Wulfweardlēah meaning 'Wulfweard's wood/clearing'.Wolverley was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 under an ancient spelling of Ulwardelie.
The Worcester Member of Parliament John Atte Wode is recorded as holding land at Wolverley prior to 1357.