Wolverley

For the hamlet in Shropshire, see Wem Rural.

Wolverley
Wolverley village
Wolverley is located in Worcestershire
Wolverley
Wolverley
Location within Worcestershire
OS grid referenceSO835795
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townKidderminster
Postcode districtDY10, DY11
Dialling code01562
PoliceWest Mercia
FireHereford and Worcester
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Worcestershire
52°24′48″N 2°14′38″W / 52.41325°N 2.24401°W / 52.41325; -2.24401
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]

  1. ^ VCH, Worcs, op.cit
  2. ^ "1–20 of 957 results for lea castle". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  3. ^ "2001 Census" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2009.
  4. ^ 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)