Wickersley
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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 (passing through Bramley, Rotherham). It is home to the secondary school and sixth form, Wickersley School and Sports College.
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Place details
- Locality
- Rotherham
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Wickersley
- UK place.population
- 7,392
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Wickersley
- UK place.metropolitan_borough
- Rotherham
- UK place.metropolitan_county
- South Yorkshire
- UK place.region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Wentworth and Dearne (UK Parliament constituency)
- UK place.post_town
- ROTHERHAM
- UK place.postcode_district
- S66
- UK place.postcode_area
- S
- UK place.dial_code
- 01709
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SK480916
- UK place.static_image_name
- St Alban's church, Wickersley (192385 9b337178 by Richard Croft).jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St Alban's Church
- UK place.london_distance_mi
- 135
- UK place.london_direction
- SSE
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 7392
- Image
- St Alban's church, Wickersley (192385 9b337178 by Richard Croft).jpg
- Dialing code
- 01709
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- Wickersley
- OS grid reference
- SK480916
- postal code
- S66
- P8168
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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 (passing through Bramley, Rotherham). 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'.
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