32-466: Great Wyrley / ˈ w ɜːr l i / is a village and civil parish in the South Staffordshire district of Staffordshire , England . It forms a built up area with nearby Cheslyn Hay , Churchbridge , Landywood and Little Wyrley . It lies 6 miles north of Walsall and a similar distance from Wolverhampton . Cannock is directly north of the village. It had a population of 11,060 at
64-602: A T-shaped plan, and the windows are casements with segmental heads. South Staffordshire South Staffordshire is a local government district in Staffordshire , England . Its council is based in Codsall . Other notable settlements include Brewood , Cheslyn Hay , Coven , Essington , Featherstone , Four Ashes , Great Wyrley , Huntington , Kinver , Landywood , Penkridge , Perton , Wedges Mills , Weston-under-Lizard and Wombourne . The district covers
96-764: A circular and no longer continuing to Walsall. Now service X51 provides the only link to Walsall through the village but now additionally serves the Orbital Retail Park and the Designer Outlet. Great Wyrley F.C. was a football club based in Great Wyrley between 1980 and 2007 Great Wyrley Tennis Club is based on Norton Lane, Great Wyrley. Currently the club plays in the Walsall Table Tennis Leagues The parish contains one listed building , Landywood Farmhouse, which
128-559: A largely rural area lying immediately to the west and north-west of the West Midlands conurbation . The neighbouring districts are Stafford , Cannock Chase , Walsall , Wolverhampton , Dudley , Bromsgrove , Wyre Forest , Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin . The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 . The new district covered two former districts, which were both abolished at
160-426: A largely rural area lying immediately to the west and north-west of the West Midlands conurbation . The neighbouring districts are Stafford , Cannock Chase , Walsall , Wolverhampton , Dudley , Bromsgrove , Wyre Forest , Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin . The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 . The new district covered two former districts, which were both abolished at
192-572: A long-running campaign of untraceable abusive letters and anonymous harassment in 1888 and 1892–1895. Further letters, in 1903, alleged he was partially responsible for the outrages and caused the police suspicion to focus on him. Edalji was released in 1906 after the Chief Justice of the Bahamas and others had pleaded his case. But he was not pardoned, and the police kept him under surveillance. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle of Sherlock Holmes fame
224-550: A shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities before coming into its powers on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1974 has been as follows: The leaders of the council since 1982 have been: Following the 2023 election the composition of the council was: The next election is due in 2027. Since the last boundary changes in 2023 the council has comprised 42 councillors representing 20 wards , with each ward electing one, two or three councillors. Elections are held every four years. The district covers
256-550: A shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities before coming into its powers on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1974 has been as follows: The leaders of the council since 1982 have been: Following the 2023 election the composition of the council was: The next election is due in 2027. Since the last boundary changes in 2023 the council has comprised 42 councillors representing 20 wards , with each ward electing one, two or three councillors. Elections are held every four years. The district covers
288-734: A similar geographic area to South Staffordshire parliamentary constituency , although the north of the district is covered by the Stafford constituency . Sir Patrick Cormack of the Conservative Party held the South Staffordshire seat, and its predecessor, Staffordshire South-West, between 1974 and 2010, when he retired and the seat was won by Gavin Williamson for the Conservative Party. The council
320-412: A similar geographic area to South Staffordshire parliamentary constituency , although the north of the district is covered by the Stafford constituency . Sir Patrick Cormack of the Conservative Party held the South Staffordshire seat, and its predecessor, Staffordshire South-West, between 1974 and 2010, when he retired and the seat was won by Gavin Williamson for the Conservative Party. The council
352-675: Is based at the Council Offices on Wolverhampton Road in Codsall. The building was purpose-built for the council shortly after it was created, opening in 1976 to replace buildings in Penkridge and Wombourne that the council inherited from its predecessors. The whole district is divided into civil parishes . No parish in South Staffordshire has been declared to be a town by its parish council. None of South Staffordshire's settlements are classed as post towns either; postal addresses in
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#1732775752687384-498: Is based at the Council Offices on Wolverhampton Road in Codsall. The building was purpose-built for the council shortly after it was created, opening in 1976 to replace buildings in Penkridge and Wombourne that the council inherited from its predecessors. The whole district is divided into civil parishes . No parish in South Staffordshire has been declared to be a town by its parish council. None of South Staffordshire's settlements are classed as post towns either; postal addresses in
416-515: Is called Cheslyn Hay, Essington and Great Wyrley . There are five representatives on South Staffordshire District Council : Ward Great Wyrley has been a safe Conservative seat since at least 1983. It is in the constituency of South Staffordshire and the current MP is Gavin Williamson first elected in 2010. He has increased his majority in every General Election since being first elected. Great Wyrley can be divided into two South Staffordshire wards : "Great Wyrley" and "Great Wyrley Landywood,"
448-420: Is designated at Grade II, the lowest of the three grades, which is applied to "buildings of national importance and special interest". The farmhouse dates from the early 16th century and has a timber framed core on a sandstone plinth and a tile roof. It was altered and extended in the 19th century, the additions are in red brick and have been roughcast . There are two storeys and an attic, and
480-523: Is largely a dormitory for commuters to Birmingham and Wolverhampton , and as a midpoint between Birmingham and Stafford , or Walsall and Cannock more locally; by the parish boundaries are junctions T7 on the M6 Toll motorway and 11 of the M6 . Landywood railway station provides services south to Birmingham New Street and north to Rugeley Trent Valley . Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay railway station to
512-628: The Bishop of Chester St John's as part of the "somewhat scattered holdings" of the Church of Saint Chad in Lichfield . Some 480 acres of farming land were, assumingly, evenly distributed between Wyrley and nearby Norton Canes . However, all six dependencies of Saint Chad had been labelled as "wasta", which meant they had been abandoned by the time the Domesday Book was made. In former times
544-492: The 2011 census. The word "Wyrley" derives from two Old English words: wir and leah . Wir meant " bog myrtle " and leah meant "woodland clearing", suggesting that Great Wyrley began as sparse woodland or marshland . "Great" refers to its dominant size over Little Wyrley . Great Wyrley is mentioned in the Domesday Book under the name of Wereleia , and as early as 1086 is said to have been indirectly owned by
576-521: The Centrebus group. Route 2 is based on the old 351 service, and X51 from the 951 service over 10 years ago. This reduced to peak time only but in April 2019 a new timetable launched to run all day between Cannock and Birmingham via Great Wyrley. This prompted the eventual withdrawal of similar Arriva Midlands service 1 in 2020, which was relaunched by predecessor Chaserider in 2021, but later curtailed as
608-548: The South Staffordshire district, for example the village of Wombourne has the Wom Brook Walk and the Bratch Locks on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal in the nearby village of Bratch. Other sites include: Bunkers Tree Wood is also in the area and contains a large Corvid roost . In terms of television, the area is served by BBC West Midlands and ITV Central . Television signals are received from
640-425: The South Staffordshire district, for example the village of Wombourne has the Wom Brook Walk and the Bratch Locks on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal in the nearby village of Bratch. Other sites include: Bunkers Tree Wood is also in the area and contains a large Corvid roost . In terms of television, the area is served by BBC West Midlands and ITV Central . Television signals are received from
672-549: The district therefore all include the name of a post town outside the district, the main ones being Cannock , Stourbridge , Stafford , Walsall and Wolverhampton . The district's parishes are: At the 2021 census the Office for National Statistics identified three built-up areas in the district with a population over 10,000, being Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay with 17,640 people, Wombourne with 12,815 and Codsall (including Bilbrook) with 11,865. There are many beauty spots within
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#1732775752687704-497: The district therefore all include the name of a post town outside the district, the main ones being Cannock , Stourbridge , Stafford , Walsall and Wolverhampton . The district's parishes are: At the 2021 census the Office for National Statistics identified three built-up areas in the district with a population over 10,000, being Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay with 17,640 people, Wombourne with 12,815 and Codsall (including Bilbrook) with 11,865. There are many beauty spots within
736-768: The either Sutton Coldfield or Wrekin TV transmitters. Radio stations for the area are: Local newspaper is the Express & Star . 52°37′33″N 2°11′30″W / 52.6258°N 2.1918°W / 52.6258; -2.1918 South Staffordshire South Staffordshire is a local government district in Staffordshire , England . Its council is based in Codsall . Other notable settlements include Brewood , Cheslyn Hay , Coven , Essington , Featherstone , Four Ashes , Great Wyrley , Huntington , Kinver , Landywood , Penkridge , Perton , Wedges Mills , Weston-under-Lizard and Wombourne . The district covers
768-475: The first South Asian to become the incumbent of an English parish. In 1903, the place was the scene of the Great Wyrley Outrages, a series of slashings of horses, cows and sheep . In October, a local solicitor and son of the parson, George Edalji , was tried and convicted for the eighth attack, on a pit pony, and sentenced to seven years with hard labour. Edalji's family had been the victims of
800-454: The latter being home to the slightly more southern area of Landywood . However, the settlement of Little Wyrley lies within the parish of Norton Canes – a nearby village. Great Wyrley lies just under two-and-a-half miles south of Cannock town centre, just under two miles east of Cheslyn Hay , and three-and-a-half miles north of Bloxwich town centre. Great Wyrley has three primary schools and one high school: Great Wyrley economically
832-451: The north of Landywood closed in the 1960s (see also: Beeching Report ). Great Wyrley is served by three bus routes running between Cannock , Walsall , Wolverhampton and Birmingham operated by Chaserider and National Express West Midlands: Prior to 2008, the area was largely covered by West Midlands Travel and Chase Bus . The area was adopted by Arriva Midlands under the 'Chase Linx' brand which has since become Sapphire. The 71
864-553: The same time: The new district was named South Staffordshire, reflecting its position within the wider county. South Staffordshire District Council, which styles itself "South Staffordshire Council", provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Staffordshire County Council . The whole district is also covered by civil parishes , which form a third tier of local government. The council has been under Conservative majority control since 1976. The first elections were held in 1973, initially operating as
896-553: The same time: The new district was named South Staffordshire, reflecting its position within the wider county. South Staffordshire District Council, which styles itself "South Staffordshire Council", provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Staffordshire County Council . The whole district is also covered by civil parishes , which form a third tier of local government. The council has been under Conservative majority control since 1976. The first elections were held in 1973, initially operating as
928-478: The village was a mining village – The Great Wyrley Colliery – with metalworking (such as for nails, agricultural implements and horseshoes) in outlying areas. The Wyrley and Essington Canal passes nearby. In 1848 Samuel Lewis included the settlement in his gazetteer and stated it had: In 1876 Shapurji Edalji was appointed Vicar of Great Wyrley; he served until his death forty-two years later. A Parsi convert to Christianity from Bombay, he may well have been
960-462: Was adopted by Select following cut backs to Arriva services in 2018. Service 2 was taken over by D&G Bus, operating as Chaserider, on 10 January 2021 following the purchase of Arriva's Cannock depot. Chaserider later replaced route 2 with an extension of Stafford route 74 but reverted back to a standalone Cannock – Walsall route renumbered 1A for a short period. This was subsequently withdrawn. Chaserider also took over route 71 from Select Bus, part of
992-638: Was based on circumstantial evidence. It was an over-reliance on this type of evidence in the first place which had resulted in Edalji's flawed conviction. Poison pen letters in the name of the "Wyrley Gang" continued for another twenty-five years, but these were subsequently discovered to have been posted from outside the town by Enoch Knowles of Wednesbury , who was arrested and convicted in 1934. This case has been related or retold: There are two representatives on Staffordshire County Council , conservatives Kath Perry and Mike Lawrence whose physically large ward
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1024-505: Was persuaded to "turn detective" to prove the man's innocence. This he achieved after eight months of work. Edalji was exonerated by a Home Office committee of enquiry, although no compensation was awarded. Local myth remembers the Outrages to have been enacted by "The Wyrley Gang", although Doyle believed that they were the work of a single person, a local butcher's boy and sometime sailor called Royden Sharp. Ironically, Doyle's suspicion
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