{{short description|Village and civil parish in South Yorkshire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2014}} {{Use British English|date=November 2014}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | coordinates = {{coord|53.4199|-1.2792|display=inline,title}} | official_name = Wickersley | population = 7,392 | population_ref = (2011) | civil_parish = Wickersley | metropolitan_borough = Rotherham | metropolitan_county = South Yorkshire | region = Yorkshire and the Humber | constituency_westminster = Wentworth and Dearne (UK Parliament constituency) | post_town = ROTHERHAM | postcode_district = S66 | postcode_area = S | dial_code = 01709 | os_grid_reference = SK480916 | static_image_name = St Alban's Church in Wickersley - geograph.org.uk - 4233640.jpg | static_image_width = | static_image_caption = St Alban's Church | london_distance_mi = 135<!-- straight line per MOS – constant and comparable with other place distances --> | london_direction = SSE | type = Village and Civil Parish
}} '''Wickersley''' is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham in South Yorkshire, England, situated {{convert|3|mi|km|0}} 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'.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Yorkshire%20WR/Wickersley|title=Wickersley |website=Key to English Place-Names |publisher=The Institute for Name-Studies |access-date=30 October 2025}}</ref>
Wickersley was once held by Richard FitzTurgis (who adopted the name 'de Wickersley), founder of Roche Abbey, and subsequently by his heirs by marriage, the de Livet (Levett) family.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=h-IrAAAAIAAJ&dq=%22great+britain+public+record+office%22+livet&pg=RA1-PA375 William de Livet, Wickersley, A Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Deeds in the Public Record Office, Great Britain Public Record Office, 1902]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=fEsw620EAX8C&dq=%22de+livet%22+king&pg=PA79 Roger de Wickersley, grant of Wickersley church, The History, Antiquities, and Description of the Town and Parish of Worksop, John Holland, Sheffield, 1826]</ref> The Wickersleys later removed to Sheffield, where they built the home Broom Hall.<ref>[http://www.rotherhamweb.co.uk/genealogy/broomhall.htm Broom Hall, rotherhamweb.co.uk]</ref> The village of Wickersley has a population of 7,235<ref>[http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790255 Office for National Statistics : ''Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Rotherham''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613044518/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790255 |date=13 June 2011 }} Retrieved 28 August 2009</ref> increasing to 7,392 at the 2011 Census.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11130628&c=Wickersley&d=16&e=62&g=6355062&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1457623218037&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=10 March 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref>
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.<ref> {{cite web |url=http://www.wickersleyweb.co.uk/hist/churches.htm |title=Wickersleyweb Churches |publisher=Wickersleyweb |accessdate=20 July 2009 }} </ref>
In St Alban's Church are the tomb of William Holt Yates physician, philanthropist, and author of a book on the history of Egypt, and a stained glass window commemorating Jonathan Holt Titcomb, first Bishop of Rangoon <ref>''A short guide to St. Alban’s Church Wickersley''. Downloadable as a .docx at St Alban Wickersley [https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/17550/page/91124/view/ Our Church Building] Accessed 5 April 2026, or at the [https://web.archive.org/web/20190720031811/http://www.saintalbanswickersley.org.uk/building-and-history/church-building/guide-to-the-church-building archived] web page.</ref>.
== 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
==See also== *Listed buildings in Wickersley
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{Commons category-inline|Wickersley}} *[http://www.wickersleypc.org.uk Wickersley Parish Council] *[http://www.wickersley.net Wickersley school and sports college website] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20081203133325/http://www.rotherham.gov.uk/graphics/Learning/Archives/Local+Towns+and+Villages/EDSWickersley.htm History of Wickersley] *[http://www.wickersleyweb.co.uk/wickersley/index.htm de Wickersley of Broomhall and Wickersley, wickersley.co.uk] * {{OpenDomesday|SK4791|wickersley}}
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Category:Villages in South Yorkshire Category:Geography of the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham Category:Civil parishes in South Yorkshire