Wales, Yorkshire
| Wales | |
| Yorkshire West Riding | |
|---|---|
 St John The Baptist Church in Wales | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SK480829 |
| Location: | 53°19’48"N, 1°17’24"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 7,069 (2011) |
| Post town: | Sheffield |
| Postcode: | S26 |
| Dialling code: | 01909 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Rotherham |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Rother Valley |
Wales is a village and a parish in the West Riding of Yorkshire, adjacent to the border with Derbyshire. The civil parish of Wales, which has a population of 6,455,[1] increasing to 7,069 at the 2011 Census.[2] encompasses the village of Wales and neighbouring settlement Kiveton Park. The actual settlement of Wales has a 2011 population of 588.
History
The name Wales comes from a Germanic root meaning foreigner and Roman. The suggestion, therefore, is that there was a continued Celtic presence here following the arrival of the Anglo-Saxons at the turn of the 6th century. The earliest reference to Wales is in 1002, when Wolfric Spot, a Saxon thegn, is recorded as owning Walesho.
Sir William Hewet, Lord Mayor of London in 1559, was born in Wales, and his descendants, the Dukes of Leeds, would come to dominate the area.
Geography
The village of Wales sits at an elevation of around 1,000 feet above sea level. It lies on the A618 and B6059 roads. The M1 motorway bisects the parish, while the southern boundary is partly marked by the Chesterfield Canal whose Norwood Tunnel runs under meadowland to the south. To the west of the village is Rother Valley Country Park.
Education and employment
Education in Wales is provided by Wales Primary School and Wales High School. The industrial estate at Wales Common continues to be a large source of employment (not least the food manufacturer Greencore Prepared Foods) & LUK part of the multi-national manufacturing group producing clutch & automotive parts.
References
- ↑ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Rotherham Retrieved 2009-08-28
- ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11130080&c=Wales&d=16&e=62&g=6355363&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1457620381615&enc=1. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about South Yorkshire Wales, Yorkshire) |
- Wales in the Domesday Book