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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Great Wyrley

  

Great Wyrley Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Great Wyrley

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Great Wyrley history

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Etymology

The word “Wyrley” derives from two Old English words: wir and leah. Wir meant “bog myrtle”, leah meant “woodland clearing”, suggesting that Great Wyrley began as sparse woodland or marshland.

Early history

Great Wyrley is mentioned in the Domesday Book under the name of Wereleia. As early as 1086 is said to have been indirectly owned by the Bishop of Chester St John’s as part of the “somewhat scattered holdings” of the Church of Saint Chad in Lichfield.

Post-Industrial Revolution

In former times the village was a mining village — The Great Wyrley Colliery. The Wyrley and Essington Canal passes nearby. St. Mark’s Church, a highly finished structure in the early English style, built 1845.

The ‘Great Wyrley Outrages’

In 1903, 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. Conan Doyle of Sherlock Holmes fame persuaded to “turn detective” to prove the man’s innocence. He 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”

You can visit Great Wyrley places with Walkfo Great Wyrley to hear history at Great Wyrley’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Great Wyrley has 29 places to visit in our interactive Great Wyrley map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Great Wyrley, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Great Wyrley places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Great Wyrley & the surrounding areas.

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29 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Walkfo Great Wyrley tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Great Wyrley

  

Best Great Wyrley places to visit

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Great Wyrley has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Great Wyrley’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Great Wyrley’s information audio spots:

Little Wyrley Little Wyrley is part of Norton Canes civil parish and Cannock Chase district. In 1870-72 it had a population of 61 as recorded in the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales. It borders the village of Landywood to the west (the Southern area of the larger village of Great Wyrley)

Springhill, South Staffordshire Springhill is a hamlet about a mile from Essington village in the civil parish of Essington, in the South Staffordshire district. In 2019 it had an estimated population of 538.

Landywood railway station Landywood railway station is situated in the village of Landrywood in Staffordshire. It also serves the adjacent villages of Cheslyn Hay and Great Wyrley. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by West Midlands Railway.

St Luke’s Church, Cannock St Luke’s Church, Cannock is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Cannock. The church is located in the town of Cannock and is located on the outskirts of the town.

St Mark’s Church, Great Wyrley St Mark’s is the parish church of Great Wyrley, South Staffordshire. It is known for having had the first South Asian vicar of any Church of England parish, Shapurji Edalji.

Designer Outlet West Midlands Designer Outlet West Midlands is an outlet shopping centre near Cannock, Staffordshire, England. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the opening of the centre was delayed from Autumn 2020 to early 2021. The centre officially opened to customers on Monday 12th April 2021.

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