| Willey | |
|---|---|
 The Main Street in Willey | |
  Willey Location within Warwickshire | |
| Population | 148 (2021) |
| OS grid reference | SP495848 |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Rugby |
| Postcode district | CV23 |
| Police | Warwickshire |
| Fire | Warwickshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Willey is a rural village and civil parish in the English county of Warwickshire. The parish had a population of 148 as of the 2021 census.[1]
Willey is the only village in Warwickshire to have a name likely of pre-Christian origin. The name is thought to derive from the Old English weoh which means "temple or holy place," which may therefore mean the village was the site of such a temple or shrine.[2]
Administratively, Willey forms part of the borough of Rugby; geographically it is about six miles (10 km) north of Rugby, just west of the A5 road (Watling Street) that marks the county boundary with Leicestershire. Just to the east of the village are the remains of the dismantled Rugby to Leicester railway line.[3]
The village church of St Leonard in Willey is Grade II* listed.[4]
The village pub in Willey is called the "Sarah Mansfield"; it gained that name in the 1970s, when the then licensee named it in memory of his grandmother. The pub was previously named "The Plough".[3]
References
- ↑ "WILLEY Parish in West Midlands". City Population. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
- ↑ Gover; Mawer; Stenton; Houghton (1936). The Place Names of Warwickshire (PDF). Cambridge (published 1970). p. xviii. Retrieved 26 December 2021 – via Nottingham University.
- 1 2 Geoff, Allen (2000). Warwickshire Towns & Villages. Sigma Press. p. 153. ISBN 1-85058-642-X.
- ↑ "Church of St Leonard A Grade II* Listed Building in Willey, Warwickshire". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
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