Coreley
{{Use British English|date=September 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
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|country = England
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|static_image_caption= St Peter's church, Coreley
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|official_name= Coreley
|label_position= top
|population = 388
|civil_parish= Coreley
|unitary_england= Shropshire
|lieutenancy_england= Shropshire
|region= West Midlands
|constituency_westminster= Ludlow
|post_town= LUDLOW
|postcode_district = SY8
|postcode_area= SY
|dial_code= 01584
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Coreley is a small, dispersed village and civil parish in south Shropshire, England, near to Clee Hill Village.{{cite web |url=http://www.freebase.com/view/en/Coreley |title=Coreley Facts |date=2 May 2011 |publisher= |accessdate=23 April 2012}}{{dead link|date=May 2018}} It is situated approximately {{convert|30|mi}} south west of Birmingham and just {{convert|4.5|mi}} north east of Tenbury Wells.{{cite web |url=http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/myplaces?hl=en&vpsrc=0&ctz=-60&abauth=bf9b6398:nLwq825x9rqH0E3NEIqyLnp7SX4&vps=2&ei=e6WaT_L1Oaa8yAS3kP2YDQ&num=10 |title=Coreley, Shropshire, UK to Tenbury Wells |publisher=Google Maps |accessdate=27 April 2012}}
The name Corely comes from the Old English corn meaning a crane/heron and lēah meaning a forest/wood. This translates to crane wood/farmland.
{{cite book |title=Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-names |last=Watts |year= 2004|publisher=Cambridge University Press |page=157 |isbn=9780521168557 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ng9DRgAACAAJ |accessdate=2 May 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Shropshire/Coreley |title=Key to English Place-names |author=University of Nottingham |author-link=University of Nottingham |accessdate=2 May 2012}}
{{Blockquote|CORELEY, a parish in Cleobury-Mortimer district, Salop; under the Clee Hills, 3½ miles NNE of Tenbury r[ailway]. station, and 5 WSW of Cleobury-Mortimer. Post town, Tenbury. Acres, 2,175. Rated property, £1,490. Pop[ulation]., 515. Houses, 106. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £280.* Patron, Rev. J. Burnett Stuart. The church is of brick, and ancient, with tower and spire; and was reported in 1859 as bad.{{cite web |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=10218&st=CORELEY |title=History of Coreley |year=1872 |accessdate=3 May 2012}}{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ydHLHwAACAAJ |title=The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales |year=1872 |accessdate=3 May 2012|last1=Wilson |first1=John Marius }}|John Marius Wilson|Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales}}
History
Coreley is a very rural parish and historically industry in Coreley has been dominated by agriculture. In 1831 the occupation of men living in Coreley was largely dominated by farmers and agricultural labourers.{{cite web|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_page.jsp?data_theme=T_IND&data_cube=N_OCC_PAR1831&u_id=10351390&c_id=10001043&add=Y|title=Coreley CP/AP through time|accessdate=27 April 2012}}{{cite book |title= 1831 Census of Great Britain, Abstract of Answers |year= 1883 |location= UK |url= http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/census/table_page.jsp?tab_id=GB1831ABS_M[1 |accessdate= 2 May 2012}} In 1881 industry in Coreley was also engaged in mining which attracted the majority of working males whilst others continued with agricultural practices.{{cite web|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_page.jsp?data_theme=T_IND&data_cube=N_OCC_ORDER1881&u_id=10351390&c_id=10001043&add=Y|title=Coreley CP/AP through time|accessdate=27 April 2012}}{{cite book |title= 1881 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 10, 'Occupations of Males and Females in the Division and its Registration Counties' |year= 1883 |location= UK |url= http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_page.jsp?data_theme=T_IND&data_cube=N_OCC_ORDER1881&u_id=10351390&c_id=10001043&add=Y |accessdate= 2 May 2012}}
This contrasts with the more recent 2001 census which states that only 8% of both men and women were working in the agricultural field and mining was no longer represented due to the mining industry being closed down in 1984.{{cite web |url= http://www.shropshire.gov.uk/factsfigures.nsf/viewAttachments/SGAK-8SUECX/$file/P01_39UF022.htm |title= Parish of Coreley 2001 Census Profile |accessdate= 2 May 2012}} The most popular career paths for the population of Coreley, according to 2001 census are: Construction; Health and Social Work and Real Estate.
[https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/results?q=coreley Listed buildings] include Brook Row Cottage, Colliers Arms Public House and Hints Farm, all Grade II.
Transport
=Bus Service=
The village is near the A4117, along which travels the 292 Kidderminster to Ludlow bus.{{cite web |url= http://shropshire.gov.uk/bustimes/stop.jsc?stop=3500B225801 |title= Cornbrook, Coreley Bus Stop Information |accessdate= 2 May 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120925103655/http://shropshire.gov.uk/bustimes/stop.jsc?stop=3500B225801 |archive-date= 25 September 2012 |url-status= dead }}
=Rail Links=
The closest station to Coreley is in Ludlow which offers a regular train service to Manchester, Cardiff{{cite web|url= http://ojp.nationalrail.co.uk/service/ldbboard/dep/LUD |title= Departure Board at Ludlow |author= National Rail |author-link= National Rail |accessdate= 2 May 2012}} or to Birmingham via Hereford{{cite web|url=http://ojp.nationalrail.co.uk/service/timetable/details?id=1&return=false&callingPage=tf |title= Ludlow to Birmingham train route |accessdate= 2 May 2012}}
See also
References
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External links
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