Commerce within the village include a Florist, a cafe, an Indian take away, a fish and chip shop and a village shop; all of which are family-run. It also has a Tesco Express and two Public Houses.
The Village Hall is large and very well used by many different groups and clubs. It is situated alongside Cookley Playing Fields. The village has very active junior/senior Football and Cricket clubs.
The name Cookley was originally Culnan Clif, a place for which there is a Saxon charter with a boundary clause covering a substantial part of the northern part of the parish of Wolverley and Cookley. The medieval village of Cookley lay on the opposite side of river Stour to the present village, next to Caunsall. It gave its name to Cookley Wood, a former common, also known as Blakeshall Common. Blakeshall was thus also part of the Saxon estate. The estate was granted by William I to Worcester Cathedral Priory, which already owned the adjoining estate of Wolverley. From that time, the two were administered together as the manor of Wolverley. Nevertheless, the Domesday Book extent of Wolverley can be explained in terms of the preceding Saxon estate of Wolverley only.[2][3]
Cookley Forge
The present village of Cookley developed near Cookley Forge, a water-powered finery forge on the river, just west of the bridge. The forge was initially a slitting mill established in about 1639,[4] replacing a corn mill. The forge was probably added in the 1670s, and was one of the works of the Foley family's "Ironworks in Partnership" in the 1690s.[5][6]
The forge passed before 1725 to the Knight family and remained in their hands until it closed in the late 19th century. Operations at the forge seem to have been expanded in the early 19th century, tinplate production being added. In this period, the Knight family concentrated their operations around Cookley Forge, disposing of or closing other works. This works became the main employer in the area. It prospered in the canal era. With the Staffordshire and Worcestershire canal, running beside the works and a canal arm leading into them, the canal was the main transport artery for the works. However, later in the 19th century, in the railway era, the works were at a competitive disadvantage, because there was no connection to a railway. Ultimately, the works at Cookley were closed and relocated to the Cookley Works at Brockmoor near Brierley Hill in 1886.[7] The site of the forge has remained in industrial use, at one period being occupied by Steel Stampings Ltd.
The present village began with houses built by the Knight family for their workers and the division of fields along Castle Road into house plots, starting in the 1810s with Portway Piece in Austcliffe.[8]
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This article is about the village in Worcestershire For the village in Suffolk see Cookley Suffolk Cookley is a village in the Wyre Forest District of Worcestershire England a few miles to the north of Kidderminster and close to the villages of Kinver and Wolverley It lies on the River Stour and the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal in the civil parish of Wolverley and Cookley At the time of the 2001 census had a population of 2 491 1 CookleyEastern portal of Cookley TunnelCookleyLocation within WorcestershireOS grid referenceSO8480Civil parishWolverley and CookleyDistrictWyre ForestShire countyWorcestershireRegionWest MidlandsCountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townKIDDERMINSTERPostcode districtDY11PoliceWest MerciaFireHereford and WorcesterAmbulanceWest MidlandsUK ParliamentWyre ForestList of places UK England Worcestershire 52 25 04 N 2 14 12 W 52 41776 N 2 23668 W 52 41776 2 23668 Coordinates 52 25 04 N 2 14 12 W 52 41776 N 2 23668 W 52 41776 2 23668Commerce within the village include a Florist a cafe an Indian take away a fish and chip shop and a village shop all of which are family run It also has a Tesco Express and two Public Houses The Village Hall is large and very well used by many different groups and clubs It is situated alongside Cookley Playing Fields The village has very active junior senior Football and Cricket clubs Contents 1 History 1 1 Saxon estate 1 2 Cookley Forge 2 References 3 External linksHistory EditSee also History of Worcestershire Saxon estate Edit The name Cookley was originally Culnan Clif a place for which there is a Saxon charter with a boundary clause covering a substantial part of the northern part of the parish of Wolverley and Cookley The medieval village of Cookley lay on the opposite side of river Stour to the present village next to Caunsall It gave its name to Cookley Wood a former common also known as Blakeshall Common Blakeshall was thus also part of the Saxon estate The estate was granted by William I to Worcester Cathedral Priory which already owned the adjoining estate of Wolverley From that time the two were administered together as the manor of Wolverley Nevertheless the Domesday Book extent of Wolverley can be explained in terms of the preceding Saxon estate of Wolverley only 2 3 Cookley Forge Edit The present village of Cookley developed near Cookley Forge a water powered finery forge on the river just west of the bridge The forge was initially a slitting mill established in about 1639 4 replacing a corn mill The forge was probably added in the 1670s and was one of the works of the Foley family s Ironworks in Partnership in the 1690s 5 6 The forge passed before 1725 to the Knight family and remained in their hands until it closed in the late 19th century Operations at the forge seem to have been expanded in the early 19th century tinplate production being added In this period the Knight family concentrated their operations around Cookley Forge disposing of or closing other works This works became the main employer in the area It prospered in the canal era With the Staffordshire and Worcestershire canal running beside the works and a canal arm leading into them the canal was the main transport artery for the works However later in the 19th century in the railway era the works were at a competitive disadvantage because there was no connection to a railway Ultimately the works at Cookley were closed and relocated to the Cookley Works at Brockmoor near Brierley Hill in 1886 7 The site of the forge has remained in industrial use at one period being occupied by Steel Stampings Ltd The present village began with houses built by the Knight family for their workers and the division of fields along Castle Road into house plots starting in the 1810s with Portway Piece in Austcliffe 8 References Edit 2001 Census Archived September 27 2007 at the Wayback Machine D Hooke Worcestershire Anglo Saxon charter bounds P W King The townships of Wolverley A Journal of the Wolverley and Cookley Historical Society 3 1992 24 32 The National Archives C 8 192 54 C 6 7 61 B L C Johnson The Stour valley iron industry in the late seventeenth century Trans Worcs Arch Soc N S 27 1950 35 46 R G Schafer Genesis and structure of the Foley Ironworks In Partnership of 1692 Business Hist 13 1 1971 19 38 Laurence Ince The Knight Family and the British Iron Industry 1695 1902 Merton Priory Press Cardiff 1991 Wolverley manor rolls External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cookley Cookley Website Cookley Village Hall photos of Cookley and surrounding area on geograph Cookley Cricket Club s Official Website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cookley amp oldid 996254497, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
