Iverley is an area of the parish of
Kinver
Kinver is a large village in the District of South Staffordshire in Staffordshire, England. It is in the far south-west of the county, at the end of the narrow finger of land surrounded by the counties of Shropshire, Worcestershire and the We ...
in
Staffordshire
Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation Staffs.) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. It borders Cheshire to the northwest, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, Warwickshire to the southeast, the West Midlands Cou ...
that has no road link to the rest of the parish. It is notable as being the most southerly point in Staffordshire.
Iverley lies in a corner of Staffordshire, with
Churchill, Worcestershire to the south and Norton,
Stourbridge
Stourbridge is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the West Midlands, England, situated on the River Stour. Historically in Worcestershire, it was the centre of British glass making during the Industrial Revolution. The 20 ...
,
Pedmore
Pedmore is a residential suburb of Stourbridge in the West Midlands of England. It was originally a village in the Worcestershire countryside until extensive housebuilding during the interwar years saw it gradually merged into Stourbridge. The po ...
, and
Hagley
Hagley is a large village and civil parish in Worcestershire, England. It is on the boundary of the West Midlands and Worcestershire counties between the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley and Kidderminster. Its estimated population was 7,162 in 20 ...
to the east. The eastern boundary is approximately the
Roman road
Roman roads ( la, viae Romanae ; singular: ; meaning "Roman way") were physical infrastructure vital to the maintenance and development of the Roman state, and were built from about 300 BC through the expansion and consolidation of the Roman Re ...
from
Droitwich
Droitwich Spa (often abbreviated to Droitwich ) is an historic spa town in the Wychavon district in northern Worcestershire, England, on the River Salwarpe. It is located approximately south-west of Birmingham and north-east of Worcester.
The ...
to
Greensforge
Greensforge is a scattered hamlet on the boundary of Kinver and Swindon parishes, in South Staffordshire, England. It is noted for its Roman associations and its industrial heritage.
Etymology
The hamlet takes its name from a finery forge estab ...
.
History
Iverley Hay was one of three hays (enclosed hunting areas) in
Kinver Forest
Kinver Forest was a Royal Forest, mainly in Staffordshire.
Extent
References to "forest" in Domesday Book suggest that the forest was of similar extent in 1086 and in the 14th century. Its precise extent in the intervening period can only be dedu ...
. It had 1560 trees in 1509. John Whorwood of Stourton obtained a lease from the crown in 1629, and presumably subsequently bought the freehold. It was included in Wortley Whorwood's sale of the manor of Kinver
Thomas Foley, who settled it on his son
Philip Foley
Philip Foley (12 May 1648 – December 1716) was the youngest of the three surviving sons of the British ironmaster Thomas Foley (1616–1677), Thomas Foley. His father transferred all his ironworks in the West Midlands (region), Midlands to him ...
. Philip granted a series of 200-year leases to men who would enclose what had become heathland and build farmhouses, the final such lease of what became Sugarloaf Farm being in 1712.
Despite its proximity to Stourbridge, Iverley remains an extremely rural area, where very little development has taken place. The area includes Stourbridge Tennis and Squash Club on Sugarloaf Lane.
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Hamlets in Staffordshire