Little Wyrley is a
hamlet
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in the
Cannock Chase
Cannock Chase, often referred to locally as The Chase, is a mixed area of countryside in the county of Staffordshire, England. The area has been designated as the Cannock Chase National Landscape, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and muc ...
district, in the county of
Staffordshire
Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation ''Staffs''.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England. It borders Cheshire to the north-west, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, ...
, England. It forms part of
Norton Canes. In 1870-72 it had a population of 61 as recorded in the
Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales.
It borders the village of
Great Wyrley,
Norton Canes, and
Pelsall
Pelsall is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. Forming part of the borough's border with Staffordshire, Pelsall is north of Walsall and midway between the towns of Bloxwich and Brow ...
.
Little Wyrley Hall is currently owned by the Wallace family, who also own much of the land in Little Wyrley. Apart from the Hall, there is also a Tythe Barn and a number of houses.
Transport
Road
There are a few
country lane
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s through Little Wyrley, the main one being Wyrley Lane, that give access to main, busier roads, including the
A34 that runs through Great Wyrley, the
A5, and the
B4154 road that leads to Pelsall going south. The house numbers do not go sequentially and there are large gaps of land between them. School Lane was closed to traffic some years ago.
Other
There are no other forms of transport through Little Wyrley and it is not on any bus routes.
References
Hamlets in Staffordshire
Norton Canes
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