Wales, South Yorkshire
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| Wales | |
  Wales shown within South Yorkshire |
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| Metropolitan borough | Rotherham |
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| Metropolitan county | South Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SHEFFIELD |
| Postcode district | S26 |
| Dialling code | 01909 |
| Police | South Yorkshire |
| Fire | South Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| European Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| UK Parliament | Rother Valley |
| List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire | |
Wales is a village and a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham in South Yorkshire, England.
It is on the border of Yorkshire and Derbyshire. It constitutes the villages of Wales and neighbouring Kiveton Park. According to the 1991 census, the combined parish has a population of around 6,000, 4,500 of whom live in the larger, Kiveton..
[edit] Geography
The village of Wales itself is located at approximately , at an elevation of around 100 metres above sea level. It lies on the A618 and B6059 roads. The M1 motorway bisects the parish, while the southern boundary is partly marked by the Chesterfield Canal whose Norwood Tunnel runs under meadowland to the south. To the west of the village is Rother Valley Country Park.
[edit] History
Wales shares its name with the nation of Wales, and the derivation may well be the same: the name Wales coming from a Germanic root meaning stranger. The suggestion, therefore, is that there was a continued Celtic presence here following the arrival of the Anglo-Saxons at the turn of the 6th century. The earliest reference to Wales is in 1002, when Wolfric Spot, a Saxon thegn, is recorded as owning Walesho.
Sir William Hewet, Lord Mayor of London in 1559, was born in Wales, and his descendants, the Dukes of Leeds, would come to dominate the area.
To read more about the history of Wales and neighbouring Kiveton see: www.kivetonwaleshistory.co.uk
[edit] Education and Employment
Education in Wales is provided by Wales Primary School and Wales High School. The industrial estate at Wales Common continues to be a large source of employment (not least the food manufacturer Greencore Prepared Foods), but principally, Wales now acts as a commuter base for Sheffield.
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