Wolvey

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Wolvey
Wolvey shown within Warwickshire
Population	1, 741 (2001)
OS grid reference	SP4287
District	Rugby
Shire county	Warwickshire
Region	West Midlands
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HINCKLEY
Postcode district	LE10
Dialling code	01455
Police	Warwickshire
Fire	Warwickshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
European Parliament	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Nuneaton
List of places: UK • England • Warwickshire

Coordinates: 52°29′00″N 1°22′27″W / 52.483395, -1.374096

Wolvey is a village and parish in Warwickshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,741.

The village is on the B4065 and B4109 roads and is located in an outlying part of the borough of Rugby; the village is, however, more than 10 miles (16 km) north-west from the town of Rugby and is closer to Nuneaton (five miles to the north-west) and Coventry (five miles south-west). It is also close to the source of the River Anker. To the west of Wolvey, in the hamlet of Bramcote, is Gamecock Barracks.

The village dates back to Saxon times. The most important historic event in Wolvey occurred in 1469, during the Wars of the Roses, when Warwick the Kingmaker captured King Edward IV on Wolvey Heath.

Historically knitting, weaving and milling were the most important trades in the village. At one time there were 27 windmills in the area, although none now remain.

Much of the village consists of modern housing, but it also contains some older buildings such as its church of St John the Baptist which dates partly from the 14th century.

Its name most probably came from the Anglo-Saxon wulf-hæg or wulf-hege = "wolf hedge" = "enclosure with a hedge to keep wolves out".