20-512: Wales High School is an academy school for 11- to 19-year-olds, in Kiveton , near Rotherham , South Yorkshire , England. Opened in 1970, the school provides education for nearby villages, including Kiveton Park , Harthill , Todwick , Wales , Thurcroft and South Anston . The school is situated in Kiveton Park, not in the small neighbouring village of Wales less than a mile away. The school
40-629: A Sheffield postcode, a Worksop telephone code, and has the Chesterfield Canal running through it. The village has two railway stations: Kiveton Bridge railway station in the centre of the village; and Kiveton Park railway station . Kiveton gets its name from the Anglo-Saxon for the settlement in the hollow . In the Domesday Book it is written "Ciuetone", and was under the ownership of William de Warenne . It subsequently transferred to
60-400: A 5-year licence under Redroad FM on 102.4 FM. This licence was extended again by OFCOM in 2015 to 2020. Hornby Castle, Yorkshire Hornby Castle is a grade I listed fortified manor house on the edge of Wensleydale between Bedale and Leyburn , in the county of North Yorkshire , England. Originally 14th century, it has been remodelled in the 15th, 18th and 20th centuries. It
80-439: A cradle of two revolutions, one industrial and the other sporting, and beyond question it is the birthplace of at least one great man, widely considered the father of football as we have come to know it. " Motorcycle rider James Toseland grew up in Kiveton Park. He was a two times World Superbike Champion in 2004 and 2007. Following broadcasts since 2000, on Saturday 27 March 2010 Kiveton gained its own community radio station on
100-583: A part of the West Riding of Yorkshire , from the Norman conquest to 1868, Kiveton was a hamlet of the parish of Harthill-with-Woodall . It subsequently transferred to the civil parish of Wales which takes its name from the neighbouring village. Kiveton Park is located at approximately 53°20′30″N 1°15′30″W / 53.34167°N 1.25833°W / 53.34167; -1.25833 , at an elevation of around 330 feet (100 m) above sea level , and
120-481: Is constructed of coursed sandstone rubble with lead and stone slate roofs. The present building is the south range of a larger complex, the rest of which has been demolished. At the end of the 14th century Hornby castle belonged to the St Quintin family, until heiress Margaret Quintin married John Conyers (died 1422). It was largely rebuilt in the fifteenth century by William Conyers, 1st Baron Conyers , but retained
140-562: Is located 8 miles (13 km) west of Worksop , and 11 miles (18 km) south-east of both Sheffield , and Rotherham respectively. It lies on the B6059 road (Station Road) and is served by two railway stations : Kiveton Bridge and Kiveton Park . The Chesterfield Canal lies to the south, while the villages of Todwick and South Anston are to the north and east. Kiveton Park lays claim to being in Rotherham Borough Council, has
160-478: The Kiveton Park Colliery was sunk, making it one of the earliest deep mines in the world. As a result of the new colliery , the population of Kiveton increased from 300 to 1,400 over a period of ten years. The pit closed in 1994, resulting in the loss of 1,000 jobs. As a consequence, Kiveton is now essentially a commuter base for adjacent towns. Kiveton contains a steelworks at the bottom of Redhill, which
180-401: The de Keuton family, who sold the estate to the heirs of the former Lord Mayor of London Sir William Hewett (of the neighbouring hamlet of Wales, died 1567) in 1580. One of his descendants was Thomas Osborne who became the first Duke of Leeds . He arranged the building of a stately home in the village, Kiveton Hall (also spelled Keveton, Keeton or Keton Hall), in 1698. The building
200-665: The community sector. Kiveton's sporting history extends back to 1879, when Kiveton Park Colliery Cricket Club was formed. The club has been a member of the Bassetlaw and District Cricket League since its inception in 1904. The first team did compete in an ECB Premier League competition (the Nottinghamshire Premier League ) for the 2011 season after winning the Bassetlaw League a year earlier, but were relegated back after one year. In 1881, Kiveton Park Football Club
220-420: The east range (demolished in the 1930s) and outbuildings, for the 4th Earl of Holderness. The 4th Earl's daughter and heir Amelia, Baroness Darcy and Baroness Conyers , married Francis Osborne, Marquess of Carmarthen , who later became the 5th Duke of Leeds. He assembled at Hornby rich early eighteenth-century furniture from several houses, illustrated in the books of Percy Macquoid . On Amelia's death in 1784
SECTION 10
#1733084544920240-510: The estate passed to her son George Osborne, 6th Duke of Leeds (1775–1838). After Kiveton Hall was demolished in 1811, Hornby became the main seat of the Dukes of Leeds, until George Osborne, 9th Duke of Leeds . In 1930 the estate was broken up and most of the house demolished. A 16th-century main doorway is preserved in the Burrell Collection , Glasgow. The remaining property, originally
260-502: The fourteenth-century St. Quintins tower (demolished in 1927) named after the previous owners. On the death in 1557 of John Conyers, 3rd Baron Conyers , the estate passed to his daughter Elizabeth, who was married to Thomas Darcy. It descended in the Darcy family (made the Earls of Holderness in 1682) to Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness , who died in 1778. Conyers Darcy, 2nd Earl of Holderness
280-576: The history of Kiveton Park and neighbouring Wales, particularly mining heritage. This was based in the Old Colliery Offices. Coal mining has traditionally been the principal industry of Kiveton, and dates back to the Middle Ages . Much of the coal is near to the surface, and as early as 1598, the area was extracting 2,000 tons a year. By the middle of the 19th century, the coal-fields were being served both by canal and by rail, and in 1866,
300-584: The village football club was reputed to have produced more professional footballers than any place its size in England, with the Chapman brothers, Derek Ashton ( Aston Villa ), Bert Morley ( Notts County and England), Sidney Cartwright ( Arsenal ), Leslie Hoften ( Manchester United ), Eric Oakton ( Chelsea ) and Walter Wigmore ( Birmingham City ) all coming from the village. Patrick Barclay, in his book about Herbert Chapman, wrote: "Kiveton Park could claim to have been
320-431: Was damaged by fire on 27 August 2009. All of the colliery buildings have since been demolished, including the originally protected pit-head baths (built in 1938), with the exception of the 1870s office building with its gothic clock tower , which still remains. The Kiveton Park and Wales Community Development Trust uses the office building as a base. The trust's aims are to provide services and increase development within
340-563: Was demolished by George William Frederick Osborne, 6th Duke of Leeds in 1812, with local legend stating that the demolition was the result of a bet with the then Prince of Wales (subsequently George IV of the United Kingdom ). After Kiveton Hall was demolished, Hornby Castle became the main seat of the Dukes of Leeds. The traditional burial place of the Dukes of Leeds was All Hallows Church, Harthill . A Community History Project has been set up to record and encourage an understanding of
360-622: Was elected MP for Boroughbridge in 1660 and for Yorkshire in 1661. During the English Civil War the Hornby was taken by Colonel Ralph Assheton , commander-in-chief of the Parliamentary forces in North Lancashire but an order to slight the castle was not carried out. The house was largely rebuilt in the 1760s by John Carr of York, who was responsible for the surviving south range and
380-652: Was formed. The club has played in the FA Cup and FA Vase on numerous occasions. They currently play in the Sheffield County Senior League , having previously been members of the Yorkshire League , Northern Counties East League and the Central Midlands League . The village is the birthplace of football manager Herbert Chapman , and his brother Harry , a Sheffield Wednesday player. At one time
400-583: Was invited to become an academy under new government policy in 2012. Since the commencement of Ofsted inspections in September 1993, the school has undergone six inspections: Since the school opened in 1970, the headteachers have been: Kiveton Kiveton Park / ˈ k ɪ v ɪ t ən / is a village within the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham , in South Yorkshire , England. Historically
#919080