Bishops Wood
Bishops Wood, or Bishopswood is a small village on the Staffordshire border with Shropshire. It is home to the Royal Oak public house, the first to be named after the nearby oak tree at Boscobel House in which King Charles II hid after the Battle of Worcester.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Staffordshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Bishops Wood, Staffordshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Royal Oak and Boscobel House.
Royal Oak
Photo: Sjwells53, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Royal Oak was the English oak tree within which the future King Charles II of England hid to escape the Roundheads following the Battle of Worcester in 1651.
Boscobel House
Photo: Rob Farrow, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Boscobel House is a Grade II* listed building in the parish of Boscobel in Shropshire. It has been, at various times, a farmhouse, a hunting lodge, and a holiday home; but it is most famous for its role in the escape of Charles II after the Battle of Worcester in 1651.
Weston Park
Park
Photo: Bs0u10e01, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Weston Park is a country house in Weston-under-Lizard, Staffordshire, England, set in more than 1,000 acres of park landscaped by Capability Brown. The park is located 10 miles north-west of Wolverhampton, and 8 miles east of Telford, close to the border with Shropshire. Weston Park is situated 1½ miles west of Bishops Wood.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Boscobel and Wheaton Aston.
Boscobel
Hamlet
Photo: Oosoom, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Boscobel is a civil parish in the east of Shropshire, England, on the border with Staffordshire. To the north is the Staffordshire village of Bishops Wood.
Wheaton Aston
Village
Photo: Oosoom, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wheaton Aston is a small village in Staffordshire, England about 9 miles south west of Stafford and 7 miles west of Cannock. It is located beside Bridge 19 of the Shropshire Union Canal. Wheaton Aston is situated 2 miles northeast of Bishops Wood.
Tong
Village
Photo: Voice of Clam, Public domain.
Tong is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, also bordering Staffordshire in England. It is located between the towns of Shifnal, Newport and Brewood. Tong is situated 2½ miles southwest of Bishops Wood.
Bishops Wood
Latitude
52.68267° or 52° 40′ 58″ northLongitude
-2.24378° or 2° 14′ 38″ westElevation
492 feet (150 metres)Open location code
9C4VMQM4+3FOpenStreetMap ID
node 274528656OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Polish—“Bishops Wood” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Bishops Wood”
- French: “Bishops Wood”
- Irish: “Bishops Wood”
- Polish: “Bishops Wood”
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