Warley
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Warley is the name of several places in the United Kingdom:
In the West Midlands:
In Essex:
In West Yorkshire:
Several vessels of the Honourable East India Company have borne the name Warley:
In the West Midlands:
- County Borough of WarleyCounty Borough of WarleyWarley was a county borough and civil parish forming part of the West Midlands conurbation, England, and geographical county of Worcestershire. It was formed in 1966 by the combination of the existing county borough of Smethwick with the municipal boroughs of Oldbury and Rowley Regis Warley was a...
- Warley, West MidlandsWarley, West MidlandsWarley is a place in the metropolitan borough of Sandwell in the West Midlands of the United Kingdom.A civil parish of Warley was created in 1884 by the merger of the Warley Salop parish with parts of the parishes of Warley Wigorn, Ridgacre and Oldbury.In 1908 the parish was abolished, becoming...
- Warley (UK Parliament constituency)Warley (UK Parliament constituency)Warley is a borough constituency in the West Midlands represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...
- Warley High School
- Warley Woods
In Essex:
- Great WarleyGreat WarleyGreat Warley is a village in the Brentwood borough of Essex, England. It is situated to the far south west of the county and near to the Greater London boundary and the M25 motorway.Consecrated in 1904, the Grade I listed parish church, St...
- Little WarleyLittle WarleyLittle Warley is a parish in Brentwood, Essex. It is situated south of Thorndon Country Park.The first outbreak of the 2001 foot and mouth UK crisis occurred here....
- Warley, EssexWarley, EssexWarley is a suburb of Brentwood in Essex. It is a particularly affluent part of Brentwood and is situated to the south of the town. It is notable for being home to the British headquarters of Ford Motor Company....
- Warley HospitalWarley HospitalWarley Hospital was a hospital for the mentally ill located in Brentwood, Essex, England.-History:The hospital was originally destined for Chelmsford and plans were drawn up as early as 1819, for a hospital for the mentally ill, serving south Essex....
In West Yorkshire:
- Warley TownWarley TownWarley Town is a town near Halifax in the county of West Yorkshire, England.-History:It was listed in the Domesday book as Werlafeslei.Warley township, one of 23 townships in the ancient parish of Halifax, was also one of the biggest, stretching as far as Luddenden and what was to become Sowerby...
Several vessels of the Honourable East India Company have borne the name Warley:
- HMS CalcuttaHMS Calcutta (1795)HMS Calcutta was an East Indiaman converted to a Royal Navy 56-gun fourth rate. This ship of the line served for a time as an armed transport. She also transported convicts to Australia in a voyage that became a circumnavigation of the world. The French 74-gun Magnanime captured Calcutta in 1805...
was the East Indiaman Warley, built in 1788 and sold to the Royal NavyRoyal NavyThe Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
in 1795. - The WarleyWarley (East Indiaman)The Warley was a 1475-ton East Indiaman and one of the East India Company's larger and more famous vessels. She made nine voyages to the East between 1796 and 1816, most direct to China. In 1804 she participated in the Battle of Pulo Aura...
, also an East Indiaman and built in 1795 at the same yard as her namesake, participated in Nathaniel DanceNathaniel DanceSir Nathaniel Dance was an officer of the Honourable East India Company who had a long and varied career on merchant vessels, making numerous voyages to India and back with the fleets of East Indiamen...
's victory at the Battle of Pulo AuraBattle of Pulo AuraThe Battle of Pulo Aura was a minor naval engagement of the Napoleonic Wars, fought on 14 February 1804, in which a large squadron of Honourable East India Company East Indiamen, powerful and well armed merchant ships, intimidated, drove off and chased a powerful French naval squadron...
under the command of Captain Henry Wilson.