Bishops Wood

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Bishops Wood
Bishops Wood (Staffordshire)
Bishops Wood

Bishops Wood shown within Staffordshire
OS grid reference SJ838094
District South Staffordshire
Shire county Staffordshire
Region West Midlands
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Wolverhampton
Postcode district ST19
Police Staffordshire
Fire Staffordshire
Ambulance West Midlands
European Parliament West Midlands
List of places: UKEnglandStaffordshire

Coordinates: 52°40′57″N 2°14′25″W / 52.68259, -2.2402

Bishop's Wood, Bishops Wood, or Bishopswood (grid reference SJ840093) 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.

The village, in the parish of Brewood, may derive its name from the country residence of the early Bishops of Lichfield: Boscobel House. The King Charles II Royal Oak tree, White Ladies Priory, Blackladies (another former priory, now a private residence) and Weston Park are all within easy walking distance.

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