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{{Short description|Village in Worcestershire, England}}
{{For|the suburb and parish in Birmingham|New Frankley}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

[[File:Crossroads, Frankley.jpg|thumb|A Crossroads in Frankley]]

'''Frankley''' is a village and [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in Worcestershire. The modern Frankley estate is part of the [[New Frankley]] civil parish in Birmingham, and has been part of the city since 1995.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.newfrankleyinbirminghamparishcouncil.gov.uk/profile.asp |title=:: New Frankley in Birmingham Parish Council :: |access-date=22 July 2009 |archive-date=20 August 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820040919/http://www.newfrankleyinbirminghamparishcouncil.gov.uk/profile.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref> The parish has a population of 122.<ref name="pop">{{Cite web |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790553 |title=Census 2001 |access-date=10 January 2009 |archive-date=13 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613010703/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790553 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==History==
The name Frankley derives from the [[Old English]] ''Francalēah'' meaning 'Franca's wood/clearing'.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Worcestershire/Frankley|title=Frankley |website=Key to English Place-Names |publisher=The Institute for Name-Studies |access-date=5 November 2025}}</ref>

Frankley is listed within the [[Hundred (county division)|hundred]] of Cane in Worcestershire in the 1086 Domesday Survey.<ref>[http://opendomesday.org/place/SO9980/frankley/ Open Domesday Online: Frankley.] Accessed November 2018.</ref> In the mid-12th century Cane was combined with other Domesday hundreds to form the hundred of [[Halfshire]], which was extant through the 19th century. [[Adam de Harvington]], or de Herwynton, (died c.1345), 
[[Lord Treasurer of Ireland]],   owned the  manor of Frankley in the  fourteenth century.

==St Leonards Church==
The 15th-century<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43096#s3|title=Parishes: Frankley &#124; British History Online}}</ref> [[St Leonard's Church, Frankley|church building]] lies to the north of the village.<ref name="bho">{{Cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43096|title=Parishes: Frankley &#124; British History Online}}</ref> The building is constructed from sandstone in a red and grey colour, until 1965 the tower contained two bells.<ref name="bho"/> A new church hall was constructed in 2005.<ref>[http://www.homelodge.co.uk/EN/news/events/454.html New Church Hall for St Leonards Church, Frankley, Worcestershire]</ref>

==Frankley services==
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The village gives its name to Frankley services, a [[motorway service area]] on the [[M5 motorway]] to the north west of the village. The services opened with the motorway in 1966.{{cn|date=August 2024}}

==See also==
*[[Frankley Reservoir]]
*[[Frankley Water Treatment Works]]

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==External links==
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* {{OpenDomesday|SO9980|frankley}}

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