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Meriden Rural District
The Meriden Rural District was a rural district of Warwickshire, England, which existed between 1894 and 1974. It was named after the village of Meriden. Various boundary changes occurred to the district over the years. It gained area from the abolished Castle Bromwich Rural District in 1912. In 1932 it was enlarged by the abolition of the Nuneaton Rural District the Foleshill Rural District and the Solihull Rural District. It also lost territory as the county boroughs of Solihull and Coventry expanded their boundaries. The district was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. Part of it to the south was merged with the Solihull county borough and Coventry to become part of the new Metropolitan Borough of Solihull and City of Coventry in the new West Midlands county. Part of it to the north was merged with the Atherstone Rural District to become part of North Warwickshire. At the time of its abolition in 1974 Meriden RD consisted of the following civil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meriden, West Midlands
Meriden is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. Historic counties of England, Historically, it is part of Warwickshire and lies between the cities of Birmingham and Coventry. It is located close to the North Warwickshire district border within a green belt of the countryside known as the Meriden Gap and is in the Parish, ecclesiastical parish of the Diocese of Coventry. The village is east-northeast of Solihull, west-northwest of Coventry and east-southeast of Birmingham city centre. It was known as "Alspath" in the Domesday Book. The village gives its name to the Meriden (UK Parliament constituency), Meriden parliamentary constituency, which was created in 1955 and covers the Meriden Gap. In the 2011 Census, the population of the Meriden parish was 2,719. The population is estimated to have risen to 3,096 by 2017. History The area has been occupied since the Stone Ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atherstone Rural District
Atherstone Rural District was located in the administrative county of Warwickshire, England, from 1894 to 1974. It was named after its main town and administrative headquarters of Atherstone. Over the years the district gained territory on the abolition of neighbouring rural districts. In 1932, it gained part of Nuneaton Rural District and in 1965 it gained most of Tamworth Rural District. As with all rural districts, Atherstone RD was abolished in 1974 (by the Local Government Act 1972) and was merged with part of the Meriden Rural District to form the new non-metropolitan district of North Warwickshire. Civil parishes Over the eighty years of its existence, the rural district contained the following civil parishes: * Ansley *Atherstone * Austrey (from 1965)† * Baddesley Ensor * Baxterley *Bentley * Caldecote (from 1932)‡ * Dordon (created 1948 from part of Polesworth CP) * Grendon *Hartshill *Kingsbury (from 1965)† *Mancetter * Merevale * Newton Regis (from 1965)� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fillongley
Fillongley, listed as Fillungeleye in 1135, is a village and civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire in England. The village is centred on the crossroads of the B4102 (which connects Solihull and Nuneaton) and the B4098 (connecting Coventry and Tamworth). The population of the parish taken at the 2011 census was 1,484. It is situated west of Bedworth, south-west of Nuneaton and an equal distance north-west of Coventry. Fillongley is further from the sea than any other settlement in Great Britain, being from the nearest coast. History In medieval times, there were two castles. These might not have existed at the same time, and neither survived into the 16th century. The earliest was a ring earthwork of King Stephen's time. The second was probably a fortified manor house, held by the de Hastings family. Henry de Hastings () was Constable of Kenilworth Castle in 1265–1266 for Simon de Montford during the latter's conflict with King Henry III. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curdworth
Curdworth is a village and civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of the county of Warwickshire in England. The population taken at the 2011 census was 1,115. Location Curdworth is 11 miles east of the centre of Birmingham. North Warwickshire borders the Warwickshire borough of Nuneaton and Bedworth to the east, the county of Leicestershire to the northeast, Staffordshire to the northwest, and Birmingham in the West Midlands to the south. The village is sandwiched between Junction T1 of the M6 Toll and Junction 9 of the M42 motorways, and the busy A4097 Kingsbury Road. Hams Hall Road freight terminal (on the site of the old Hams Hall power stations) and The Belfry golf course and hotel are also close by. History Curdworth and Minworth originated in the 6th or 7th centuries, established by Anglian settlers, and are historically associated with the Arden family (William Shakespeare's maternal relations). Crida's Worth probably corrupts the village. ''Worth'' me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coundon, Coventry
Coundon is a predominantly residential suburb in north-west Coventry, in the county of the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. Along with the neighbouring Keresley, Coundon was originally a village in the Warwickshire countryside. By the 1930s it had been incorporated into the city of Coventry after mass housebuilding took place to accommodate the city's growing population. History Coundon was one of the few villages that are now part of Coventry to be mentioned in the Domesday Book (1086). Holy Trinity Church, Coventry, Holy Trinity Church had land in Coundon from at least the early 14th century. In 1410–11 Coundon was divided into Old, or Little Coundon, and New Coundon and it was part of the Knightlow Hundred until 1451. Coundon was described as a parish in 1801 and 1811 and as a hamlet until 1881. The cycle manufacturer George Singer (cycle manufacturer), George Singer of Singer & Co built Coundon Court on land that was formerly part of Coundon Farm in 1891. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corley
''Corley'' (and the associated hamlet (place), hamlets of Corley Ash and Corley Moor) is a village and civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire, England. The population at the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census was 668. It is located about northwest of Coventry and southeast of the village of Fillongley. The M6 motorway runs close by, and the area is familiar to motorists as it is the site of Corley Services. Other significant buildings in the area include Corley Hall, which was built in the 16th century. Half-a-mile east of the village lies the sandstone rock formation of Corley Rocks. Corley Ash is situated directly north of the M6 motorway, approximately northwest of the main village and southeast of Fillongley village centre. The larger hamlet of Corley Moor is west of Corley village, just south of the M6 motorway. Unusually, residences on the south side of Corley Moor lie within the boundaries of the City of Coventry, so it is split between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coleshill, Warwickshire
Coleshill ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire, England, taking its name from the River Cole, on which it stands. It had a population of 6,900 in the 2021 Census, and is situated east of Birmingham, southeast of Sutton Coldfield, south of Tamworth, northwest of Coventry by road and 12.5 miles (20 km) west of Nuneaton. It borders the suburban parish village of Kingshurst in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull to the west. It is also home to the 502 year The Coleshill School seated next to the dual carriageway. Geography Coleshill is located on a ridge between the rivers Cole and Blythe which converge to the north with the River Tame. It is adjacent to the border with West Midlands county, and is just outside Birmingham. Climate History Coleshill began life in the Iron Age, before the Roman conquest of 43AD at the Grimstock Hill Romano-British settlement, north of the River Cole. Evidence of hut circles were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chelmsley Wood
Chelmsley Wood, sometimes called just Chelmsley, is a town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, West Midlands, England, with a population of 12,453. It is located near Birmingham Airport and the National Exhibition Centre. It lies about eight miles east of Birmingham and 5 miles to the north of Solihull. The town is also close to both Coleshill and Water Orton in Warwickshire, the county the area was historically part of. In 1966 Birmingham City Council compulsorily purchased the ancient woodland and built the 15,590 dwelling council estate to rehouse families on its council house waiting list. With the rise in unemployment in the 1970s parts of the estate suffered from deprivation and anti-social behaviour. The area established a town council. Local government re-organisation in 1974 transferred the town to Solihull Metropolitan Borough, though responsibility for the housing remained with Birmingham until September 1980. History Chelmsley Wood was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castle Bromwich
Castle Bromwich () is a large suburban village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in the West Midlands, England. It borders the rest of the borough to the south east, Sutton Coldfield to the east and north east, Shard End to the south west, Castle Vale, Erdington and Minworth to the north and Hodge Hill to the west. It had a population of 11,857 according to the 2001 census, falling to 11,217 at the 2011 census. The population has remained quite stable since then; the 2017 population estimate was 12,309. It was a civil parish within the Meriden Rural District of Warwickshire until the Local Government Act 1972 came into force in 1974, when it became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull. In 1861, the population was 613. This rose to just over 1,000 in the 1920s, when half of the original parish was ceded to the City of Birmingham for the construction of overspill estates. This caused a drop to 678 (almost the 1861 level). Post Second World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bickenhill
Bickenhill is a small village in the civil parish of Bickenhill and Marston Green, in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, in the West Midlands county, England, on the eastern fringe of the West Midlands conurbation. Bickenhill is also a ward and was within the historic county of Warwickshire. Birmingham Airport is also located within the civil parish. History The settlement is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and historically the parish included the manors of Church Bickenhill, Hill Bickenhill, Middle Bickenhill, Marston Culy (now Marston Green), and Wavers Marston. The manor of Bickenhill was held by Edward the Confessor, by Alward, and then by Turchil. The manor was recorded as ''Bichehelle'' in the Domesday Book of 1086. The descendants of Turchil, the Arden family, settled in the area and adopted the surname 'de Bickenhill,' though spelt differently. The name developed into de Bickenhill in the 13th century. In 1295, Alice de Langley gave herself the title ''Lady of Bickenhill''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berkswell
Berkswell ( ) is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, county of West Midlands, England. Historically in Warwickshire, Berkswell is situated in the rural east of the borough, approximately west of the western city boundary of Coventry, at Eastern Green. It is situated about west of Coventry city centre, east of central Solihull, south of Meriden and north of Balsall Common. The United Kingdom Census 2001 recorded a parish population of 2,843, increasing to 3,139 at the 2011 Census. History and places of interest The parish includes a number of hamlets and settlements as well as Berkswell village. These include Beechwood, Carol Green, and Four Oaks, as well as the eastern part of Balsall Common. Berkswell railway station serves the village, but is actually much closer to Balsall Common than to Berkswell village (it was formerly 'Berkswell & Balsall Common' station). The Church of England parish church of St. John Baptist is a late-1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barston
Barston is a village and civil parish in Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in the West Midlands of England. It is approximately 4.5 miles (7 km) east of Solihull and is located inside a large meander of the River Blythe, at the western edge of the Meriden Gap, and midway between the far larger villages of Balsall Common and Hampton-in-Arden. The nearest large city is Birmingham, away to the west. According to the 2001 UK Census, the parish had a population of 499, increasing to 533 at the 2011 Census. Barston is an affluent village with many historic buildings, some of which are timber-framed. The Church of St. Swithin is a Church of England church Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a place/building for Christian religious activities and praying * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination * Church service, a formalized period of Christian comm ... which dates from 1721, and is built on the site of an earlier church. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
