Amington is a area of
Tamworth in
Staffordshire
Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation ''Staffs''.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England. It borders Cheshire to the north-west, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, ...
, England. Formerly a distinct village, it is now part of the
Tamworth borough, with no gap between it and the neighbouring wards of
Bolehall,
Glascote, Glascote Heath and
Stonydelph. Consisting of both residental and industrial areas, Amington is situated 1.5 miles northeast of Tamworth town centre and borders the
North Warwickshire
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district directly to the east.
History
Amington and Stonydelph formerly formed one "township" and were part of the ancient parish of Tamworth.
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Amington, now in Staffordshire, was previously part of the county of
Warwickshire
Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England. It is bordered by Staffordshire and Leicestershire to the north, Northamptonshire to the east, Ox ...
; the county boundary between Staffordshire and Warwickshire formerly running along
Tamworth high street. The village became part of
Tamworth Rural District
Tamworth was a rural district in the English Midlands from 1894 until its abolition in 1965. The architect Alfred Edward Cheatle, Alfred Cheatle was for many years chairman.
It was created under the Local Government Act 1894 from Tamworth, Sta ...
in 1932, thus becoming part of the administrative county of Staffordshire. Amington became a parish on 1 April 1935 being formed from "
Amington and Stonydelph". On 1 April 1965 the parish was abolished and merged with Tamworth. In 1961 the parish had a population of 1811.
The village's Parish Church,
St. Editha's, is a chapel-of-ease, part of Tamworth Parish.
However, as formerly in Warwickshire, Amington church falls under the
Diocese of Birmingham, whereas its mother church in Tamworth, also dedicated to St. Editha, is part of the
Diocese of Lichfield
The Diocese of Lichfield is a Church of England diocese in the Province of Canterbury, England. The bishop's seat is located in the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Chad in the city of Lichfield. The diocese covers of seve ...
.
Amington is the site of
Amington Hall. On the eve of the
English Civil War
The English Civil War or Great Rebellion was a series of civil wars and political machinations between Cavaliers, Royalists and Roundhead, Parliamentarians in the Kingdom of England from 1642 to 1651. Part of the wider 1639 to 1653 Wars of th ...
there was some opposition to the paying of poor rate levies from the local gentry, in particular Cecil Warburton, the occupant of the Hall. The justices at the quarter sessions for Easter, 1642 heard that Cecil Warburton of Hall End, Amington, “did lock up the overseer of the poor (George Payne)…and drew his sword upon him there in a very outrageous manner”.
Transport
Amington is near the
Coventry Canal
The Coventry Canal is a navigable narrow canal in the Midlands of England.
It starts in Coventry and ends to the north at Fradley Junction, just north of Lichfield, where it joins the Trent and Mersey Canal. It also has connections with the ...
, the
River Anker, and also the
Trent Valley Line of the West Coast Main Line, all of which pass east/west just to the north of the village.
Amenities
In the village there is one convenience store, a Tesco Express. There is also a post office and a fish and chip shop.
Amington has four pubs: The Gate Inn, The Old Liberal, The Amington Inn and The Winning Post.
In the 1990s two developers built a 1000-home estate in the village which is now known as Amington Fields. In 2006, Antler Homes built a 17-house estate named Ashby Grange.
In 2016 work began on the development of over 1100 new homes on the site of the former Tamworth Municipal
Golf
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Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standa ...
Course.
Landau Forte Academy, Amington, one of the high schools in
Tamworth, is situated in Amington. The school reached national headlines in 2016 when one of the pupils was recorded being assaulted.
Local Culture
Amington Band are a traditional
British brass band
In Britain, a brass band (known regionally as a silver band or colliery band) is a musical ensemble comprising a standardized range of brass and percussion instruments. The modern form of the brass band in the United Kingdom dates back to the ...
based in their own band room. They have been associated with the village since the 1910s
See also
*
Listed buildings in Tamworth, Staffordshire
References
*Warwick County Record Office, ''Quarter Sessions Order Book'' Vol. I p. 43.
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Areas of Tamworth, Staffordshire
Former civil parishes in Staffordshire