Churchover is a small village and

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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 ...

, England.

Parish

The population of the parish in the 2001 census was 230, increasing to 251 at the 2011 census. It is located around 4 miles (7 km) north of

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, and is administratively part of the

borough of Rugby The Borough of Rugby is a local government district with borough status in Warwickshire, England. The borough comprises the town of Rugby where the council has its headquarters, and the rural areas surrounding the town. At the 2021 census the ...

. The village lies just west of the

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, and just north of the

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on the border with

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. It was named in the

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as Church Wavre. Churchover - geograph

Within the parish boundaries is

Coton House Coton House is a late 18th-century country house at Churchover, near Rugby, Warwickshire in England. It is a Grade II* listed building. History The Manor of Coton was held before the Dissolution of the Monasteries by the monks of Coombe Abbey. ...

, a mansion house dating from 1787. It was Grade II* listed in 1951.

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purchased the property in 1970 and used it as a training and conference centre. In 2010 the property was destroyed by fire, with the interiors becoming a blackened shell. Within five years however it had been restored to its former glory and sold to a private individual. As of 2025, it is on the market for £5.5m. The village contains the ''Holy Trinity Church'' which dates partly from the 15th century and is a Grade II* listed building. There was a village shop and a post office, both of which have now closed. Similarly the village school closed in 1973 and children now need to go to

Monks Kirby Monks Kirby is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in north-eastern Warwickshire, England. The population of the parish is 445. Monks Kirby is located around one mile east of the Fosse Way, around 8 miles north-west of Rugby, ...

and Rugby to be educated. The school building is now a community centre. A major gas compression station and a pipeline pigging and transfer compound was opened just south-west of the village in the 1970s. Both are part of the

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References

* Allen, Geoff, (2000) ''Warwickshire Towns & Villages'',

External links

Trinity Church

Parish website
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