Edgwick is a residential area of
Coventry
Coventry ( or rarely ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands county, in England, on the River Sherbourne. Coventry had been a large settlement for centurie ...
,
West Midlands,
England
England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...
.
It is situated approximately 2 miles north of the city centre, between the districts of Great Heath and
Foleshill
Foleshill ( ) is a suburb in the north of Coventry, in the county of the West Midlands, England. Longford, Courthouse Green and Rowley Green are to its north and Keresley is to its west. The population of the Ward at the 2021 census was 22, ...
.
It has a major park and a enclosed children's play area.
The area is variously spelt as Edgewick or Edgwick. It is sometimes described as "Edgwick, Foleshill".
Edgwick had a population of 15,200 in 1965 and 14,100 in 1981. The
Alfred Herbert machine tool manufacturing plant was in Edgwick.
[Charles Villiers]
Start Again, Britain
Quartet Books. 1984. p 11.
References
*"Edgwick" in "School Board Schools" (1876) 34 The Builde
960(30 September 1876)
*"The New Board Schools at Edgwick" in "Foleshill" (1876) 6 The British Architect and Northern Enginee
123(25 August 1876)
Suburbs of Coventry
{{WestMidlands-geo-stub