Shuttington is a village and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

North Warwickshire North Warwickshire is a local government district with borough status in Warwickshire, England. The borough includes the two towns of Atherstone (where the council is based) and Coleshill, and the large villages of Hartshill, Kingsbury, Ma ...

, England, situated north-east of Tamworth,

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, ...

.OS Explorer Map 232 : Nuneaton & Tamworth: (1:25 000) : In the 2001 census, the

parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christianity, Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest#Christianity, priest, often termed a parish pries ...

, which also includes Alvecote, had a population of 563, decreasing to 536 at the 2011 census. The

River Anker The River Anker flows through Nuneaton, England. It is a major tributary of the River Tame, which it joins in Tamworth. The name derives from the old British for ''winding river''. From source to river mouth at Tamworth is . Course The river ...

flows through the parish, with Shuttington north-east of the river, and Alvecote south of it. The

West Coast Main Line The West Coast Main Line (WCML) is one of the most important railway corridors in the United Kingdom, connecting the major cities of London and Glasgow with branches to Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool and Edinburgh. It is one of the busiest ...

passes through Alvecote, with 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 ...

parallel to it and a

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south of the

canal Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing water transport vehicles (e.g. water taxi). They carry free, calm surface ...

. Most of the parish is

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, including the village of Shuttington, although there was

colliery Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground or from a mine. Coal is valued for its energy content and since the 1880s has been widely used to generate electricity. Steel and cement industries use coal as a fuel for extra ...

alongside the railway at Alvecote. A series of pools situated along the river, on the boundary with Tamworth, were created as a result of

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caused by

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in the area. The pools, which attract a wide variety of bird species, have been designated as a

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. The

parish church A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the Church (building), church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in com ...

of St. Matthew, situated on the edge of Shuttington village, is a small building, with a

nave The nave () is the central part of a church, stretching from the (normally western) main entrance or rear wall, to the transepts, or in a church without transepts, to the chancel. When a church contains side aisles, as in a basilica-type ...

dating from the 12th century. The Wolferstan Arms

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is on Main Road in the village. There is also the Samuel Barlow pub, situated on the

at Alvecote.

Local government

Shuttington is in the

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, and is part of the Newton Regis and Warton

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. The ward, which also contains Alvecote, Austrey,

Newton Regis Newton Regis is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire, England.OS Explorer Map 232 : Nuneaton & Tamworth: (1:25,000) : It has a population of 599 at the United Kingdom 2011 Cen ...

, No Man's Heath,

Seckington Seckington is a village and civil parish in North Warwickshire, about northeast of Tamworth, Staffordshire, Tamworth. The B5493 road between Tamworth and Appleby Magna runs through the parish, passing about north of the village. Seckington sha ...

and Warton, has a population of 3,625 and is represented by two

councillor A councillor, alternatively councilman, councilwoman, councilperson, or council member, is someone who sits on, votes in, or is a member of, a council. This is typically an elected representative of an electoral district in a municipal or re ...

s. Shuttington had formerly been in

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 ...

, which was created in 1894, until the district was abolished in 1965. The

was transferred to Atherstone Rural District, which became part of North Warwickshire in the 1974 reorganisation of

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Notable people

* Charles George Bonner VC, DSC (1884 – 1951) recipient of the

Victoria Cross The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest and most prestigious decoration of the Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom, British decorations system. It is awarded for valour "in the presence of the enemy" to members of the British ...

was born in Shuttington.

Gallery

File:River Anker and Alvecote Pools.jpg,

and Alvecote Pools, viewed from Shuttington Bridge File:Alvecote Marina - geograph.org.uk - 1463015.jpg, Alvecote Marina, Alvecote File:The M42 crosses the Coventry Canal - geograph.org.uk - 42814.jpg,

References

External links

Villages in Warwickshire {{Warwickshire-geo-stub