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At the [[United Kingdom 2021 census|2021 Census]], the civil parish of Hartshill, which also includes the hamlet of [[Oldbury, Warwickshire|Oldbury]] had a population of 3,655.<ref name="CitPop"/> |
At the [[United Kingdom 2021 census|2021 Census]], the civil parish of Hartshill, which also includes the hamlet of [[Oldbury, Warwickshire|Oldbury]] had a population of 3,655.<ref name="CitPop"/> |
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The village stands on a hill overlooking the [[Leicestershire]] plains to the north. The county boundary is defined by the [[A5 road (Great Britain)|A5 road]], the former [[Roman Britain|Roman]] [[Watling Street]]. The area has been settled since at least the [[Iron Age]], just west of Hartshill are the remains of an iron age [[Hillforts in Britain|hill fort]] |
The village stands on a hill overlooking the [[Leicestershire]] plains to the north. The county boundary is defined by the [[A5 road (Great Britain)|A5 road]], the former [[Roman Britain|Roman]] [[Watling Street]]. The area has been settled since at least the [[Iron Age]], just west of Hartshill are the remains of an iron age [[Hillforts in Britain|hill fort]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Oldbury Camp |url=https://www.ourwarwickshire.org.uk/content/catalogue_her/oldbury-camp |publisher=Our Warwickshire |access-date=16 December 2023}}</ref> The village was mentioned in the [[Domesday Book]] as ''Hardreshull'', derived from the [[old English]] term meaning Heardred's Hill.<ref name="warvbook">{{cite book|title=The Warwickshire Village Book|date=2000|publisher=Countryside Books|isbn=1-85306-652-4|pages=88-90}}</ref> Near the centre of the village are the remains of [[Hartshill Castle]], a 13th century castle.<ref name="BHOL">{{cite web |title=Parishes: Hartshill |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/warks/vol4/pp131-133 |publisher=British History Online |access-date=15 December 2023}}</ref> |
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The village grew due to its [[quarry|quarrying]] industry, which quarried red [[syenite]] and [[manganese]] from the local hillside. At one time there were several [[tramway (industrial)|industrial tramways]] serving the local quarries and connecting them to the nearby [[Trent Valley Line]] and [[Coventry Canal]].<ref name="BHOL"/> The [[Talyllyn Railway]] locomotive [[List of Talyllyn Railway rolling stock|Midlander]] was purchased in 1957 from Jee's quarries at Hartshill.<ref>{{harvnb|Potter|1990|p=201}}</ref> |
The village grew due to its [[quarry|quarrying]] industry, which quarried red [[syenite]] and [[manganese]] from the local hillside. At one time there were several [[tramway (industrial)|industrial tramways]] serving the local quarries and connecting them to the nearby [[Trent Valley Line]] and [[Coventry Canal]].<ref name="BHOL"/> The [[Talyllyn Railway]] locomotive [[List of Talyllyn Railway rolling stock|Midlander]] was purchased in 1957 from Jee's quarries at Hartshill.<ref>{{harvnb|Potter|1990|p=201}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 13:26, 16 December 2023
| Hartshill | |
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 Holy Trinity Church and vicarage, Hartshill | |
  Hartshill Location within Warwickshire | |
| Population | 3,655 (2021 census)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SP326938 |
| • London | 95 mi (153 km) SW |
| Civil parish |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NUNEATON |
| Postcode district | CV10 |
| Police | Warwickshire |
| Fire | Warwickshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
Hartshill is a large village and civil parish in North Warwickshire, England, 2.5 miles (4 km) north-west of the town centre of Nuneaton, to which it is conjoined. The parish borders the district of Nuneaton and Bedworth at the south, the North Warwickshire district parishes of Ansley at the south-west, Mancetter at the north-west, and Caldecote at the east, and the parish of Witherley in Leicestershire to the north-east from which it is separated by the A5 road. The market town of Atherstone is 3.5 miles (6 km) to the north-west.
At the 2021 Census, the civil parish of Hartshill, which also includes the hamlet of Oldbury had a population of 3,655.[1]
The village stands on a hill overlooking the Leicestershire plains to the north. The county boundary is defined by the A5 road, the former Roman Watling Street. The area has been settled since at least the Iron Age, just west of Hartshill are the remains of an iron age hill fort.[2] The village was mentioned in the Domesday Book as Hardreshull, derived from the old English term meaning Heardred's Hill.[3] Near the centre of the village are the remains of Hartshill Castle, a 13th century castle.[4]
The village grew due to its quarrying industry, which quarried red syenite and manganese from the local hillside. At one time there were several industrial tramways serving the local quarries and connecting them to the nearby Trent Valley Line and Coventry Canal.[4] The Talyllyn Railway locomotive Midlander was purchased in 1957 from Jee's quarries at Hartshill.[5]
The most famous person associated with Hartshill was the Elizabethan poet Michael Drayton, who was born at Chapel Cottage in Hartshill Green in 1563.[6] The cottage in which he was born was pulled down in 1941 due to a road widening scheme.[4] There is a memorial to him in the form of the village bus shelter, which is made from local stone and shaped like a scroll.[3][7] Michael Drayton Junior School in Hartshill also bears his name. Other schools in the village include Hartshill Academy secondary school.
The village church of Holy Trinity was built as a commissioners' church between 1843 and 1848 by T.L. Walker. It is made from local stone, and is noted for its large doorway which has six orders of columns and arches. The church is grade II listed.[7][8]
The parish has five pubs: The Stag & Pheasant, The Malt Shovel, Royal Oak, the Hartshill Club, and The Anchor which is on the Coventry Canal.
Immediately west of the village is the Hartshill Hayes Country Park, which covers 137 acres (55 ha) of woodland.[7]
References
- ^ a b "Hartshill Parish in West Midlands". City Population. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ^ "Oldbury Camp". Our Warwickshire. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
- ^ a b The Warwickshire Village Book. Countryside Books. 2000. pp. 88–90. ISBN 1-85306-652-4.
- ^ a b c "Parishes: Hartshill". British History Online. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
- ^ Potter 1990, p. 201
- ^ Gosse, Edmund William (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 8 (11th ed.). pp. 557–558.
- ^ a b c Geoff, Allen (2000). Warwickshire Towns & Villages. Sigma Press. pp. 62–63. ISBN 1-85058-642-X.
- ^ "CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY". Historic England. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
Bibliography
- Potter, David (1990). The Talyllyn Railway. David St John Thomas. ISBN 0-946537-50-X.
External links
Media related to Hartshill at Wikimedia Commons- Hartshill Parish Council
- Hartshill archives - Our Warwickshire
- Photos of Hartshill and surrounding area on geograph
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