Hartshill

Hartshill
Hartshill
	Holy Trinity Church and vicarage, Hartshill
	Hartshill Location within Warwickshire
Population	3,596 (2011 census)
OS grid reference	SP326938
• London	95 mi (153 km) SW
Civil parish	Hartshill;
District	North Warwickshire;
Shire county	Warwickshire;
Region	West Midlands;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NUNEATON
Postcode district	CV10
Police	Warwickshire
Fire	Warwickshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
	List of places UK England Warwickshire 52°32′29″N 1°31′14″W / 52.5413°N 1.52066°W

Hartshill is a large village and civil parish in North Warwickshire, England, 2.5 miles (4 km) north-west of the town of Nuneaton. 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 village is 2.5 miles (4 km) north-west from the town centre of Nuneaton, to which it is conjoined. The market town of Atherstone is 3.5 miles (6 km) to the north-west.

At the 2001 Census, the civil parish of Hartshill had a population of 3,611,^[2] decreasing to 3,596 at the 2011 Census.^[1] The English poet Michael Drayton, who knew William Shakespeare, was born at Chapel Cottage in Hartshill Green in 1563.^[3] Michael Drayton Junior School in Hartshill bears his name. Other schools in the village include Hartshill Academy secondary school. 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. The Talyllyn Railway locomotive Midlander was purchased in 1957 from Jee's quarries at Hartshill.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Hartshill Parish (E04009643)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
^ UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Hartshill Parish (44UB017)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
^ Gosse, Edmund William (1911). "Drayton, Michael" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 8 (11th ed.). pp. 557–558.
^ Potter 1990, p. 201

Bibliography

Potter, David (1990). The Talyllyn Railway. David St John Thomas. ISBN 0-946537-50-X.

External links

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Photos of Hartshill and surrounding area on geograph

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[Nomis-1] UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Hartshill Parish (E04009643)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 28 February 2020.

[2] UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Hartshill Parish (44UB017)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 28 February 2020.

[3] Gosse, Edmund William (1911). "Drayton, Michael" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 8 (11th ed.). pp. 557–558.

[4] Potter 1990, p. 201

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