Ansley, Warwickshire

Ansley is a village and civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire, England.[2] The parish includes the village of Ansley, Ansley Common, Church End, Ansley Hall, Birchley Heath, and formerly Ansley Hall Colliery. The village is near Arley and Astley. The parish church of St Lawrence is Norman in origin and lies outside the main village at Church End. It is a Grade II* listed building.[3] The church includes stained glass by Karl Parsons. Ansley Hall dates from the early eighteenth century. It was taken over by the Ansley Hall Coal and Iron Company, founded by William Garside Phillips, the great grandfather of Captain Mark Phillips.

Ansley
Ansley is located in Warwickshire
Ansley
Ansley
Location within Warwickshire
Population2,207 [1]
OS grid referenceSP301914
Civil parish
  • Ansley
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNUNEATON
Postcode districtCV10
PoliceWarwickshire
FireWarwickshire
AmbulanceWest Midlands

The village was called "Hanslei" in the Domesday Book of 1086 and gives details that the land was owned by Lady Godiva. The village now only has one pub called the Lord Nelson Inn which is also home to a micro-brewery. The Boot Inn was damaged by a fire and now serves as a private residence although the pubs signage is still visible. The former Ansley Social Club closed on Boxing Day in 2016 and has since been demolished to make way for a small housing development.

Ansley Mill and Ford
A 1961 1 inch = 1 mile series map, covering Hinckley, Nuneaton, part of Bedworth, Atherstone, Ansley, Burton Hastings, Hartshill and Wolvey

References
  1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  2. OS Explorer Map 232 : Nuneaton & Tamworth: (1:25 000) :ISBN 0 319 46404 0
  3. Historic England. "CHURCH OF ST LAURENCE (1365141)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 September 2014.



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