Hartshill

Hartshill is a large village and apart of Nuneaton also the 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.

This article is about the village in Warwickshire. For the village in Staffordshire, see Hartshill, Staffordshire.

Hartshill
Holy Trinity Church and vicarage, Hartshill
Hartshill is located in Warwickshire
Hartshill
Hartshill
Location within Warwickshire
Population3,596 (2011 census)[1]
OS grid referenceSP326938
• London95 mi (153 km) SW
Civil parish
  • Hartshill / Nuneaton
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNUNEATON
Postcode districtCV10
PoliceWarwickshire
FireWarwickshire
AmbulanceWest Midlands

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]

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

References
  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

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



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