Amington | |
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Location within Staffordshire | |
Population | 7,919 (2011.Ward) [1] |
OS grid reference | SK2304 |
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Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Tamworth |
Postcode district | B77 |
Police | Staffordshire |
Fire | Staffordshire |
Ambulance | West Midlands |
UK Parliament | |
Amington is a area of Tamworth in Staffordshire, England. Formerly a distinct village, it is now part of the Tamworth borough, with no gap between it and the neighbouring wards of Bolehall, Glascote, Glascote Heath and Stonydelph.
Amington and Stonydelph formerly formed one "township" and were part of the ancient parish of Tamworth. [2] Amington, now in Staffordshire, was previously part of the county of Warwickshire; the county boundary between Staffordshire and Warwickshire formerly running along Tamworth high street.[ citation needed ] The village became part of Tamworth Rural District in 1932, thus becoming part of the administrative county of Staffordshire. Amington became a parish on 1 April 1935 being formed from "Amington and Stonydelph". On 1 April 1965 the parish was abolished and merged with Tamworth. [3] In 1961 the parish had a population of 1811. [4]
The village's Parish Church, St. Editha's, is a chapel-of-ease, part of Tamworth Parish. [2] However, as formerly in Warwickshire, Amington church falls under the Diocese of Birmingham, [5] whereas its mother church in Tamworth, also dedicated to St. Editha, is part of the Diocese of Lichfield. [6]
Amington is the site of Amington Hall. On the eve of the English Civil War there was some opposition to the paying of poor rate levies from the local gentry, in particular Cecil Warburton, the occupant of the Hall. The justices at the quarter sessions for Easter, 1642 heard that Cecil Warburton of Hall End, Amington, “did lock up the overseer of the poor (George Payne)…and drew his sword upon him there in a very outrageous manner”.
Amington is near the Coventry Canal, the River Anker, and also the Trent Valley Line of the West Coast Main Line, all of which pass east/west just to the north of the village.
In the village there is one convenience store, a Tesco Express. There is also a post office and a fish and chip shop.
Amington has four pubs: The Gate Inn, The Old Liberal, The Amington Inn and The Winning Post.
In the 1990s two developers built a 1000-home estate in the village which is now known as Amington Fields. In 2006, Antler Homes built a 17-house estate named Ashby Grange.
In 2016 work began on the development of over 1100 new homes on the site of the former Tamworth Municipal Golf Course. [7]
Landau Forte Academy, Amington, one of the high schools in Tamworth, is situated in Amington. The school reached national headlines in 2016 when one of the pupils was recorded being assaulted. [8]
Amington Band are a traditional British brass band based in their own band room. They have been associated with the village since the 1910s
Staffordshire is a landlocked ceremonial county in the West Midlands of England. It borders Cheshire to the north-west, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, Warwickshire to the south-east, the West Midlands county and Worcestershire to the south, and Shropshire to the west. The largest settlement is the city of Stoke-on-Trent, and the county town is Stafford.
Tamworth is a market town and borough in Staffordshire, England, 14 miles (23 km) north-east of Birmingham. The town borders North Warwickshire to the east and north, Lichfield to the north, south-west and west. The town takes its name from the River Tame, which flows through it. The population of Tamworth borough (2022) was 79,639. The wider urban area had a population of 81,964.
Lichfield is a cathedral city and civil parish in Staffordshire, England. Lichfield is situated 18 miles (29 km) south-east of Stafford, 9 miles (14 km) north-east of Walsall, 8 miles (13 km) north-west of Tamworth and 13 miles (21 km) south-west of Burton Upon Trent. At the time of the 2021 Census, the population was 34,738 and the population of the wider Lichfield District was 106,400.
Fazeley is an industrial town and civil parish in the Lichfield District of Staffordshire, England, south of Tamworth town centre. The civil parish includes Mile Oak and the hamlet of Bonehill. Fazeley forms part of the Tamworth Built-up area.
Polesworth is a large village and civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire, England. It is situated close to the northern tip of Warwickshire, adjacent to the border with Staffordshire. It is 3 miles (5 km) east of Tamworth, and is 5 miles (8 km) northwest of Atherstone.
No Man's Heath is an area of the civil parish of Newton Regis, in the North Warwickshire district, in the county of Warwickshire, England, about 6 miles (9.7 km) northeast of Tamworth. It is near the boundaries of four English counties: Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Warwickshire and Staffordshire. Nearby in the late 19th century were Netherseal Colliery and Netherseal Hall. Today a small village exists here, also called No Man's Heath, which is the northernmost settlement in Warwickshire. No-Mans-Heath was formerly an extra-parochial tract, in 1858 No Mans Heath became a separate civil parish, on 24 March 1888 the parish was abolished and merged with Newton Regis. In 1881 the parish had a population of 70. The county boundary which used to divide the village between Leicestershire and Warwickshire has been re-drawn on 1 April 1965 to place the whole village in Warwickshire.
Stonydelph is a neighbourhood about 2 miles (3 km) south east of the centre of Tamworth, Staffordshire.
Dordon is a village and civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of the county of Warwickshire in England and close to the border with Staffordshire. The village is located on the A5 national route and is contiguous with the larger village of Polesworth. Other nearby places include Tamworth, Atherstone, Grendon, Wood End Village, Baddesley Ensor and Nuneaton. In 2001 the population for the parish of Dordon was 3,225, reducing slightly to 3,215 at the 2011 census.
Hurley is a village in the Kingsbury civil parish of North Warwickshire, England. Other nearby places include Wood End, Hurley Common, Coleshill, Water Orton, Curdworth, Atherstone and Tamworth. According to the 2001 Census the population of the Hurley and Wood End ward was 3,642. Over 99.5% of people (3,550) described themselves as White British with only 92 people from other ethnic groups. The most common distance travelled to work is 5–10 kilometres (3.1–6.2 mi), which is essentially to Tamworth, with the most common form of employment being manufacturing. The village has an almost exact 50:50 split of males and females, with a ratio of 1,822 to 1,820 respectively.
Bolehall is a village in Staffordshire, England, part of the Tamworth Conurbation. The village sits on the south bank of the River Anker. The parish of Bolehall and Glascote, was historically part of Warwickshire.
Saint Edith of Polesworth is an Anglo-Saxon abbess associated with Polesworth (Warwickshire) and Tamworth (Staffordshire) in Mercia. Her historical identity and floruit are uncertain. Some late sources make her a daughter of King Edward the Elder, while other sources claim she is the daughter of Egbert of Wessex. Her feast day is 15 July.
Keith Michael Jukes was a senior Church of England priest. From 2007 to 2013, he was the dean of Ripon.
St Chad's Church is in the village of Hopwas, Staffordshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Tamworth, the archdeaconry of Lichfield and the diocese of Lichfield. Its benefice is combined with those of St Editha, Tamworth, St Francis, Leyfields, and St Andrew, Kettlebrook. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
Wigginton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Wigginton and Hopwas, in the Lichfield district, in the county of Staffordshire, England.
Thorpe Constantine is a small village and civil parish in Staffordshire, England. It lies about 6 miles (10 km) north-east of Tamworth and 6 miles south-west of Measham. The nucleus of the parish is the Thorpe estate.
Glascote is an area of Tamworth, in the Tamworth district, in Staffordshire, England. The area centres on the Glascote Road, and is mainly residential with a few convenience stores and pubs.
Holy Trinity Parish Church is the parish church of Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, England. It is Grade I listed and gives its name to the ward in which it stands, Sutton Trinity.
Amington Parish Church is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Amington.
Tamworth is a market town and borough in Staffordshire, England. It contains 138 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, three are listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, five are at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The town includes its central area and the districts of Amington, Bolehall, Dosthill, Fazeley, Glascote, and Wilnecote. The most important buildings in the town are the Church of St Editha, and Tamworth Castle and its causeway walls, all of which are listed at Grade I. Most of the listed buildings are houses and associated structures, shops and offices, many of which originated as houses. The Coventry Canal passes through the town and makes a junction with the termination of the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal. The listed buildings associated with the canals are bridges, an aqueduct, and a milepost. The other listed buildings include churches and items in churchyards, public houses, bridges over the River Tame, other structures associated with the castle, former schools, parts of medieval walls, a farmhouse, a barn, a hotel, a former workhouse, public buildings, banks, a milestone, a railway viaduct, a bowling clubhouse, statues, one of Sir Robert Peel and the other of Ethelfleda, and a war memorial.