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Allesley is a village and civil parish on the northwestern edge of the City of Coventry, West Midlands, England, about 3 miles (5 km) west of Coventry City Centre. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 805. Until recently it has been home to a factory belonging to the car maker, Jaguar. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (2592 × 1944 pixel, file size: 1. ...
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The Precinct in Coventry city centre. ...
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A civil parish (usually just parish) in England is a subnational entity forming the lowest unit of local government, lower than districts or counties. ...
The Precinct in Coventry city centre. ...
The County of West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a population of around 2,600,000 people. ...
Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification - by Athelstan AD 927 Area - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq mi Population - 2006 est. ...
Jaguar Cars Limited is a British luxury car manufacturer, with headquarters in Browns Lane, Coventry, England. ...
Allesley is The Windmill Hill, Browns Lane and Butt Lane areas. Although, there is a clear division of where Allesley begins and ends, there are many confusions regarding the geographical boundaries within Allesley.
- Allesley Village is essentially the area off the Birmingham Road including West Point. Allesley Village is not much more than a suburb of Coventry but it retains its separate village feel not having been swallowed by the urban sprawl. This is largely because it is hemmed in on all sides; by the open land of Coundon Wedge to the east, Allesley Park to the south, the A45 to the west and by the Jaguar factory to the north.
- Allesley Park is the estate on the other side of the by-pass situated south of Allesley park.
- Allesley Green is an area the other side of the A45 opposite the Coventry Hill Hotel.
- the Parish of Allesley is a much larger area based around Washbrook Lane and the top of Browns Lane via Hawkesmill Lane. The Parish incorporates the Ancient Ardens of Pinketts Booth, Pickford, Pickford Green, Harvest Hill, Hawkes End, Hollyberry End, Wall Hill, and Brownshill Green.
Most of the Old Village (the area nearest the church) is in a conservation area on a low ridge of high ground between the River Sherbourne and the Pickford Brook, a tributary. The A45 is a major road in England. ...
Browns Lane in Coventry, England was the home of Jaguar Cars from 1951 until 2005. ...
The River Sherbourne is a river that flows through the the centre of the city of Coventry, West Midlands, England. ...
Allesley is also home of two Hotels: the Allesley Hotel and the Coventry Hill Hotel. There is one public house in Allesley.
The suburbs of Allesley Park (built mainly in late-1950s and 1960s) and Allesley Green (built in the late-1980s) lie to the south and west of the village
History
Allesley grew around the 800 year old All Saints Church, the spire of which is prominent on the skyline of the village. Originally built around 1130, it was rebuilt in 1863 and remains relatively unaltered since then.
There is reference in old records to an Allesley Castle but none of its ruins can be found. It was supposedly on a high knoll of ground at the rear of Allesley Hall in Allesley Park. All that remains is an old Norman well in a large hollow in a wooded area.
The Birmingham Road, which runs through the village, used to be part of the main road built between 1828 and 1831 by Thomas Telford from Holyhead to London (the continuation of the road into Coventry is called the Holyhead Road). A toll house originally stood at the junction of the Holyhead Road and Allesley Old Road, and users of the Holyhead or Turnpike Road were charged a toll as a means of contributing towards the cost of building the road. Around 1930, the charges were discontinued and the toll house was demolished in the mid 1930s.
Thomas Telford (August 9, 1757 - September 2, 1834) was born in Westerkirk, Scotland. ...
Holyhead (Welsh: Caergybi, the fort of St. ...
This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...
References - David Fry and Albert Smith: (1991). The Coventry We Have Lost. Vol 1. Simanda Press, Berkswell ISBN 0-9513867-1-9
- David Fry and Albert Smith: (1993). The Coventry We Have Lost. Vol 2. Simanda Press, Berkswell ISBN 0-9513867-2-7
Coordinates: 52°25′N 1°33′W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...
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