Burton Dassett Hills Country Park is a country park in south-eastern Warwickshire, England. A Country Park is an area designated for people to visit and enjoy recreation in a countryside environment. ... Warwickshire (pronounced worrickshur or worricksheer) is a landlocked county in central England. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (2001) - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion...
It was created as a country park in 1971 and is run by Warwickshire County Council. It comprises a group of ironstone hills, which are named after the tiny village of Burton Dassett which sits in the hills. 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Ironstone is a fine-grained sedimentary rock, important as a source of iron. ...
The area was once extensively quarried for ironstone and a small industrial railway existed for this purpose until the 1920s. A small cinder quarry A dimension stone quarry A quarry is a type of open-pit mine from which rock or minerals are extracted. ... A display of a narrow gauge industrial sand train An industrial railway is a type of private railway used exclusively to serve a particular industry inside a mine or factory compound. ... Sometimes referred to as the Roaring Twenties. Events and trends Technology John T. Thompson invents Thompson submachine gun, also known as Tommy Gun. ...
Of interest at the site, is a 12th century church at the old village of Burton Dassett. The park is also highly popular with kite flyers. (11th century - 12th century - 13th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 12th century was that century which lasted from 1101 to 1200. ... A kite is a man-made, heavier-than-air object, designed to fly by opposing the force of the wind with the tension of a string held by the operator. ...
Impressive views across the surrounding countryside can be seen from the hills. On a good day places as far afield as Coventry can be seen. Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. ...
External Links
Info about the park from Warwickshire County Council (http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/web/corporate/pages.nsf/0/2f63f883ba2676a480256b7d004d412d?OpenDocument)
Guide from BBC Coventry (http://www.bbc.co.uk/coventry/webcams/stories/2004/burton-dassett-virtual-tour.shtml)
In the wars of the reign of Henry III of England, Simon de Montfort placed Kenilworth Castle in charge of Sir John Giffard, who in 1264 attacked Warwick Castle and took prisoner the earl and countess of Warwick, who had supported the king.
Of those retaining Norman portions may be mentioned: Wolston and Berkswell in the Coventry district; Polesworth, formerly conventual, and Curdworth in the north; and in the south, in the neighbourhood of Edgehill, BurtonDassett, a very noteworthy building, and Warmington.
Compton Wynyates[?], once fortified, is a beautiful Elizabethan house of brick, so remarkably hidden in a hollow of the southern hills as to be visible only from the closest proximity on all sides; Charles I lodged here during the Civil Wars.
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