Chadwick End

Chadwick End is a small village which straddles the border of Warwickshire and the West Midlands Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, situated 3 miles (5 km) southeast of the large village of Knowle and 8 miles northwest of Warwick.

Chadwick End

Chadwick End village hall
Chadwick End
Location within the West Midlands
OS grid referenceSP206731
Civil parish
  • Chadwick End
Metropolitan borough
Shire county
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSolihull
Postcode districtB93

The name Chadwick means 'farm near a spring', and the village remains a farming community, almost contiguous with the historic Warwickshire village of Baddesley Clinton only half-a-mile to the south.. The south side of the village lies within Warwickshire with the north side lying in the Borough of Solihull.

A mile from the village centre lies Chadwick Manor and its Estate, built in 1875 by the architect Edward Holmes (1832-1909). During the 1930s the Manor became a country-house hotel and the estate a racing-stud both owned by Scottish racehorse owner and breeder Captain. Norman (Norrie) Stewart~MacKay (1895-1980), who sold the estate in 1964 (after which the Manor was converted to luxury flats).

The former Poor Clares convent on Rising Lane was founded in 1850; it has been converted into private flats since its closure in 2011.[1]

References
  1. "Historic Warwickshire convent to close after 160 years". Birmingham Post.

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