Hartshill

Hartshill is a large village and civil parish in the district of North Warwickshire, England.

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

Hartshill

Holy Trinity Church and vicarage, Hartshill
Hartshill
Location within Warwickshire
Population3,596 [1]
OS grid referenceSP326938
• London95 mi (153 km) SW
Civil parish
  • Hartshill
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNUNEATON
Postcode districtCV10
PoliceWarwickshire
FireWarwickshire
AmbulanceWest Midlands
A 1961 1 inch = 1 mile series map, covering the Hinkley, Nuneaton, part of Bedworth, Atherstone, Arsley, Burton Hastings, Hartshill and Wovley

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 at 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.

In 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 writer Michael Drayton, who knew William Shakespeare, was born at Chapel Cottage in Hartshill Green in 1563; Michael Drayton Junior School in Hartshill bears his name. Other schools in the village include Hartshill School secondary school. The village has five pubs: The Stag & Pheasant, Maltshovel, Royal Oak, the Hartshill Club, and The Anchor which is on the Coventry Canal. Edward Buckley (1825-1882), was born in Hartshill. He was a graduate of Yale University and was Attorney General of New York.

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.


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