Ilmington

Coordinates: 52°05′24″N 1°41′35″W / 52.090°N 1.693°W / 52.090; -1.693
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Ilmington
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townShipston-on-Stour
Postcode districtCV36
Dialling code01608
PoliceWarwickshire
FireWarwickshire
AmbulanceWest Midlands
WebsiteIlmington – A Cotswold Village
List of places
UK
England
Warwickshire
52°05′24″N 1°41′35″W / 52.090°N 1.693°W / 52.090; -1.693

Ilmington is a village and

2011 census was 712.[2] Ilmington is the highest village in Warwickshire[3] and is at the foot of the Ilmington Downs
, which is the highest point in Warwickshire. Residents are called "Ilmingtonians".

History

In the 10th century the village's

bell ringing from the church. The early 18th-century Grade II* listed Foxcote House stands in the village. The house was the seat of the Canning family for many years, it is presently owned by the American lingerie billionaire Les Wexner.[4][5]

Parish church

The

pews
for the church. He also carved his signature mice in eleven places throughout the church.

June Hobson was a gardener and artist who lived in the village. She inspired villagers to embroider the map that is a copy of old maps which showed where all of the orchards in the village were. It shows that there were an unusually large number of small orchards in the village. The Apple Map is displayed in the village church. Ilmington Apple Day starts with guided viewing of the Apple Map in the church before a search for some of the 38 different apple varieties grown in the village. Many people come to the Apple Days which celebrate the history of the small orchards in the village. The children at the local school devised the apple walk.

Amenities

Ilmington has a

public houses, The Howard Arms (a gastropub) and The Red Lion (Hook Norton Brewery).[12]

The Fifties

Stoke Hill Barn on the Ilmington Downs

A year-long project began in 2012 recording the memories of people who lived in Ilmington during the 1950s. These oral histories then provided the material for the creation of a play about village life in those days and the impact that events of national significance had on people's lives. This original piece of theatre coincided with the four-day countrywide celebrations to mark the

Heritage Lottery Fund, has a website[13] that includes a series of recordings from the village's 50s residents.[14]

Notable residents

References

  1. ^ a b "Literary Connections – Ilmington". Archived from the original on 29 December 2006.
  2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  3. ^ Anonymous 2003, p. 66.
  4. ^ Historic England. "Foxcite House (1024118)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  5. ^ Adam Luck and Robert Mendick (24 October 2015). "Billionaire tycoon behind Victoria's Secret 'keeps his multi-million Cotswolds estate away from prying eyes'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  6. ^ a b Salzman 1949, pp. 98–103
  7. ^ Archbishops' Council. "Ilmington – St. Mary, Ilmington". A Church Near You. Church of England.
  8. ^ "A guide to Ilmington". Information Britain.
  9. ^ Ilmington C of E Primary School[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ "Ilmington Community Shop & Cafe, Cotswolds". Ilmington Community Shop & Cafe. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  11. ^ Traditional Ilmington Morris Men
  12. ^ "The Red Lion in Ilmington". Find A Hook Norton Pub. Hook Norton Brewery. 2013. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  13. ^ Fabulous Fifties
  14. ^ Oral Histories
  15. Gosse, Edmund William (1911). "Overbury, Sir Thomas" . Encyclopædia Britannica
    . Vol. 20 (11th ed.). p. 304.

Sources

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