Nether Whitacre

Coordinates: 52°31′48″N 1°39′36″W / 52.53°N 1.660°W / 52.53; -1.660
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Nether Whitacre
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBIRMINGHAM
Postcode districtB46
Dialling code01675
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52°31′48″N 1°39′36″W / 52.53°N 1.660°W / 52.53; -1.660

Nether Whitacre

civil parish in North Warwickshire, Warwickshire, England
.

Topography

It is one of 'The Whitacres': Nether Whitacre, Over Whitacre and Whitacre Heath which are in the upper valley of the River Tame on its eastern side.[2] Its shape is roughly square with a north western outcrop (salient) largely covered by railway lines and lakes.

Localities

Whitacre Heath

AOD in the east to 65m in the north-west corner of the parish. Land slopes from west to east with the eastern border being the slightly altered, early meander of the River Tame
.

Botts Green

This is a hall and a few cottages. Half of the

fleur-de-lys above fluting.[3]

Hoggrills End

This southwestern part of the village is first a cluster of farms and

Industrial Park
.

History

Church of St Giles
Nether Whitacre Cricket Club
Whitacre Garden Centre

Objects belonging to a much earlier

medieval
period recorded as 'Witecore', which still means 'white acre' thus 'white field'.

Whitacre Hall, the

public houses
in this area host an array of evening entertainments:

  • The Swan
  • The Railway
  • The Gate
  • The Dog

All of these were established in the late 1800s. The

Handel, the composer. An Earl of Aylesford, the noble Finch family of Packington Hall in the county, was a cousin to the Jennens and obtained an organ for Handel, which was installed at Great Packington
church. Very rural, the population of the 1,995 acres (807 ha) was:

Church

The

rectory to Sir Edward Stanley, but in 1594 it was conveyed by Ambrose and John Cowper to Edward Brabazon. By 1631 it had reunited with the advowson in the Earl of Meath's possession who in 1631 sold it and the manor to Sir John and Sir Robert King.[6]

Sports and recreation

Nether Whitacre has a long established cricket club that was officially formed in 1887 however records indicate that matches were played as Nether Whitacre as early as July 1880. The club moved on to its current ground in 1907.[10] The club nickname is "The Ducks" after the similarity of the Swan on the club logo to a Duck and also an incident in the club's history when the club became one of the first ever instances of a club being dismissed for 0 all out with 10 separate batsmen being dismissed for a Duck. The Club is affiliated with:

The village is located just near the

Drayton Manor Theme Park
.

Transport

Commuters may either use the

railway station in the nearby town of Coleshill, 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Hoggrills End.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  2. ^
    Ordnance survey
    website
  3. ^ a b Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1365198)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  4. ^ Domesday Map website
  5. ^ Whitacre Hall – Grade II – Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1299380)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  6. ^ a b c Salzman, L. F., ed. (1947). "Parishes: Nether Whitacre". A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 4: Hemlingford Hundred. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  7. ^ Church House – Grade II – Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1034649)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  8. ^ Old House Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1299335)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  9. ^ Malt House Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1186161)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  10. ^ Cow Pats and Cricket Bats – Official Club History

External links

Media related to Nether Whitacre at Wikimedia Commons

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