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English: The Manor Hotel, Meriden 110 bedroom hotel on the edge of Meriden village. The building dates back to 1745 and has a fascinating history, ...
The Manor Hotel, Meriden. In 1897, Jane (Jeannie) Monckton founded Meriden School, located in Strathfield, an inner-western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, which took the name 'Meriden' from this town. It was named due to the happy memories that her husband had as a child holidaying in Meriden, and the hope that the school would ...
In 1838, the railroad line was run nearer West Meriden (after a protracted battle between competing municipal interests), kicking off a commercial development boom there. Colony Street was by 1875 lined with commercial buildings, many of which were redeveloped later in the 19th century or early 20th century in late Victorian and other styles.
Alspath (early spelling Ailespede) [1] is first recorded in the 1086 Domesday Book and was the ancient name of the original settlement in what is known today as the parish of Meriden, West Midlands (originally Warwickshire) situated between Birmingham and Coventry. The name means "Aelles path across the heath". [1] [2] [3]
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The Coventry Way is a 40-mile (64 km) long-distance footpath in central England that starts and finishes in Meriden. It forms a circular route around the city of Coventry covering countryside in both the West Midlands and Warwickshire. The path is managed by A Coventry Way Association. [1]
The 'Gap' takes its name from the village central to the area, Meriden, although the largest settlement is the small town of Balsall Common. The highest point lies at 185 metres (607 ft) above sea level on the northern edge of Boultbee’s Wood north of the hamlet of Eaves Green , close to the West Midlands-Warwickshire border.
Arms of Fisher of Great Packington, Warwickshire: Argent, a chevron vair between three demi-lions rampant gules [1] Packington Hall was built in 1693 for Sir Clement Fisher [2] on whose death in 1729 the Packington estate passed to his daughter Mary Fisher, who married Heneage Finch, 2nd Earl of Aylesford.