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Atherstone / ˈ æ ð ər s t ən / is a market town and civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire, England.Located in the far north of the county, Atherstone is on the A5 national route, and is adjacent to the border with Leicestershire which is here formed by the River Anker.
Merevale Hall. Merevale Hall is a private country house in Merevale, near Atherstone, Warwickshire, England. It is a Grade II* listed building. [1] The estate descends from Merevale Abbey which once stood on the site. [2] The Manor of Merevale was granted in 1540 to Sir Walter Devereux. [3] The Devereux estates were sequestered in 1601 ...
History. The ancient St. Mary's Chapel located in Atherstone dates from the early 12th century, when the monks of Bec made a donation of 12 acres (4.9 ha) to a house of friars and hermits, later referred to as “Austin friars." According to Nichols, the chapel was granted to Henry Cartwright in 1542, then left abandoned and neglected until ...
E07000218 (GSS) North Warwickshire is a local government district with borough status in Warwickshire, England. The borough includes the two towns of Atherstone (where the council is based) and Coleshill, and the large villages of Hartshill, Kingsbury, Mancetter, Polesworth and Water Orton along with smaller villages and surrounding rural areas.
The Forest of Arden is a former forest and culturally defined area located in the English West Midlands, [1] that in antiquity and into the Early Modern Period included much of Warwickshire, and parts of Shropshire, [2][3][4] Staffordshire, the West Midlands, and Worcestershire. [5][6][7] It is associated with William Shakespeare as a territory ...
52°34′36″N 1°34′22″W / 52.57656°N 1.57282°W / 52.57656; -1.57282. Merevale is a small village and civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of the county of Warwickshire in England. Located about one and a half miles west of Atherstone, it is the site of a medieval Cistercian Abbey (founded in 1148) and Merevale ...
Atherstone Priory was a priory in Atherstone, Warwickshire, England. The first monastic site in Atherstone was an Augustinian friary founded in the centre of the town in 1374 by Ralph, Lord Bassett of Drayton. Henry VII, as he was to become, took communion there before the Battle of Bosworth. At the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1538 the ...
Atherstone railway station. Standing on the northbound platform looking south, towards London in 2023. Atherstone is a railway station serving the market town of Atherstone in Warwickshire, England. It is on the Trent Valley section of the West Coast Main Line, exactly 102 miles (164 km) from London Euston station.