Allesley
| Allesley | |
 The old village |
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| Population | 805 |
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| Civil parish | Allesley |
| Metropolitan borough | Coventry |
| Metropolitan county | West Midlands |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | COVENTRY |
| Postcode district | CV |
| Police | West Midlands |
| Fire | West Midlands |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| EU Parliament | West Midlands |
| List of places: UK • England • West Midlands | |
Allesley (
/ˈɔːlzli/) is a civil parish on the northwestern edge of the City of Coventry, West Midlands, England, about 3 miles (5 km) west of Coventry city centre. According to the 2001 census. the parish had a population of 805. Until recently it contained to a factory belonging to the car maker, Jaguar. Despite now being a suburb of Coventry, several original buildings have survived from when the area was a separate village.
Most of the old village, nearest the church, is a conservation area on a low ridge of high ground between the River Sherbourne and the Pickford Brook, a tributary.
[edit] The Parish of Allesley
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The Parish of Allesley is a much larger area that includes Allesley, and is based around Washbrook Lane and the top of Browns Lane via Hawkesmill Lane. The Parish incorporates the Ancient Ardens of Pinketts Booth, Pickford, Pickford Green, Harvest Hill, Hawkes End, Hollyberry End, Wall Hill, and Brownshill Green.[citation needed]
The suburbs of Allesley Park and Allesley Green lie to the south and west. Allesley Green, built in the late-1980s, is the development a quarter mile southwest of Allesley on the west side of the A45 Coventry bypass. Allesley Park is the district developed in the 1950s and 1960s, to the east of the A45 and directly south of Allesley. Allesley Village is the area east the Birmingham Road including West Point. Allesley Village is not much more than a suburb of Coventry, but retains several aspects of a separate village. The combined population of the three main districts is approximately 4,000 residents. Being situated on the outer northwest periphery of Coventry, access to Birmingham, Solihull and the National Exhibition Centre from Allesley is relatively easy.
[edit] History
Allesley grew around the 800-year-old All Saints Church, the spire of which is prominent on the skyline of the village. Originally built around 1130, it was rebuilt in 1863 and remains relatively unaltered since then. The noted writer on husbandry, Walter Blith, was baptised there on 7 August 1605.[1]
The Birmingham Road which runs through the village, is part of the main road built between 1828 and 1831 by Thomas Telford from Holyhead to London. A toll house originally stood at the junction of the Holyhead Road and Allesley Old Road, and users of the Holyhead or Turnpike Road were charged a toll as a means of contributing towards the cost of building the road. Around 1930, the charges were discontinued and the toll house was demolished in the mid 1930s.
[edit] References
- ^ ODNB entry: Retrieved 2 September 2011. Subscription required.
- David Fry and Albert Smith: (1991). The Coventry We Have Lost. Vol 1. Simanda Press, Berkswell ISBN 0-9513867-1-9
- David Fry and Albert Smith: (1993). The Coventry We Have Lost. Vol 2. Simanda Press, Berkswell ISBN 0-9513867-2-7
