Furnace End
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Furnace End is a hamlet in the civil parish of Over Whitacre, and the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire, England. It is on the B4114 road where the road intersects with the B4098 approximately midway between the market towns of Coleshill and Atherstone.
The hamlet is believed[by whom?] to have acquired its name because of the iron smelting furnaces located there, which were owned by the Jennens family of nearby Nether Whitacre.[citation needed]
Population statistics are part of Over Whitacre parish. Nearby settlements include Whitacre Heath, Shustoke, Kingsbury and Fillongley.
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- The Bull Furnace End 6 miles from the (NEC)
52°31′10″N 1°38′06″W / 52.51944°N 1.63500°W