Ansty, Warwickshire
| Ansty | |
|---|---|
 The main road through Ansty | |
| Population | 324 (2011 Census[1]) |
| OS grid reference | SP397833 |
| Civil parish |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Coventry |
| Postcode district | CV7 |
| Dialling code | 024 |
| Police | Warwickshire |
| Fire | Warwickshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | Ansty Parish Council |
Ansty is a village and civil parish just outside the outskirts of Coventry, about 5 miles (8.0 km) northeast of the city centre. Ansty was part of the County of the City of Coventry until that county was dissolved in 1842.
Ansty is on the Oxford Canal and the B4065 road, which used to be the main road between Coventry and Hinckley. The junction between the M6 and M69 motorways and A46 road is 1 mile (1.6 km) southwest of the village.
History
The Domesday Book of 1086 mentions Ansty as part of the hundred of Brinklow.[2] The main landowner was Lady Godiva.[2] Its toponym comes from Old English Ānstīg meaning "one-path", i.e. "lonely or narrow path" or "path linking other paths".[citation needed]
The Church of England parish church of Saint James has a 13th-century chancel.[3] The arcade between the nave and north aisle is 14th century.[3] Sir George Gilbert Scott rebuilt the rest of the church in 1856.[3]
Ansty Hall, just outside the village, was built in 1678[3] for Richard Taylor,[citation needed] who had been on the Parliamentarian side in the English Civil War.[citation needed] The house is arranged in seven bays and built of brick with stone quoins and pediment.[3] It is now the Ansty Hall Hotel.[4]
A cottage industry of weaving developed in the parish from early in the 18th century.[2] This grew into a substantial ribbon-making trade early in the 19th century, but declined in the 1830s.[2]
James Brindley completed the section of the Oxford Canal through Ansty in 1771.[5] In November 1963 a 30 feet (9.1 m) high embankment on the towpath side gave way, spilling 10,000 tons of sand and clay onto adjoining land.[6]
In the 1940s and 1950s, Armstrong Siddeley Motors had its development plant for gas turbines and aircraft rocket motors as well as the Gamma rocket motors used in the Black Knight and Black Arrow launchers.[7] The plant is now the Ansty engineering works of Rolls-Royce. In 2013, Rolls-Royce announced the closure of the plant.[8]
in 2012, Ansty erected its first War Memorial due to the hard work of local villagers headed by Chief Petty Officer Dean Bateman.[9]
Amenities
Ansty has a pub, the Rose and Castle Inn, beside the canal. There is also an Ansty Social Club and an Ansty Golf Club.
Gallery
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St James' Parish Church -
Road bridge over the Oxford Canal -
Ansty Hall
References
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 22 December 2015.
- ^ a b c d Stephens, 1969, pages 98-103
- ^ a b c d e Pevsner & Wedgwood, 1966, page 67
- ^ Macdonald Ansty Hall Hotel
- ^ Compton, 1976, page 19
- ^ Compton, 1976, page 152
- ^ Flight magazine, July 1956
- ^ "Rolls-Royce Ansty to lose 378 defence jobs". BBC News Online. 22 January 2013.
- ^ "Sailor's £20,000 mission to create Ansty war memorial". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
Sources
- Allen, Geoff (2000). Warwickshire Towns & Villages. ISBN 1-85058-642-X.
- Compton, Hugh J (1976). The Oxford Canal. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-7238-6.
- Pevsner, Nikolaus; Wedgwood, Alexandra (1966). The Buildings of England: Warwickshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 67.
- Stephens, W.B. (1969). Victoria County History: A History of the County of Warwick, Volume 8: The City of Coventry and Borough of Warwick. pp. 98–103.
- "Scorpion and Screamer" (PDF). Flight: 76. 13 July 1956.
External links
- Ansty in the Domesday Book