Churchover

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Churchover
Warwickshire
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Village centre
Location
Grid reference: SP5180
Location: 52°25’11"N, 1°14’34"W
Data
Population: 251  (2011)
Post town: Rugby
Postcode: CV23
Dialling code: 01788
Local Government
Council: Rugby

Churchover is a small village and parish in the Knightlow hundred of Warwickshire. The population of the civil parish in the 2001 census was 230, increasing to 251 at the 2011 census.[1]

It is located around four miles north of Rugby, just west of the A426 road, and just north of the M6 motorway on the border with Leicestershire.

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Holy Trinity church

Within the parish boundaries is Coton House, a mansion house dating from 1787.

The village contains the Holy Trinity Church which dates partly from the 15th century and is a Grade-II* listed building.[2]

A major gas compression station and a pipeline pigging and transfer compound, both part of the National transmission system, are located to the south-west of the village.

References

  • Allen, Geoff, (2000) Warwickshire Towns & Villages, ISBN 1-85058-642-X
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