Hartshill

Hartshill
Warwickshire
The Coventry Canal near Hartshill
Location
Grid reference:	SP322931
Location:	52°32’8"N, 1°31’32"W
Data
Population:	3,611  (2001)
Post town:	Rugby
Postcode:	CV10
Local Government
Council:	North Warwickshire

Hartshill is a village in northern Warwickshire. It is to be found three miles from Nuneaton town centre and joined to the latter town's suburbs.

In the 2001 census, the civil parish of Hartshill had a population of 3,611.

Hartshill is notable because of the writer Michael Drayton who knew William Shakespeare. Drayton was born at Chapel Cottage in Hartshill Green in 1563. A school in Hartshill bears his name. Drayton's most famous work is The Bataile of Agincourt, an epic patriotic poem (which has lately inspired a number of county flags).

Outside links

("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Hartshill)

• Pictures of Hartshill and the area on Geograph.co.uk

References

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