Long Itchington
| Long Itchington | |
| Warwickshire | |
|---|---|
 Holy Trinity Church tower | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP420653 |
| Location: | 52°17’2"N, 1°22’59"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 2,013 (2011) |
| Post town: | Southam |
| Postcode: | CV47 |
| Dialling code: | 01926 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Stratford-on-Avon |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Kenilworth and Southam |
Long Itchington is a large village and parish in the Knightlow hundred of Warwickshire, which at the 2011 census had a population of 2,013.[1] The village is named after the River Itchen which flows to the south and west of the village.
Long Itchington is around two miles north of Southam on the A423 road, just north of the Grand Union Canal.
he village is mostly made up of 20th-century developments, but includes several historic buildings, including a half-timbered Tudor house on the main road at which Queen Elizabeth I is said to have stayed in 1572 and 1575. The old Manor House in the square dates from the 15th century.
St Wulfstan, said to have been born in Long Itchington around 1012, became Bishop of Worcester in 1062. Other notables born in the village include the journalist Tom Hilditch.
The village was once served by the former Weedon to Leamington Spa railway line. The village station, on the outskirts on the road towards Southam, known as Southam and Long Itchington railway station, closed to passengers in the late 1950s. Part of the old railway line has been converted into a cycleway as part of the National Cycle Network.
South of the village is a former cement works. Quarrying at the site however still continues. Opposite the old cement works is a small model village built to house the workers.
In October 2018 a war memorial was erected to commemorate the 54 men of the village who were killed in the First World War.[2]
Amenities
The village contains seven pubs, a small shop, a co-op, a church, a Congregational chapel, a primary school, a hairdressers, a park, and a community centre.
References
- ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11126047&c=Long+Itchington&d=16&e=62&g=6472189&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1450880426842&enc=1. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ↑ "Village gets memorial to WW1 dead". BBC News. 27 October 2018. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-46004370. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
Further reading
- Warwickshire Towns & Villages, by Geoff Allen (2000) ISBN 1-85058-642-X
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Long Itchington) |
- http://www.longitchington.org.uk/ Official Long Itchington Parish Council Website
