Amington
Amington is a suburban village, parish and ward, in Staffordshire, England. Formerly a distinct village, it is now part of the Tamworth borough, with no gap between it and the neighbouring wards of Bolehall, Glascote, Glascote Heath and Stonydelph. History Amington and Stonydelph formerly formed one "township" and were part of the ancient parish of Tamworth.Amington
Amington, now in Staffordshire, was previously part of the county of

Listed Buildings In Tamworth, Staffordshire
Tamworth is a market town and borough in Staffordshire, England. It contains 138 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, three are listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, five are at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The town includes its central area and the districts of Amington, Bolehall, Dosthill, Fazeley, Glascote, and Wilnecote. The most important buildings in the town are the Church of St Editha, and Tamworth Castle and its causeway walls, all of which are listed at Grade I. Most of the listed buildings are houses and associated structures, shops and offices, many of which originated as houses. The Coventry Canal passes through the town and makes a junction with the termination of the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal. The listed buildings associated with the canals are bridges, an aqueduct, and a milepost. The other listed buildings include ...
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Amington Band
Amington is a suburban village, parish and ward, in Staffordshire, England. Formerly a distinct village, it is now part of the Tamworth borough, with no gap between it and the neighbouring wards of Bolehall, Glascote, Glascote Heath and Stonydelph. History Amington and Stonydelph formerly formed one "township" and were part of the ancient parish of Tamworth.Amington
Amington, now in Staffordshire, was previously part of the county of ; the county boundary between Staffordshire and Warwickshire formerly running along
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Amington Hall
Amington Hall is an early-19th-century former country house at Amington, near Tamworth, Staffordshire which has been converted into residential apartments. History The manor of Amington was anciently owned by the Clinton family. In 1422 William Repington purchased some of land from the Clintons and in 1539 his descendant Francis purchased the manor and remaining land. The Repingtons replaced the ancient manor house early in the 18th century. This house, later a farmhouse, and now known as Amington Old Hall farmhouse, still stands and is a Grade II listed building. The Repingtons prospered. In 1617 they acquired the neighbouring manor of Atherstone where they built a new Atherstone Hall. At Amington they had a new house designed by Samuel Wyatt and built in about 1810 close to the old manor. It is a Grade II* listed building. The two-storey building has an entrance front of three bays, the central bay pedimented and with a Tuscan porch. The unusual garden front has seven ba ...
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St Editha's Church, Amington
Amington Parish Church (dedicated to St Editha) is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Amington. History The church was built in 1864 by the architect George Edmund Street. It is noted for its stained glass windows by Edward Burne-Jones. Today The church is part of the Diocese of Birmingham, the archdeaconry of Aston, The Deanery of Polesworth and is in the parish of Amington. The vicar is currentlRevd. Ben Green Services take place every Sunday at 10:30am (contemporary) and 6:30pm (sung BCP Evening Prayer), and every other week there is a BCP Holy Communion service at 8:30am. Additionally there is a service of Wholeness and Healing on the second Monday of every month, at 7:30pm. Every Thursday morning during term-time the church is open for a Stay Play and Pray group called The Ark. Every Thursday throughout the year, between 2pm and 4pm, the church is open as part of the nationaPlaces of Welcomescheme. Full details of all current activities can ...
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Tamworth, Staffordshire
Tamworth (, ) is a market town and borough in Staffordshire, England, north-east of Birmingham. The town borders North Warwickshire to the east and north, Lichfield to the north, south-west and west. The town takes its name from the River Tame, which flows through it. The population of Tamworth borough () was . The wider urban area had a population of 81,964. Tamworth was the principal centre of royal power of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Mercia during the 8th and 9th centuries. It hosts a simple but elevated 12th century castle, a well-preserved medieval church (the Church of St Editha) and a Moat House. Tamworth was historically divided between Warwickshire and Staffordshire until 1889, when the town was placed entirely in Staffordshire. The town's industries include logistics, engineering, clothing, brick, tile and paper manufacture. Until 2001 one of its factories was Reliant, which produced the Reliant Robin three-wheeler car and the Reliant Scimitar sports car. The ...
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Tamworth (borough)
Tamworth (, ) is a market town and borough in Staffordshire, England, north-east of Birmingham. The town borders North Warwickshire to the east and north, Lichfield to the north, south-west and west. The town takes its name from the River Tame, which flows through it. The population of Tamworth borough () was . The wider urban area had a population of 81,964. Tamworth was the principal centre of royal power of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Mercia during the 8th and 9th centuries. It hosts a simple but elevated 12th century castle, a well-preserved medieval church (the Church of St Editha) and a Moat House. Tamworth was historically divided between Warwickshire and Staffordshire until 1889, when the town was placed entirely in Staffordshire. The town's industries include logistics, engineering, clothing, brick, tile and paper manufacture. Until 2001 one of its factories was Reliant, which produced the Reliant Robin three-wheeler car and the Reliant Scimitar sports car. Th ...
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Landau Forte Academy, Amington
Landau Forte Academy Amington (previously Landau Forte Academy Tamworth), is a high school situated in Amington, a suburb of Tamworth, Staffordshire. The school has around 100 teaching staff and over 900 pupils. History Formerly a state school known as Woodhouse High School, it was opened in 1971 (by then Secretary of State for Education Margaret Thatcher) as Tamworth's first purpose-built mixed comprehensive high school. The school was one of the first in Staffordshire to gain the prestigious Staffordshire Partnership Award for outstanding school industry links. After being placed in special measures by OFSTED in 2007, the school continued to improve its GCSE results for three years and currently around 80% of pupils achieve the government's target of 5 A*-C grades at GCSE. The changeover to Landau Forte briefly provided the school with better results before dipping for two years in succession like many academies nationwide. The same benchmark for 5 A* to C GCSE results inc ...
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Anglican Diocese Of Birmingham
The Diocese of Birmingham is a diocese founded in 1905 in the Church of England's Province of Canterbury, covering the north-west of the traditional county of Warwickshire, the south-east of the traditional county of Staffordshire and the north-east of the traditional county of Worcestershire (now the central section of the West Midlands and small parts of south Staffordshire, north Warwickshire and north Worcestershire) in England. Cathedral The see is in the centre of the City of Birmingham, where the seat of the diocese is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Philip. The 18th-century parish church of Saint Philip in Birmingham was elevated to cathedral status in 1905 when the see was founded, on 13 January 1905. Previously the area had been part of the Diocese of Worcester. Bishops Besides the diocesan Bishop of Birmingham (vacant) and the Bishop suffragan of Aston (Anne Hollinghurst; which see was created in 1954), there are three retired bishops resident in (or ne ...
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Staffordshire
Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation Staffs.) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. It borders Cheshire to the northwest, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, Warwickshire to the southeast, the West Midlands County and Worcestershire to the south and Shropshire to the west. The largest settlement in Staffordshire is Stoke-on-Trent, which is administered as an independent unitary authority, separately from the rest of the county. Lichfield is a cathedral city. Other major settlements include Stafford, Burton upon Trent, Cannock, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Rugeley, Leek, and Tamworth. Other towns include Stone, Cheadle, Uttoxeter, Hednesford, Brewood, Burntwood/Chasetown, Kidsgrove, Eccleshall, Biddulph and the large villages of Penkridge, Wombourne, Perton, Kinver, Codsall, Tutbury, Alrewas, Barton-under-Needwood, Shenstone, Featherstone, Essington, Stretton and Abbots Bromley. Cannock Chase AONB is within the county as well as parts of the ...
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River Anker
The River Anker is a river in England that flows through the centre of Nuneaton. It is a major tributary of the River Tame, which it joins in Tamworth. The name of the river derives from an old British term for ''winding river''. From source to river mouth at Tamworth is . Course The river rises near Wolvey and flows in a north-westerly direction to pass between Bramcote and Burton Hastings, it is designated a main river at Stretton Baskerville where it also forms the boundary between the boroughs of Rugby, Nuneaton and Bedworth. On the outskirts of Nuneaton it collects the Sketchley Brook, and then passes alongside the Liberty Way sports stadium. At this point the river splits, with a flood relief channel to the north, and the main channel passing through the Nuneaton town centre. The relief channel re-joins beyond the town at Weddington, where the river then continues in the same north-westerly direction to pass the village of Caldecote, then Mancetter (where it is crossed ...
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Coventry Canal
The Coventry Canal is a navigable narrow canal in the Midlands of England. It starts in Coventry and ends to the north at Fradley Junction, just north of Lichfield, where it joins the Trent and Mersey Canal. It also has connections with the Ashby Canal, the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal and the Oxford Canal. Some maps show the canal as a northern and a southern section, connected by a stretch of the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal, but others, including the Canal and River Trust show the through route as the Coventry Canal. This reflects a complicated period of ownership and re-leasing when the Coventry Canal company was in financial difficulties during construction. It runs through or past the towns of Bedworth, Nuneaton, Atherstone, Polesworth and Tamworth, Staffordshire, Tamworth. It is navigable for boats up to length, beam and headroom. It forms part of the Warwickshire ring. Route in detail The canal starts at Coventry Canal Basin. The basin was opened in 1769 and e ...
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Tamworth Informed
Tamworth may refer to: Places England * Tamworth, Staffordshire * Tamworth (UK Parliament constituency) Australia * Tamworth, New South Wales ** Tamworth Airport * Tamworth Regional Council * Electoral district of Tamworth United States and Canada * Tamworth, Virginia * Tamworth, New Hampshire * Tamworth, Ontario Other * Tamworth pig, a breed of pig, also known as the sandyback * Tamworth F.C. an English football club in Tamworth, Staffordshire See also * Tamworth Two, a pair of escaped pigs * Tamworth Manifesto, a Conservative Party political manifesto of 1834 * Tanworth-in-Arden, Warwickshire, England * John Tamworth John Tamworth (died 1569) was an English courtier, Member of Parliament (1563), and ambassador to Scotland. Career He was a son of Thomas Tamworth and Elizabeth Denkaring. The surname is sometimes spelled "Tomworth" or "Thomworth". He seems to ha ...