Admington is a village and

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in the Stratford-on-Avon district of the

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county of

Warwickshire Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, and the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Av ...

. The name Admington means "estate associated with a man called Æthelhelm" and the village is referred to in the

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as ''Edelmintone''. Until 31 March 1931 the

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was a part of

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. The village lies north-west of

Ilmington Ilmington is a village and civil parish about north-west of Shipston-on-Stour and south of Stratford-upon-Avon in the Cotswolds in Warwickshire, England. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 census was 712. Ilmington is the h ...

and north-east of

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. The parish has an area of . Admington shares a

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with the neighbouring village of Quinton. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 100. The 2011 census gives population details combined with those of Quinton. Admington is the location of Admington Hall, an early 17th-century country house with an 18th-century façade.Our Warwickshire
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References

External links

About Britain - Admington

Windows on Warwickshire - Admington Hall

Wikimapia - Admington

Quinton & Admington Village Hall
Villages in Warwickshire Civil parishes in Warwickshire {{Warwickshire-geo-stub