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Ansley is a village and 
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...
in the North Warwickshire
North Warwickshire is a local government district with borough status in the ceremonial county of Warwickshire, West Midlands, England. Outlying settlements in the borough include the two towns of Atherstone (where the council is based) and Co ...
district 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-Avon an ...
, England.OS Explorer Map 232 : Nuneaton & Tamworth: (1:25 000) : The parish
A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or m ...
includes the village of Ansley, Ansley Common, Church End, Ansley Hall, Birchley Heath, and formerly Ansley Hall Colliery. The village is near Arley, Warwickshire, Arley and Astley, Warwickshire, Astley. The parish church of St Lawrence is Norman architecture, Norman in origin and lies outside the main village at Church End. It is a listed building, Grade II* listed building. The church includes stained glass by Karl Parsons. Ansley Hall dates from the early eighteenth century. It was taken over by the Ansley Hall Coal and Iron Company, founded by William Garside Phillips, the great grandfather of Captain Mark Phillips.
The village was called "Hanslei" in the ''Domesday Book'' of 1086 and gives details that the land was owned by Lady Godiva. The village now only has one pub called the Lord Nelson Inn which is also home to a micro-brewery. The Boot Inn was damaged by a fire and now serves as a private residence although the pubs signage is still visible. The former Ansley Social Club closed on Boxing Day in 2016 and has since been demolished to make way for a small housing development.
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* * Villages in Warwickshire Borough of North Warwickshire {{Warwickshire-geo-stub