Amington is a suburban village,

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 ...

and

ward Ward may refer to: Division or unit * Hospital ward, a hospital division, floor, or room set aside for a particular class or group of patients, for example the psychiatric ward * Prison ward, a division of a penal institution such as a pris ...

, in

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 Cou ...

, England. Formerly a distinct village, it is now part of the Tamworth borough, with no gap between it and the neighbouring wards of

Bolehall Bolehall is a village in Staffordshire, England, part of the Tamworth Conurbation. The village sits on the south bank of the River Anker. The parish of Bolehall and Glascote, was historically part of Warwickshire. History The manor of ''Bole Hal ...

Glascote Glascote is an area of Tamworth, in the Tamworth district, in Staffordshire, England. The area centres on the Glascote Road, and is mainly residential with a few convenience stores and pubs. History Glascote is derived from the Old English wor ...

, Glascote Heath and

Stonydelph Stonydelph is a neighbourhood about south east of the centre of Tamworth, Staffordshire, Tamworth, Staffordshire. A spelling of "Stoneydelph" is sometimes used but the Ordnance Survey, OS map of 1888 shows "Stonydelph Farm" as the only building ...

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

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 ...

; the county boundary between Staffordshire and Warwickshire formerly running along Tamworth high street. The village became part of

Tamworth Rural District Tamworth was a rural district in the English Midlands from 1894 to 1965. It was created under the Local Government Act 1894 from Tamworth rural sanitary district, and was one of a handful of rural districts to cross county boundaries, with pa ...

in 1932, thus becoming part of the administrative county of Staffordshire. The village became part of Tamworth Borough in 1965. The village's Parish Church, St. Editha's, is a chapel-of-ease, part of Tamworth Parish. However, as formerly in Warwickshire, Amington church falls under the Diocese of Birmingham, whereas its mother church in Tamworth, also dedicated to St. Editha, is part of the

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. Amington is the site of

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 Willia ...

. On the eve of the

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there was some opposition to the paying of poor rate levies from the local gentry, in particular Cecil Warburton, the occupant of the Hall. The justices at the quarter sessions for Easter, 1642 heard that Cecil Warburton of Hall End, Amington, “did lock up the overseer of the poor (George Payne)…and drew his sword upon him there in a very outrageous manner”.

Transport

Amington is near the

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 ...

, the

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 t ...

, and also the

Trent Valley Line The Trent Valley line is a railway line between Rugby and Stafford in England, forming part of the West Coast Main Line. It is named after the River Trent which it follows. The line was built to provide a direct route from London to North West E ...

of the West Coast Main Line, all of which pass east/west just to the north of the village.

Amenities

In the village there are two convenience stores, Tesco Express and Premier. There is also a post office and a fish and chip shop. Amington has four pubs: The Gate Inn, The Old Liberal, The Amington Inn and The Winning Post. In the 1990s two developers built a 1000-home estate in the village which is now known as Amington Fields. In 2006, Antler Homes built a 17-house estate named Ashby Grange. In 2016 work began on the development of over 1100 new homes on the site of the former Tamworth Municipal

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Course.

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 scho ...

, one of the high schools in Tamworth, is situated in Amington. The school reached national headlines in 2016 when one of the pupils was recorded being assaulted.

Local Culture

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 Stonyde ...

are a traditional

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based in their own band room. They have been associated with the village since the 1910s

Media

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 Cana ...

serves the area as a media source via their dedicated new
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