Bolehall is a village 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 ...

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, part of the Tamworth Conurbation. The village sits on the south bank of 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 ...

. The parish of Bolehall and Glascote, was historically part 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 ...

History

The manor of ''Bole Hall'' is first recorded in 1390 when it was owned by Lord John de Clinton and his wife Elizabeth, who held it after John's death. Following Elizabeth's death in 1423, the manor passed to the

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. The manor was reported as being in ruins by 1515. In 1782 the manor passed to the Viscount Townsend of the nearby

Tamworth Castle Tamworth Castle, a Grade I listed building, is a Norman castle overlooking the mouth of the River Anker into the Tame in the town of Tamworth in Staffordshire, England. Before boundary changes in 1889, however, the castle was within the edge of ...

. The manor was purchased by the Corporation of Tamworth in 1897 with the castle.

Media

Tamworth Informed serves the area as a media source via their dedicated new
website

Places of Interest

Bolehall Viaduct Bolehall Viaduct (formerly the Anker Viaduct), known locally as The 19 Arches is a viaduct on the former Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway line near Tamworth, Staffordshire, England now part of the Cross Country Route. Construction It wa ...

- Known locally as The 19 Arches''' - Grade II listed railway viaduct. *Bole Hall - Formerly Bolehall House - historic manor constructed c.1700. *Warwickshire Moor - Local nature reserve and wetlands area.

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