Church of st john the divine willenhall coventry 24n07

Willenhall is a suburb of

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in the

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. Willenhall is in the south-east of the city adjacent to the suburbs of Binley,

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and Whitley. It covers the area bounded by the Rugby to Coventry railway line, the

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and the city's boundary with

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. For general election purposes it is part of the Coventry South

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and for local elections it forms part of the Binley and Willenhall

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. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 16,991. Willenhall was originally a small village that was absorbed into the city as it expanded. During the

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the Chace National Service Hostel was built in the area to accommodate the influx of munitions workers to the City. After the war the estate became established with the building of a large number of council houses. The area today remains mainly residential though to the south-east there is 9

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s of woodland called Willenhall Wood which has been designated a nature reserve. Willenhall is the location of the Chace Avenue

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that forms part of the Coventry Local Policing Team of the

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and houses the Binley and Willenhall neighbourhood team.

Education

Willenhall has 3

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s : *St. Anne's RC *Stretton Church of England *Willenhall Community For

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the pupils of the above primary schools normally advance to : *

Bishop Ullathorne RC School Bishop Ullathorne RC School was established in Coventry, England, in 1953 and in 2006 it was awarded specialist status as a Humanities College. The school is named after William Bernard Ullathorne (1806-1889), the first Roman Catholic Bishop o ...

* Ernesford Grange School & Community College *

Whitley Abbey Community School Whitley Academy (formerly Whitley Abbey Community School) was a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Whitley, Coventry, England. The school was rebuilt and opened on 13 October 2000, replacing the former Whitley Abbey Compre ...

Religion

The

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parish church for Willenhall is St John the Divine which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2007. The area is also served by St Anne’s

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and Willenhall Free Church which is affiliated with the FIEC.

Rioting

In May 1992, rioting that began in the Wood End and

Hillfields Hillfields is a suburb of Coventry in the West Midlands of England. It is situated north of Coventry city centre, and has undergone a series of name changes throughout its history originally called "Harnall" and has seen itself change from a ...

areas of the city spread into Willenhall.

Air crash

Aircraft crash 21 Dec 1994 plaque coventry 16f08

Willenhall was the site of a major

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when at 9:52 a.m. on 21 December 1994 an aircraft approaching

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, in poor visibility, crashed into Willenhall Wood, killing all five crew on board. The aircraft was a

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that was owned and operated by

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but leased by

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to undertake a number of live veal calf export flights from the airport. A brass plaque remembering the event is now located in Middle Ride, close to the crash scene, which was erected on the crash’s 10th anniversary by the Willenhall Wood Residents Association.

Gallery

File:Willenhall robin hood rd 24n07.JPG, Robin Hood Road, Willenhall File:Cottages St James Lane Willenhall.jpg, Cottages in St James Lane, Willenhall

References

External links

Virtual Museum, Willenhall, CoventryChace Avenue (M2) operational command unit
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