Churchover is a small village and

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, England. The population of the parish in the 2001 census was 230, increasing to 251 at the 2011 census. It is located around 4 miles (7 km) north of

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, and is administratively part of the

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. The village lies just west of the

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, and just north of the

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on the border with

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. It was named in the

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Within the parish boundaries is Coton House, a mansion house dating from 1787. It was Grade II* listed in 1951.

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purchased the property in 1970 and used it as a training and conference centre. In 2010 the property was destroyed by fire, with the interiors becoming a blackened shell. Within five years however it has been restored to its former glory and sold to a private individual. The village contains the ''Holy Trinity Church'' which dates partly from the 15th century and is a Grade II* listed building. There was a village shop and a post office, both of which have now closed. Similarly the village school closed in 1973 and children now need to go to

Monks Kirby Monks Kirby is a village and civil parish in north-eastern Warwickshire, England. The population of the parish is 445. Monks Kirby is located around one mile east of the Fosse Way, around 8 miles north-west of Rugby, seven miles north-east o ...

and Rugby to be educated. The school building is now a community centre. A major gas compression station and a pipeline pigging and transfer compound was opened just south-west of the village in the 1970s. Both are part of the National transmission system.

References

* Allen, Geoff, (2000) ''Warwickshire Towns & Villages'',

External links

Trinity Church

Parish website
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