Hunningham is a small village and

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, England. It is 3 miles to the north-east of Leamington Spa, within the Radford Semele

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. In 2005 the village population was 198. Hunningham village is part of the Manor of Hunningham. The history of the Manor of Hunningham is of great interest because it has been documented continuously for a thousand years, from the time of the

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, written in 1086, to the present day.''Hunningham'', in ''A History of the County of Warwick'': Vol. 6, Knightlow Hundred, ed. L F Salzman (London, 1951), pp. 117-120. The village

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is the Red Lion, which was refurbished in 2007 after flooding by the

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. There is local

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where endangered species live. It also has a

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The Manor of Hunningham
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Hunningham Cricket Club
Villages in Warwickshire {{Warwickshire-geo-stub