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Ash Green is a village in the
Nuneaton and Bedworth Nuneaton and Bedworth is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in Warwickshire, England. It includes the towns of Nuneaton (where the council is based) and Bedworth, as we ...
borough of
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, England. It forms part of the Coventry and Bedworth urban area.


Geography

Ash Green is south-southeast of
Bedworth Bedworth ( or locally ) is a market town in the borough of Nuneaton and Bedworth, Warwickshire, England.OS Explorer Map 232 : Nuneaton & Tamworth: (1:25 000) : It is situated between Coventry, 6 miles (9.5 km) to the south, and Nuneaton, to th ...
and north of
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. It is bounded by the
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to the north, the A444 (Phoenix Way) to the east, Winding House Lane/Central Boulevard to the south and Keresley End (also known as Keresley Newlands) to the west. The area makes up the western part of the ecclesiastical
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of
Exhall Exhall is a suburban village in the Nuneaton and Bedworth borough in Warwickshire, England.OS Explorer Map 232 : Nuneaton & Tamworth: (1:25 000) : It forms part of the Coventry and Bedworth urban area and is contiguous with the Coventry subur ...
St Giles (which extends from Black Bank in Bedworth to the north of Holbrooks in Coventry). The
parish church A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the Church (building), church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in com ...
of St Giles is on the northeastern edge of Ash Green, in Church Lane, near the junction with St Giles Road (which was known as Dead Lane in pre- Victorian times, as it was the route taken by funeral cortèges). Although Ash Green was for centuries a
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centred on the crossroads formed by Royal Oak Lane,
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Lane, Ash Green Lane and New Road, it expanded throughout the course of the 20th century to the west and south to absorb the nearby hamlets of Newland (which now exists only in the names Newland Lane and Newland Hall Farm) and Neal's Green, as testified by the "Ash Green" signs erected on New Road (near Haven
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) and at the junction of Wheelwright Lane and Winding House Lane. Although Neal's Green still appears on some maps, it is a name that is now used very seldom by locals. The Breach Brook and the River Sowe are the principal waterways in the area. Today, Ash Green forms part of the Coventry/Bedworth Urban Area, the conurbation that includes Coventry and Bedworth, and is in many regards an outer suburb of Coventry (as reflected by its inclusion in the Coventry post town). Indeed, the Coventry city boundary lies immediately south of Ash Green along the former colliery railway line (adjacent to Winding House Lane and Central Boulevard), and the settlement of Ash Green is essentially contiguous with the Holbrooks district of Coventry.


History

Historically, Ash Green was a
hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play. Set in Denmark, the play (the ...
in the
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of
Exhall Exhall is a suburban village in the Nuneaton and Bedworth borough in Warwickshire, England.OS Explorer Map 232 : Nuneaton & Tamworth: (1:25 000) : It forms part of the Coventry and Bedworth urban area and is contiguous with the Coventry subur ...
. Its history is therefore closely linked with that of the rest of the parish. Of particular note in Ash Green is the
parish church A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the Church (building), church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in com ...
, parts of which date back to the 13th and 14th centuries (namely the
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,
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and
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). Newland Hall Farm, built between the 15th and 18th centuries. Exhall House, which dates from the 18th century and formerly Exhall Grange, a mainly 18th-century building with some elements that probably date from the 16th century."Parishes: Exhall", ''A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 6: Knightlow hundred'' (1951), pp. 86-91. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=57102 Date accessed: 21 March 2010


Local government

From 1451 to 1842, Ash Green, like the rest of the
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of
Exhall Exhall is a suburban village in the Nuneaton and Bedworth borough in Warwickshire, England.OS Explorer Map 232 : Nuneaton & Tamworth: (1:25 000) : It forms part of the Coventry and Bedworth urban area and is contiguous with the Coventry subur ...
, formed part of the Liberty of Coventry, which was geographically in the
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of Knightlow in the county of
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, but administratively separate. Following the abolition of the Liberty of
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, the city boundary was revised, with the parish of Exhall (and therefore Ash Green) excluded. With the passing of the
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, which established urban and rural districts in
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and
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, Ash Green formed part of the Foleshill Rural District,Exhall, Warwickshire
on the A Vision of Britain website up until the creation of the
Bedworth Bedworth ( or locally ) is a market town in the borough of Nuneaton and Bedworth, Warwickshire, England.OS Explorer Map 232 : Nuneaton & Tamworth: (1:25 000) : It is situated between Coventry, 6 miles (9.5 km) to the south, and Nuneaton, to th ...
urban district in 1928, to which it was transferred. Following
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reorganisation in 1974,
Bedworth Bedworth ( or locally ) is a market town in the borough of Nuneaton and Bedworth, Warwickshire, England.OS Explorer Map 232 : Nuneaton & Tamworth: (1:25 000) : It is situated between Coventry, 6 miles (9.5 km) to the south, and Nuneaton, to th ...
urban district was merged with
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municipal
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to form the new borough of Nuneaton (renamed Nuneaton & Bedworth in 1980). For electoral purposes, at the borough level, Ash Green is covered by
Exhall Exhall is a suburban village in the Nuneaton and Bedworth borough in Warwickshire, England.OS Explorer Map 232 : Nuneaton & Tamworth: (1:25 000) : It forms part of the Coventry and Bedworth urban area and is contiguous with the Coventry subur ...
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(together with western Exhall and Keresley End). The ward is represented by two borough
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s, who are elected for a four-year term by halves. At
Warwickshire Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England. It is bordered by Staffordshire and Leicestershire to the north, Northamptonshire to the east, Ox ...
county level, however, Ash Green is included in the Bedworth West division, along with Keresley End, part of Bedworth Heath and Goodyers End. The division elects one county councillor for a four-year term.


Amenities

Ash Green has a
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and convenience store (in Ash Green Lane), 2
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(The Bull & Anchor in Wheelwright Lane & The Royal Oak, Royal Oak Lane). It also has a
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, Wheelwright Lane and a school registered for
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, Pears Centre. It also has the children's
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called Zoe's Place. A double-glazing firm, Charlies Windows on Ash Green Lane. There is a car sales/repair establishments (in Wheelwright Lane, Chana Cars). Until 2003–04, there was a
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in Ash Green Lane. The area also benefits from a number of playing fields, including a play area for small children, in
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Lane & New Road.


Education

Pears Centre was an independent
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school for pupils aged 4 to 19, adjacent to (and in buildings formerly occupied by) Exhall Grange School, in Wheelwright Lane. The school closed in 2018. There are three educational establishments in Ash Green: * Wheelwright Lane
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, a state primary school for pupils aged 4 to 11, in Wheelwright Lane; * Ash Green School, a state
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with foundation status for pupils aged 11 to 16, in Ash Green Lane; * Exhall Grange School, a state
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for pupils aged 2 to 19, in
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Way;


References

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