Nuneaton and BedworthNuneaton and Bedworth is a local government district with borough status in Warwickshire, England. It includes the towns of Nuneaton (where the council is based) and Bedworth, as well as a modest rural hinterland including the village of Bulkington. The neighbouring districts are Rugby, Coventry, North Warwickshire and Hinckley and Bosworth.
BulkingtonBulkington is a large village and former civil parish near Bedworth, in the Nuneaton and Bedworth district of Warwickshire, England. In the 2011 census the ward had a population of 6,146 decreasing slightly to 6,080 at the 2021 census. It is located around 6 miles (10 km) northeast of Coventry, just south of the town of Nuneaton, east of Bedworth and 5 miles (8 km) southwest of Hinckley.
StockingfordStockingford is a suburb of the town of Nuneaton, in the county of Warwickshire, England, about 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Nuneaton town centre. Stockingford first appeared in records in 1157, named Stoccingford, derived from the Old EnglishStocc; to root up trees. It therefore has its origin as a clearance in a wood, by a ford across a stream. It was historically a small hamlet within the old parish of Nuneaton.
HartshillHartshill is a large village and civil parish in North Warwickshire, England, contiguous with the much larger town of Nuneaton, the town centre of which is 2.5 miles (4 km) to the south-east.
George EliotMary Ann Evans (22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880; alternatively Mary Anne or Marian), known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. She wrote seven novels: Adam Bede (1859), The Mill on the Floss (1860), Silas Marner (1861), Romola (1862–1863), Felix Holt, the Radical (1866), Middlemarch (1871–1872) and Daniel Deronda (1876).
WarwickshireWarwickshire ( ; abbreviated Warks) is a ceremonial county in the West Midlands of England. It is bordered by Staffordshire and Leicestershire to the north, Northamptonshire to the east, Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire to the south, and Worcestershire and the West Midlands county to the west. The largest settlement is Nuneaton. The county is largely rural, with an area of 763 sq mi (1,980 km2) and an estimated population of 632,207 in 2024.
George Eliot HospitalGeorge Eliot Hospital is a single site hospital located in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, it is managed by the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust. It provides a full range of emergency and elective medical services, including maternity services, to the local area. The Hospital is one of many local buildings named after Nuneaton-born author George Eliot.
Arbury HallArbury Hall is a Grade I listedcountry house in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, and the ancestral home of the Newdigate family, later the Newdigate-Newdegate and Fitzroy-Newdegate (Viscount Daventry) families. HistoryThe hall is built on the site of the former Arbury Priory in a mixture of Tudor and 18th-century Gothic Revival architecture, the latter being the work of Sir Roger Newdigate from designs by Henry Keene.
LeicestershireLeicestershire ( LEST-ər-sheer, -shər) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It is bordered by Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire to the north, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire to the south-east, Warwickshire to the south-west, and Staffordshire to the west. The city of Leicester is the largest settlement. The county has an area of 2,156 km2 (832 sq mi) and an estimated population of 1,133,921 in 2024.
Scenes of Clerical LifeScenes of Clerical Life is an 1858 collection of three short stories, published in book form, by George Eliot; it was Eliot's first published work of fiction and the first of her works to be released under her famous pseudonym. The stories were first published in Blackwood's Magazine over the course of the year 1857, initially anonymously, before being released as a two-volume set by Blackwood and Sons in January 1858.
List of settlements in Warwickshire by populationThis is a guide to the size of settlements in Warwickshire based on the data from the article on each town which in turn are taken from the 2001, 2011 and 2021 UK censuses. The population of Warwickshire in 2021 was officially estimated to be 596,773.
Market townIn Europe a market town is a settlement that obtained a market right (by custom or royal charter) in the Middle Ages, which allowed it to host a regular market; this distinguished it from a village or a city. In Great Britain, small rural towns with a hinterland of villages are still commonly called market towns, and this is sometimes reflected in their names (e.g. Downham Market, Market Rasen, or Market Drayton).
ConventA convent is an enclosed community of monks, nuns, friars or religious sisters. Those residing in a convent are conventuals. A convent is also the building used by the community, especially in Catholic, Lutheran, and Anglican traditions. Etymology and usageThe term convent derives via Old French from Latin conventus, perfect participle of the verb convenio, meaning "to convene, to come together".*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.