Churchover
{{Short description|Village and civil parish in Warwickshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox UK place
|country = England
|official_name= Churchover
|coordinates = {{coord|52.419688|-1.242643|display=inline,title}}
|civil_parish = Churchover
| population = 251
| population_ref = (2011)
|shire_district= Rugby
|shire_county= Warwickshire
|region= West Midlands
|constituency_westminster= Rugby
|post_town= RUGBY
|postcode_district = CV23
|postcode_area= CV
|dial_code= 01788
|os_grid_reference= SP5180
|static_image= Churchover - geograph.org.uk - 1125068.jpg
|static_image_caption= Village centre
}}
Churchover is a small village and civil parish in Warwickshire, England.
Parish
The population of the parish in the 2001 census was 230, increasing to 251 at the 2011 census.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11122002&c=Churchover&d=16&e=62&g=6480959&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1451214534781&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=27 December 2015}} It is located around 4 miles (7 km) north of Rugby, and is administratively part of the borough of Rugby. The village lies just west of the A426 road, and just north of the M6 motorway on the border with Leicestershire. It was named in the Domesday Book as Church Wavre.{{cite web|url=https://www.rugby.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/28/churchover.pdf|title=Churchover CA|accessdate=18 August 2022}}
File:Churchover - geograph.org.uk - 480245.jpg
Within the parish boundaries is Coton House, a mansion house dating from 1787. It was Grade II* listed in 1951.{{NHLE|num=1276617|desc=Coton House|accessdate=18 August 2022}} Royal Mail purchased the property in 1970 and used it as a training and conference centre.{{cite web|url=https://www.loxone.com/enen/blog/loxone-helps-restore-a-piece-of-british-history-the-story-of-coton-house-part-1/#:~:text=Coton%20House%20is%20a%20Grade,a%20conference%20and%20training%20centre.|title=Loxone Helps Restore a Piece Of British History: The Story of Coton House, Part 1|accessdate=18 August 2022}} In 2010 the property was destroyed by fire, with the interiors becoming a blackened shell. Within five years however it had been restored to its former glory and sold to a private individual.{{cite web|url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/property/most-expensive-home-rugby-sold-12466273|title=Most expensive home in Rugby sold|accessdate=18 August 2022}} As of 2025, it is on the market for £5.5m.
The village contains the Holy Trinity Church which dates partly from the 15th century and is a Grade II* listed building.{{NHLE|num = 1233438| desc= CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY |accessdate = 17 September 2014}} 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 and Rugby to be educated. The school building is now a community centre.{{cite web|url=http://www.visitoruk.com/Rugby/churchover-C592-V17503.html|title=Churchover|accessdate=18 August 2022}}
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.
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References
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- Allen, Geoff, (2000) Warwickshire Towns & Villages, {{ISBN|1-85058-642-X}}
External links
{{Commons category|Churchover}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080209200103/http://www.churchover.org/ Trinity Church]
- [https://churchoverparishcouncil.com/ Parish website]
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