Kingsbury, Warwickshire - Kingsbury Oil Terminal, Kingsbury School, Warwickshire, Kingsbury Family, Kingsbury Water Park, Piccadilly (Paperback)

Chapters: Kingsbury Oil Terminal, Kingsbury School, Warwickshire, Kingsbury Family, Kingsbury Water Park, Piccadilly, Warwickshire, Kingsbury Colliery, Kingsbury Railway Station, Echills Wood Railway. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 30. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Kingsbury is a large village and civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of the county of Warwickshire, in the West Midlands region of England. It is situated between Birmingham and Tamworth (which is 6 miles/10 km to the north), overlooking the River Tame. The A51 to Chester starts from here; as does the A4097, which runs through Curdworth and Minworth before joining the A38. This continues to Junction 6 of the M6 (Spaghetti Junction) giving access to the motorway network of the Midlands and the City of Birmingham. Kingsbury is notable for the Kingsbury Water Park, a shooting range and a large oil storage depot to the northeast. The village of Kingsbury forms part of a larger civil parish of the same name which includes the nearby settlements of Hurley, Piccadilly and Wood End. In the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 7,523 . The urban area of Kingsbury village itself had 4,168 inhabitants . The name Kingsbury is derived from the Saxon Chinesburie meaning 'royal fortified house' or 'Kings Fort'. The 'bury' part of the name means 'fort' or 'defensive work'. The location of the church and remains of a medieval home (Kingsbury Hall) above the river suggest a good location for a 'defensive' work. Kingsbury Hall (or Bracebridge Hall as it was their family home for many years) is now only part lived in as a farmhouse. It was a fortified manor house and the remains of a curtain wall can still be seen. Kingsbury was founded by the same Angles tribe that established Curdworth and Minworth. The village is...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1352661