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Kingshurst
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Kingshurst is a large post-war suburban village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, in the West Midlands, England. Historically part of the county of Warwickshire in the Meriden Rural District, It lies about north of Solihull town centre, east of Birmingham and 13 miles (21km) northwest of Coventry, it borders North Warwickshire to the east. The village is encompassed within the electoral ward Kingshurst & Fordbridge which had a population of 7,868 in the 2011 census.
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- Locality
- Solihull
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
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19 sectionsContents
- History of Kingshurst
- Kingshurst Hall Manor House
- Yorkswood Forest
- Post War Development
- 2022 Lake Tragedy
- Kingshurst today
- Nature and Wildlife
- Farming and Agriculture
- Pavilions Club
- Education
- Village Centre
- Churches
- Transport
- Demographics
- Notable residents
- Parish council
- Parliamentary Constituency
- References
- External links
Kingshurst is a large post-war suburban village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, in the West Midlands, England. Historically part of the county of Warwickshire in the Meriden Rural District, It lies about north of Solihull town centre, east of Birmingham and 13 miles (21km) northwest of Coventry, it borders North Warwickshire to the east. The village is encompassed within the electoral ward Kingshurst & Fordbridge which had a population of 7,868 in the 2011 census.
==History of Kingshurst== The name Kingshurst comes from having previously been a Royal Manor, and "hurst" meaning wood. The earliest record of Kingshurst is in documents from the late 13th and early 14th centuries, when it is referred to as part of the Manor of Coleshill. Tenant farming was administered from here and Simon de Montford of Coleshill was an English nobleman who built a moated manor house in Kingshurst. The Hall had its own park and farmlands.
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