No Man's Heath, Warwickshire
| No Man's Heath | |
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  No Man's Heath Location within Warwickshire | |
| OS grid reference | SK288090 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Tamworth |
| Postcode district | B79 |
| Police | Warwickshire |
| Fire | Warwickshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
No Man's Heath is an area of the civil parish of Newton Regis, in the North Warwickshire district, in the county of Warwickshire, England, about 6 miles (9.7 km) northeast of Tamworth. It is near the boundaries of four English counties: Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Warwickshire and Staffordshire. Nearby in the late 19th century were Netherseal Colliery and Netherseal Hall. Today a small village exists here, also called No Man's Heath, which is the northernmost settlement in Warwickshire. No-Mans-Heath was formerly an extra-parochial tract,[1] in 1858 No Mans Heath became a separate civil parish,[2] on 24 March 1888 the parish was abolished and merged with Newton Regis.[3] In 1881 the parish had a population of 70.[4] The county boundary which used to divide the village between Leicestershire and Warwickshire has been re-drawn on 1 April 1965[5] to place the whole village in Warwickshire.[6]
The village has an Indian restaurant called The Four Counties Spice; this used to be the village public house, called The Four Counties Inn.
Leicestershire, Warwickshire, and Staffordshire meet about 0.5 miles (800 m) northwest of the village. Derbyshire, Leicestershire, and Staffordshire meet a further half-mile northwest. There is an ancient (probably Mercian) stone,[citation needed] divided into four parts, which may mark the point where the four counties met before boundary adjustments.
See also
[edit]- Dow Bridge, meeting point of Warwickshire, Northamptonshire and Leicestershire.
- Four Shire Stone, meeting point of Warwickshire, Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire (formerly also Worcestershire)
References
[edit]- ^ "History of No Mans Heath, in North Warwickshire and Warwickshire". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
- ^ "Relationships and changes No Mans Heath CP/ExP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
- ^ "Tamworth Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
- ^ "Population statistics No Mans Heath CP/ExP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
- ^ "Newton Regis CP/AP". A Vision of Britain.
- ^ "Map of No Mans Heath in Warwickshire". streetmap.co.uk.
External links
[edit]- BBC Staffordshire article about the Four Counties Inn, 2006