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Water Orton is a village and civil parish in the North Warwickshire borough of Warwickshire in the West Midlands, England near the River Tame. It is located between Castle Bromwich and Coleshill, and borders the West Midlands metropolitan county boundary to the north, west and south.
Oct 4, 2023 · The first phase of the line, from London to Birmingham, crosses the M6 and M42 in the north of the county, towards what is known as the 'Delta Junction' near Water Orton. This work will still...
Water Orton is a village and civil parish in the North Warwickshire borough of Warwickshire in the West Midlands, England near the River Tame. It is located between Castle Bromwich and Coleshill , and borders the West Midlands metropolitan county boundary to the north, west and south.
The oldest part of Water Orton is centred around Old Church Road. This is now a conservation area and contains buildings from the 14th and 17th centuries. This is the area that may account for the place name since it is on a high ridge of land overlooking the valley of the River Tame.
4 days ago · WATER ORTON. Acreage: 635. Population: 1911, 631; 1921, 704; 1931, 1,155. Water Orton was originally a hamlet of Aston, forming a narrow extension of that large parish projecting eastwards between the River Tame on the north and the parish of Coleshill on the south.
Until the 1840s Water Orton was mainly an agricultural village, but this changed with the coming of the railways. The first one was from Birmingham to Derby via Water Orton, Coleshill, Whitacre Heath and Tamworth.
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