Warwickshire

Warwickshire is a county in the central England with an area of 1,975 km ² and 548,000 inhabitants ( 2012). The capital is Warwick. At the Warwickshire and Staffordshire counties of Leicestershire Northamptonshire in the East, Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire to the south and Worcestershire border in the North, in the west. The metropolitan county of West Midlands projects like a wedge from the West into Warwickshire.

Warwickshire is divided into the districts of North Warwickshire, Nuneaton and Bedworth, Rugby, Stratford -on-Avon and Warwick. Historically also included Coventry, Solihull and Birmingham, Warwickshire. However, these 1974 part of the metropolitan county of West Midlands were.

The largest cities are (as of 2004): Nuneaton ( 77,500 inhabitants), Rugby ( 62,100 ), Leamington Spa ( 42,300 ), and Bedworth ( 32,500 ).

The majority of the population lives in the north and in the center of the county. The north is traditionally industrially dominated ( coal mines, Textilindustustrie, cement plants and machinery )

The southern part of the county is rural dominated in large parts and sparsely populated; there are no major cities.

Previously, a large part of western Warwickshire, including those areas that are now to Birmingham and the West Midlands, from the Forest of Arden (Forest of Arden ) covered. For this reason, many place names end in the northwestern part of Warwickshire to the suffix "- in-Arden ". Most of this forest has been cut down from 17 to 19 century to provide fuel for industrialization.

History

In the 8th and 9th centuries the present territory of Warwickshire was a part of the Kingdom of Mercia. In the late 9th century ended this Kingdom and 874 large parts ( the eastern Warwickshire ) of Mercia ceded to the Danish invaders by King Alfred's contract with the Danish leader, Guthrum. Watling Street in the north- west of Warwickshire was the boundary between the Danelaw in the east and the very reduced Mercia in the West. In addition, there was a limit to the kingdom of Wessex in the south.

Because of its location between the borders of two kingdoms Warwickshire had to create a defense against the threat of Danish invasion. This task was performed by Ethelfleda, " Lady of the Mercians " and daughter of King Alfred, who was responsible for the establishment of the first parts of Warwick Castle. Defenses against the Danes was built in Tamworth ( Tamworth Castle).

Until the 11th century there were regular battles between Danes and Saxons. Because of his Warwick Castle became a bustling market town and powerful center in the Kingdom of Mercia. In the early 11th century, new borders were drawn within Mercia and Warwickshire became the country was administered by Warwick.

The first documented use of the name proven Warwickshire dates from the year 1001.

Built in 1633 Windmill Chesterton is still preserved and one of the most recognizable landmarks in the county. In the English Civil War in the 17th century was the battle of Edgehill (1642 ) in Warwickshire, near the borders of Oxfordshire, instead.

During the 18th and 19th century Warwickshire became one of the leading industrial counties. The coal mines in the northern Warwickshire were among the most productive in the country and promoted the industrial growth of Coventry and Birmingham.

Towns such as Nuneaton, Bedworth and Rugby were also industrialized. In rugby there are two main railway lines that have been the key factor for industrial growth of rugby crossed.

At the end of the 19th century, Birmingham and Coventry were big industrial cities, so that the administrative boundaries had to be changed. 1889, the administrative county of Warwickshire was formed and Coventry and Birmingham were on County Boroughs. Later, it was also a country Solihull Borough. These boroughs were part of the traditional county of Warwickshire, which extended to the territory of Worcestershire, as Birmingham annexing some places from Worcestershire.

This situation existed until 1974, when Coventry and Birmingham have been extracted from the Warwickshire countryside and parts of Staffordshire and Worcestershire were part of the new metropolitan county of West Midlands.

Cities

  • Atherstone
  • Alcester
  • Bedworth
  • Bidford -on-Avon
  • Henley -in- Arden
  • Kenilworth
  • Leamington Spa
  • Nuneaton
  • Rugby
  • Shipston -on- Stour
  • Southam
  • Stratford- upon- Avon
  • Warwick
  • Whitnash

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