Leamington Hastings
Leamington Hastings is a small village and larger civil parish in Warwickshire, England. The civil parish covers Leamington Hastings itself, plus the nearby hamlets of Broadwell, Hill and Kites Hardwick. Its population in the 2011 census was 440, increasing slightly to 466 at the 2021 census.
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Key facts
• Country — England • Official Name — Leamington Hastings • Civil Parish — Leamington Hastings • Population — 466 • Population Ref — (2021 census) • Shire District — Rugby • Shire County — Warwickshire • Region — West Midlands • Constituency Westminster — Kenilworth and Southam • Post Town — RUGBY • Postcode District — CV23 • Postcode Area — CV • Dial Code — 01926 • Os Grid Reference — SP4467
Village
Village
The village is about 7 miles (11 km) south-west of Rugby and west of the A426 road between Rugby and Southam. To the north of the village is the Draycote Water reservoir. Administratively, Leamington Hastings forms part of the Borough of Rugby. The name of the village is due to it being just south of the River Leam, and the 'Hastings' part is due to the 'Hastang' family, the medieval lords of the manor. The village contains the historic Church of All Saints and some preserved 17th-century almshouses, which date from 1608, but were extensively restored during 1980-81. The Christopher Saxton map of Warwickshire (1637 edition) includes a curious transposition: Leamington Hastings appears as Lemington priors, and what is now called Leamington Spa, or Royal Leamington Spa, appears as Lemington hastings. The first mention of a post office in Leamington Hastings was in September 1845, when a type of postmark known as an undated circular handstamp was issued. The village post office closed in May 1979. Leamington Hastings Infant School is located in the village.
Notable residents
Notable residents
The Victorian philosopher Richard Congreve was born at Leamington Hastings. A branch of the Sitwell family lived at Leamington Hastings, where they had inherited their holdings from a Wheler heiress. Edward Sacheverell Wilmot was lord of the manor from 1801 to 1819. From them the later Wilmot-Sitwell family of Horsley, Derbyshire descended. Rev. Degge Wilmot Sitwell, who lived at The Manor House at Leamington Hastings, served as vicar of the church. His grandson was Major General Hervey Degge Wilmot Sitwell, born in 1896, who served as General Officer commanding the British troops on Java in 1942, when he was captured by Japanese forces and spent the next three years in Japanese prisoner of war camps. He was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1946. From 1953 until 1968 he was Keeper of the Jewel House in London.
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- 1.City Population. LEAMINGTON HASTINGS Parish in West Midlands.
- 2.Allen, Geoff. (2000). Warwickshire Towns and Villages. Pages 77-78. Sigma Leisure. .
- 3.Our Warwickshire. LEAMINGTON HASTINGS ALMSHOUSE.
- 4.The Undated Circular Marks of the Midland Counties, p. 150. Midland (GB) Postal History Society. (1997). .
- 5.Leamington Hastings C of E Academy - Home. www.leamingtonhastingsinfantschool.co.uk.
- 6.co, White Francis and. History, gazetteer, and directory, of Warwickshire. Sheffield. 691. 1850.
- 7.Parishes: Leamington Hastings - British History Online. www.british-history.ac.uk.
- 8.Archives, The National. The Discovery Service. www.nationalarchives.gov.uk.
- 9.Raineval, Melville Henry Massue marquis of Ruvigny et. The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal: Being a Complete Table of All the Descendants Now Living of Edward III, King of England. Genealogical Publishing Company. 333. 1994. 978-0-8063-1434-1.
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