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    Atherstone /ˈæðərstən/ is a market town and civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire, England. Located in the far north of the county...
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  • Atherstone is a market town in the English county of Warwickshire. Atherstone may also refer to: In geography Atherstone Town F.C., Atherstone's football...
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    The Atherstone Ball Game is a "medieval football" game played annually on Shrove Tuesday in the English town of Atherstone, Warwickshire. The game honours...
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  • Royal Navy have been named HMS Atherstone after the town of Atherstone in Warwickshire, or after its hunt: HMS Atherstone (1916), launched in 1916, was...
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    Atherstone on Stour is a small village and civil parish about 3 miles (5 km) south of Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, England. The 2011 Census recorded...
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  • Edwin Atherstone (1788–1872) was a poet and novelist. His works, which were planned on an imposing scale, attracted some temporary attention and applause...
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    RAF Atherstone was a former Royal Air Force satellite station located 2.25 miles (3.62 km) south of Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, 7.5 miles...
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    William Guybon Atherstone (1814–1898) was a medical practitioner, naturalist and geologist, one of the pioneers of South African geology and a member of...
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    Atherstone Town Community Football Club is a football club based in Atherstone, Warwickshire, England. They are currently members of the Midland League...
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    Guybon Damant Atherstone M. Inst. C.E. AKC (1843 - 1912), South African railway engineer. Atherstone was the son of William Guybon Atherstone (medical practitioner...
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    Atherstone Priory was a priory in Atherstone, Warwickshire, England. The first monastic site in Atherstone was an Augustinian friary founded in the centre...
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    HMS Atherstone was a Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was launched in late 1939 as the first of her class but was found to be unstable, and...
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    HMS Atherstone was a Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel of the Royal Navy, the third ship to bear the name. Built by Vosper Thornycroft shipbuilders...
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  • Atherstone Collaborative Nature Reserve, also known as the Atherstone Nature Reserve, is a 23,500 hectare reserve situated near Dwaalboom in Limpopo,...
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    Josh Pugh (category People from Atherstone)
    comedian and actor. Pugh was born in Nuneaton in 1989 and grew up in Atherstone, Warwickshire. Pugh began performing in 2014. He won new act competitions...
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    eastern Warwickshire were industrialised in the 19th century, and include Atherstone, Bedworth, Coleshill, Nuneaton, and Rugby. Major industries included coal...
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    Census # - Not noted in 2021 Census Recent large housing projects include: Atherstone, within the new suburbs of Cobblebank and Strathtulloh. ($1.2 billion)...
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    Anderson (1862 – 16 July 1910), known professionally as Thomas Weldon Atherstone, was an English music hall star and victim of an unsolved murder. His...
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    2010–2024: The Borough of North Warwickshire wards of Atherstone Central, Atherstone North, Atherstone South and Mancetter, Baddesley and Grendon, Coleshill...
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    Atherstone is a railway station serving the market town of Atherstone in Warwickshire, England. It is on the Trent Valley section of the West Coast Main...
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    November 2007 a major fire occurred at a warehouse near the village of Atherstone on Stour in Warwickshire, England. Four firefighters from the Warwickshire...
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  • The Atherstone Hunt was a United Kingdom foxhound pack, with a hunting area of around 400 square miles (1,000 km2) within Warwickshire, Leicestershire...
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    The Fall of Nineveh is a long poem in blank verse by Edwin Atherstone. It consists of thirty books preceded by a Prelude. The poem was written over many...
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  • social organiser. From 1951 to 1958 she represented Oldbury Parish on the Atherstone Rural Council. She was the grandmother of Mark Phillips and great-niece...
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    England. Old Grendon is a village situated three miles (5 km) west of Atherstone and five miles (8 km) east of Tamworth centred on the A5 (Watling Street)...
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    Atherstone Central (2 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Neil Dirveiks* 413 64.9 +17.2 Labour Rachel Taylor 403 63.4 +22.7 Conservative Mark Jordan...
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  • the first land speed record to break the sound barrier. He was born in Atherstone, Warwickshire. Green's family moved to Hartlepool in the 1970s when his...
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    status in Warwickshire, England. The borough includes the two towns of Atherstone (where the council is based) and Coleshill, and the large villages of...
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    To avoid confusion with other Wood Ends the name of the nearby town, Atherstone is added. The name Wood End, North Warwickshire is sometimes used, but...
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  • rivals include Burton Albion and Nuneaton Borough, and to a lesser degree Atherstone Town, Bedworth United and Bolehall Swifts. The town of Tamworth had been...
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