Chadwick End is a small village which straddles the border of Warwickshire and the West Midlands Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, situated 3 miles (5 km) southeast of the large village of Knowle and 8 miles northwest of Warwick. It is almost contiguous with the slightly larger village of Baddesley Clinton, which lies a half-mile to the south on the A4141 route.
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 Chadwick End village hall | |
  Chadwick End Location within the West Midlands | |
| OS grid reference | SP206731 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Solihull |
| Postcode district | B93 |
The name Chadwick means 'farm near a spring', and the village remains a farming community. Unusually for a small settlement, the south side of the village lies within Warwickshire with the north side lying in the Borough of Solihull. The civil parish was split from part of Balsall on 1 April 2014.[1] There have since been no moves to bring the village under the administrative auspices of a single authority.
A mile from the village centre lies Chadwick Manor and its Estate, built in 1875 by the architect Edward Holmes (1832-1909). During the 1930s the Manor became a country-house hotel and the estate a racing-stud both owned by Scottish racehorse owner and breeder Captain. Norman (Norrie) Stewart~MacKay (1895-1980), who sold the estate in 1964 (after which the Manor was converted to luxury flats).[citation needed]
The former Poor Clares convent on Rising Lane was founded in 1850; it has been converted into private flats since its closure in 2011.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Bulletin of change to local authority arrangements, areas and names in England" (PDF). Lgbce. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 January 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ^ "Historic Warwickshire convent to close after 160 years". Birmingham Post.
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