- Wroxall, Warwickshire
Wroxall is a small village in the parish of
Honiley and Wroxall in the county ofWarwickshire ,England . It is 4.0 miles fromKenilworth , and 6.5 miles fromCoventry on the A4141. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 156, residing in 64 dwellings. It has its owncemetery to the north of the village.By far the most important part of the village is the
Wroxall Abbey Estate. Built in1141 by Sir Hugh de Hatton it was aPriory for nearly four hundred years, finally closing in 1536. For the next four hundred years it passed through various hands, a notable example being SirChristopher Wren , until it became a girls' school in1936 . The school in turn closed in1995 . In 2001 the current owners, a private investment company, brought the hall. It is now used as ahotel ,spa andconference centre .In March 2006, motorsport company
Prodrive announced its intent to build a 200-acre (about 800,000 square metres) motorsport facility called The Fulcrum. It will be based at the formerRAF Honiley airfield which is located between Wroxall andHoniley .External links
* [http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&X=422500&Y=270000&width=700&height=400&gride=423951.889934334&gridn=272203.611099372&srec=0&coordsys=gb&db=freegaz&addr1=&addr2=&addr3=&pc=&advanced=&local=&localinfosel=&kw=&in
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* [http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/Web/corporate/pages.nsf/Links/60B86011367E0A1080256E3000563442/$file/Honiley+&+Wroxhall.pdf Census information on the Honiley & Wroxall Parish]
* [http://www.wroxall.com/history.ikml?s=1 A more detailed account of the Abbey's history]
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