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'Leamington Hastings' is a small village and larger civil parish in Warwickshire, England.
The village is located around seven miles (11 km) south-west of Rugby just to the west of the A426 road between Rugby and Southam. Just 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 "''All Saint's Church''" and some preserved 17th century almshouses
The pathologist Bernard Spilsbury lived in Leamington Hastings.
As well as the village of Leamington Hastings, the civil parish of the same name also covers the nearby hamlets of Broadwell, Hill and Kites Hardwick. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 450.
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The village
The village is located around seven miles (11 km) south-west of Rugby just to the west of the A426 road between Rugby and Southam. Just 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 "''All Saint's Church''" and some preserved 17th century almshouses
The pathologist Bernard Spilsbury lived in Leamington Hastings.
The parish
As well as the village of Leamington Hastings, the civil parish of the same name also covers the nearby hamlets of Broadwell, Hill and Kites Hardwick. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 450.
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