17-613: Bodymoor Heath is a small village in the North Warwickshire district of the county of Warwickshire in England, situated on, and with a bridge over, the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal close to the much larger village of Kingsbury . Bodymoor Heath was originally a separate village but later became inclosed as a part of the parish of Kingsbury . Bodymoor Heath was the centre of a High Court of Chancery case of Barker v. Barker where it
34-423: A casting vote . Where the mayoralty used to be associated with a local government district but that district has been abolished, charter trustees may be set up to provide continuity until a parish council may be set up. Where a parish council (whether the successor of a former borough or not) has resolved to style itself a town council, then its chair is entitled to the designation of town mayor, though in practice,
51-474: A number of their facilities and pitches away from the planned route. Bodymoor Heath has a pub . The pub is called the Dog and Doublet. It was constructed in 1786 but did not become a pub until 1835. The pub was granted grade II listed status in 1981 by English Heritage . It also has a grade II listed bridge. Bodymoor Heath is also the home of Aston Villa Football Club 's Bodymoor Heath Training Ground . The land it
68-420: Is also covered by civil parish , which form a third tier of local government. The council has been under no overall control since the 2023 election , being led by a Conservative minority administration with informal support from two of the three independent councillors. The first elections to the council were held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until
85-465: Is without official sanction.) All other Mayors are styled The Worshipful , though this is in practice seldom used for a Town Mayor. These honorific styles are used only before the Mayoral title and not before the name, and are not retained after the term of office. A mayor can also be styled Mr Mayor and usually appoints a consort, usually a spouse, other family member or fellow councillor. In England (and
102-624: The North Warwickshire parliamentary constituency . The constituency also includes the town of Bedworth , but does not include the villages of Hartshill and Arley . The local MP is Craig Tracey . The council is based at the Council House on South Street in Atherstone. The building was purpose-built for the council and opened in 1979. The whole district is covered by 33 civil parishes . The parish councils for Atherstone and Coleshill have declared their parishes to be towns, allowing them to take
119-607: The "Dordon Independents" group, which supported the Conservatives in forming a minority administration in May 2023. The next election is due in 2027. Since the last boundary changes in 2003 the council has comprised 35 councillors representing 17 wards with each ward electing two councillors except the Arley and Whitacre ward, which elects three. Elections are held every four years. The boundaries of North Warwickshire are similar to those of
136-456: The chair of a district council is exactly the same as the mayor of a borough council; they have the same status as first citizen, after the Sovereign, in their district, but they are not addressed as mayor. In England, where a borough or a city is a local government district or a civil parish , the mayor is elected annually by the council from their number and chairs meetings of the council with
153-727: The mildly undulating agricultural variety, with the North Warwickshire plateau rising to 177 m (581 ft) above sea-level at Bentley Common, 2.5 miles southwest of Atherstone . The most significant bodies of water within North Warwickshire are Kingsbury Water Park , Shustoke Reservoir , the River Blythe and the mid-section of the Coventry Canal . The neighbouring districts are Nuneaton and Bedworth , Coventry , Solihull , Birmingham , Lichfield , Tamworth , North West Leicestershire and Hinckley and Bosworth . The district
170-421: The new arrangements came into effect on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1974 has been as follows: The role of mayor is largely ceremonial in North Warwickshire. Political leadership is instead provided by the leader of the council . The leaders since 2009 have been: Following the 2023 election the composition of the council was: Two of the three independent councillors sit together as
187-475: The offices of mayor and lord mayor have long been ceremonial posts, with few or no duties attached to them. In recent years they have doubled as more influential political roles while retaining the ceremonial functions. A mayor's term of office denotes the municipal year . Traditionally mayors and provosts have been elected by town , borough and city councils. Since 2000, several districts now have directly elected mayors with extensive powers. The role of
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#1733085722689204-605: The style "town council". Some of the parishes share a grouped parish council. The parishes are: North Warwickshire is served by BBC West Midlands and ITV Central with television signals received from the Sutton Coldfield TV transmitter. Radio stations for the area are: The council was granted a coat of arms in 1976. 52°34′34″N 1°32′43″W / 52.5760°N 1.5454°W / 52.5760; -1.5454 Mayors in England In England ,
221-404: The two towns of Atherstone (where the council is based) and Coleshill , and the large villages of Hartshill , Kingsbury , Mancetter , Polesworth and Water Orton along with smaller villages and surrounding rural areas. The area historically had a large coal mining industry, but the last coal mine in the area, Daw Mill at Arley , closed in 2013. The borough's landscape is primarily of
238-623: The word "town" is often dropped. The right to appoint a lord mayor is a rare honour, even less frequently bestowed than city status . Currently, 23 cities in England have lord mayors: In May 2022, Southampton was added to the list. The Lord Mayors of London and York are styled The Right Honourable . All other Lord Mayors, as well as the Mayors of cities and the original Cinque Ports ( Sandwich , Hythe , Dover , Romney and Hastings ), are styled The Right Worshipful . (Bristol styles its lord mayor "Right Honourable" instead, but this usage
255-536: Was built on was purchased in the 1970s by Aston Villa's chairman Doug Ellis from a local farmer. It was redeveloped in the 1990s after criticism of under-investment by the Villa manager John Gregory . [REDACTED] Media related to Bodymoor Heath at Wikimedia Commons North Warwickshire North Warwickshire is a local government district with borough status in Warwickshire , England. The borough includes
272-582: Was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 , by a merger of one previous district with part of another, these were: The new district was named North Warwickshire, reflecting its position in the wider county. The district was awarded borough status from its creation, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor . North Warwickshire Borough Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Warwickshire County Council . The whole borough
289-659: Was held that the husband of a daughter who had inherited her father's lands in Bodymoor Heath, was not entitled to any dividend just through curtesy . The village later came into the ownership of the twice Prime Minister , Sir Robert Peel along with the surrounding Kingsbury parish. The village is located near the planned route of the High Speed 2 railway line. The route passes through the Bodymoor Heath Training Ground , which necessitated Aston Villa to relocate
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