31-639: Daw Mill was a coal mine located near the village of Arley , near Nuneaton , in the English county of Warwickshire . The mine was Britain's biggest coal producer. It closed in 2013 following a major fire. It was the last remaining colliery in the West Midlands . Daw Mill mined a five-metre thick section of the Warwickshire Coalfield (known as the Warwickshire Thick ) in the north of the county. It
62-582: A "low-level rail hub", and a one third reduction in the size of the development. The proposals were further refined, and a second revised application made in July 2015. Having initially objected to the proposals on the grounds of the size of the road network that would be needed to support the new development, the Highways Department of Warwickshire County Council announced in October 2015 that it would now support
93-455: A 52-metre (170 ft) high steeple , one of the finest in Warwickshire, dating from the 13th century. Inside there is a 12th-century font of Norman origin, which is one of the finest examples in the country. There are also medieval table tombs with effigies of knights, including John de Clinton. Just outside the south door are the preserved remains of a medieval cross. Church Street is
124-421: A daughter of Sir Roger Hilary, and died in 1353 or 1354 leaving one daughter Joan. She had as her first husband Sir John of Montfort , illegitimate son of Sir Peter de Montfort of Beaudesert . Coleshill Manor then passed to this branch of Sir Simon de Montford who moated the manor houses at Coleshill and Kingshurst . King Henry VII granted Coleshill Manor and its lands to Simon Digby in 1496 following
155-470: A need for new housing in the area. Between 1920 and 1955 six hundred houses were built on land which had been the Fir Tree Farm, this became New Arley. The two shafts that served Daw Mill were first sunk between 1956 and 1959, and 1969 and 1971 respectively. Daw Mill was a natural extension of the former collieries, Kingsbury Colliery and Dexter Colliery . On 7 March 2013 the owner, UK Coal , announced
186-465: A population of 6,900 in the 2021 Census , and is situated 11 miles (18 km) east of Birmingham , 8.5 miles (13.7 km) southeast of Sutton Coldfield , 11 miles (18 km) south of Tamworth , 13 miles (21 km) northwest of Coventry by road and 13 miles (21km) west of Nuneaton . It borders the parish village of Kingshurst in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull to the west. It
217-462: A result until 2007, the town's nearest railway station was at Water Orton , some 2.5 miles (4 km) to the north-west. Local news and television programmes are provided by BBC West Midlands and ITV Central . Television signals are received from the Sutton Coldfield TV transmitter. The town is served by both BBC WM on 95.6 FM and BBC CWR on 94.8 FM. Other radio stations received in
248-739: Is a civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire , England . The parish includes two settlements, New Arley and Old Arley . Old Arley is to the west of the Bourne Brook and the Birmingham to Peterborough Line , and New Arley is to the east. Nearby places are Ansley and Astley . Old Arley contains the medieval church of St Wilfred 's, and a nearby Methodist church. New Arley contains St Michael 's Church of England and St Joseph 's Catholic Church. The two Anglican churches form one ecclesiastical parish, and St Joseph's
279-671: Is also home to the 502 year The Coleshill School seated next to the dual carriageway. Coleshill is located on a ridge between the rivers Cole and Blythe which converge to the north with the River Tame . It is adjacent to the border with West Midlands county, and is just outside Birmingham . Coleshill began life in the Iron Age , before the Roman conquest of 43 AD at the Grimstock Hill Romano-British settlement , north of
310-688: Is connected to East Birmingham by the B4114 Road which subsequently creates a road connection into Birmingham City Centre. There is also a route to Coventry via the A446 , which becomes the A452 just before the A45 road junction at Stonebridge . Upon reaching the Western edge of Coventry, it is necessary to follow the A4114 road which now takes you to the city centre ring road A4053 after
341-556: Is run from St Anne's . Arley's mining industry ended in 1968. The village once had an eponymous colliery running beneath part of its central area which employed 1,734 men when it was finally closed on 30 March 1968, by the National Coal Board . It had then been in operation for sixty-six years and had once been owned and operated by the Arley Colliery Company Ltd. Production began at the pit on 1 January 1901 and
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#1732876706716372-468: The Daw Mill mine towards the edge of the parish would be closed following a major fire - it was the last remaining colliery in the West Midlands . The usual number of residents in the civil parish which includes the slightly larger village of New Arley, was 2,853. The working population worked as set out below in the official industry categorisations in 2011: The ward is relatively representative of
403-478: The A45 was diverted to run south of Coventry acting as a bypass . Two regular bus routes serve the town. The X13 (previously called X70) passes through Coleshill between Birmingham and Chelmsley Wood operated by National Express West Midlands . The 76 passes through between Tamworth and Sutton Coldfield operated by Diamond Bus . The town is served by Coleshill Parkway railway station , which reopened in 2007, on
434-499: The Conqueror and the site of the court for the ancient hundred of Coleshill. In 1284/5 John de Clinton, elder, was granted Coleshill Manor by King Henry II , and claimed by prescription within the lordship of Coleshill, Assize of bread and ale, gallows, pillory, tumbrell and court leet, infangthef and utfangthef, a market , fair , and free warren. He died in 1316. His heir was his 12-year-old grandson, John, who subsequently married
465-582: The River Cole. Evidence of hut circles were found by archaeologists at the end of the 1970s. These excavations showed that throughout the Roman period there was a Romano-Celtic temple on Grimstock Hill. It had developed over the earlier Iron Age huts and had gone through at least three phases of development. The area was at the junction of two powerful Celtic Tribes – the Coritanii to the east from Leicester , and to
496-575: The coaching roads from London to Chester , Liverpool and Holyhead . At one point there were over twenty inns in the town. The Coleshill to Lichfield Turnpike dates from 1743. Many former coaching inns remain in Coleshill, mostly along the High Street and Coventry Road. One of the most notable buildings in the town is the parish's Church of St Peter and St Paul at the top of the Market Square. It has
527-503: The colliery could take between three and six months, making a return to production subject to a further review, resulting in the possible immediate closure of the mine. On 14 March 2012 it was reported that UK Coal had begun a consultation process as part of plans for a company restructure which could see the closure of the mine in 2014. The Coal Authority stated in a 2012 report that if High Speed 2 were to be built, then Daw Mill would be forced to close due to associated development and
558-423: The development would cause "substantial" harm to the local green belt. Haworth announced that it would appeal the decision. The Court of Appeal ruled in 2018 that there could be no further appeals and that the land must be restored to green field within the greenbelt. 52°30′23″N 1°37′04″W / 52.50639°N 1.61778°W / 52.50639; -1.61778 Arley, Warwickshire Arley
589-551: The development. The decision prompted local MP Craig Tracey , whose North Warwickshire constituency includes the site, to write to the Department urging it to reconsider its stance. His letter highlighted the potential impact the business park would have on the nearby town of Coleshill , which he said would be adversely affected by the increase in traffic flow. North Warwickshire Borough Council's planning committee unanimously rejected Haworth's proposals on 3 November, citing fears that
620-472: The economically inactive (other) category were fewer: 52°30′47″N 1°35′02″W / 52.513°N 1.584°W / 52.513; -1.584 Coleshill, Warwickshire Coleshill ( / ˈ k oʊ z əl / KOH -zəl ) is a market town and civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire , England, taking its name from the River Cole , on which it stands. It had
651-497: The effects on local groundworks. On 7 March 2013 UK Coal announced the closure of the mine, due to the destructive fire which had extensively damaged it, with the plan to make most of the 650 staff redundant. In July 2013, the ownership of the Daw Mill site was transferred to property redevelopment firm Haworth Estates after UK Coal went into insolvency. Haworth subsequently submitted plans to North Warwickshire Borough Council to turn
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#1732876706716682-456: The execution and forfeiture of Sir Simon de Montford for supporting the rebellion of Perkin Warbeck . The (Wingfield-Digby) family descendants still hold the titles. Coleshill village was granted a market charter by King John in 1207, alongside Liverpool , Leek and Great Yarmouth . During the era of stagecoach and the turnpike trusts , Coleshill became important as a major staging post on
713-509: The first coal was extracted from the mine in 1902. The mine was considered no longer economically viable by the NCB led by Lord Robens , officially of the Labour Party , in 1968, due to its relatively high costs and despite the cited fact that one hundred years of coal remained beneath. As production increased the colliery expanded and with this the population within the parish increased. This led to
744-496: The land into a business park, which included proposals for an HGV depot, but withdrew their application in October 2014 after encountering opposition from local residents and councillors, who felt the scheme would be unworkable. One of their key objections was the volume of traffic that would be generated in the local area. Haworth said they would submit a revised proposal. A fresh set of plans were put forward in November. These included
775-688: The location of the town's pillory and whipping post, which were last used in 1863. A bronze sculpture by Peter Walker in the High Street shows three themes of the town's origins: a stagecoach wheel, a visiting circus elephant and the creation of the Typhoo Tea brand by John Sumner . The town is close to the M6 , M6 Toll and M42 motorways . It is on Junction 4 of the M6, with Birmingham City Centre at Junction 6, Sutton Coldfield J5, Nuneaton , Bedworth and Coventry North at J3 and Coventry East at Junction 2. The town
806-443: The nation as a whole in terms of national identity: Those who replied that there were no people in the household with English as their main language formed a proportion of the population 3.6% lower than the national average. The proportions of those retired, unemployed and who were students in 2011 were extremely close to the national averages, with a slightly higher degree of the retired and lower degree of students, whereas those in
837-728: The often time-consuming process of winding coal up the shafts. Daw Mill was the last surviving mine in a county that once had 20 operating collieries. In 2008 it excavated 3.25 million tonnes of coal, beating a 13-year-old record for annual output at a British coal mine set at Selby in North Yorkshire. The colliery was situated on the Birmingham to Nuneaton Line , just east of the former Shustoke railway station . Trains were operated (post British Rail ) mainly by EWS / DB Schenker but inroads were made by Fastline , Freightliner and GB Railfreight . Three men were killed at Daw Mill in mining accidents in 2006 and 2007. In 2011 UK Coal
868-533: The site of the previous Coleshill station, which had closed in 1968. It is on the Birmingham to Peterborough Line and is served half hourly by CrossCountry as part of their service between Birmingham , Nuneaton , Leicester , Peterborough , Cambridge and Stansted Airport . Historically the town was also served by Maxstoke on the Stonebridge Railway which closed in 1917 and Coleshill railway station, originally named Forge Mills, which closed in 1968. As
899-580: The west the Cornovii from Viroconium Cornoviorum . In the post Roman or Arthurian period (The Dark Ages ), the nucleus of Coleshill moved about a kilometre to the south, to the top of the hill. Here the present church is set and the medieval town developed around it. By 1066 the town was a Royal Manor held by King Edward the Confessor and is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as land held by William
930-466: Was fined £1.2 million for safety breaches. On 22 February 2013, a major fire broke out 500 metres (1,600 ft) underground, described as the worst underground blaze in Britain for 30 years. UK Coal and Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service confirmed that 92 workers were safely extracted. As of 7 March 2013 the fire had still not been fully extinguished. It was initially estimated that remedial work to
961-486: Was owned and operated by UK Coal and in 2008 employed 680 people. The two shafts that served Daw Mill were first sunk between 1956 and 1959, and 1969 and 1971 respectively. The mine was a natural extension of the former collieries Kingsbury Colliery and Dexter Colliery , both of which have also closed. In 1983 an inclined tunnel linking underground workings with the surface was completed. This drift mining enabled Daw Mill to increase its production capacity as it removed