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to build an imposing extension, which thereafter became the main house. On Henrietta's death in 1756 her husband rebuilt large parts of it. His wife Henrietta, Lady Luxborough, made the house the hub of a literary circle after her husband banished her to Barrells following a romantic indiscretion.
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to this day. The Newtons owned the house after the Knights had extended it dramatically. However, the house was very seriously damaged by fire in 1933 and lay derelict until 2005 when it was restored as a family home. Despite its ancient roots, Ullenhall was not established as a separate
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was banished to Barrells in 1736 it was still a relatively simple house, in very poor condition. When his son married in 1750 he commissioned the Italian architect
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were still under restoration at the turn of the 2000 millennium but at a service attended by 80 parishioners on the morning of 1 January 2000 the old
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word hahl, meaning a nook or corner of land, suggesting the hollow in which the village is situated, being compounded with a personal name of
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estate. The earliest mention of Barrells was a reference to a Richard Barel in 1405. In 1554 the estate was purchased by Robert Knight of
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into the bell tower. The balls were recovered some years later when the restoration was completed. The modern church of
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which can be located just outside the village heading towards the A435. It has ancient oak status according to the
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is down in the village and was constructed in 1875 at a cost of £5,000 to an odd idiosyncratic design by
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of the original building now remains, to which a western porch has been added. There remain some ancient
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wide. The value was and is £3 Waga held it." Waga, whose name is preserved in the nearby village of
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and assumed his surname from thence. Ullenhall stands on lands that were originally part of the
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and with a girth of over seven metres, it certainly makes an impressive sight at the roadside.
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Council and despite a strong local representation for the Green Party, is represented by
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The village has two churches. Situated on a hill to the north of the village is the old
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Friendship with Shenstone stated on National Portrait gallery biog. of Lady Luxborough
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My darling Heriott: Henrietta Luxborough, poetic gardener and irrepressible exile
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and Alexandra Wedgwood, The Buildings of England, Warwickshire, 1966,
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of Apsley, Forde Hall and Mockley were also included in the parish.
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His lands extended beyond those at Ullenhall, but, following the
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Recorded in a history of the chapel displayed inside
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In 2011 the parish had a population of 717. 1166: 1065:Old Warwickshire Churches, W Hobart Bird 1936 1061: 1059: 778: 525:, a group of poet friends including the poet 456:, Ullenhall was bestowed by the Conqueror on 8: 1173: 1159: 1151: 785: 771: 763: 472:his principal seat, where he had a strong 365:and 11.2 miles (18.0 km) west of the 20: 583:Peter Oakley and George Atkinson, of the 508:She was one of the first to establish a 924: 385:The Old Chapel, Ullenhall, Warwickshire 266: 222: 198: 174: 88: 27: 1762:List of civil parishes in Warwickshire 720:in memory of their parents Mary & 712:style by the three Newton brothers of 445:during the first year of the reign of 250: 238: 226: 210: 188: 156: 138: 120: 7: 802: 653:which is locally referred to as the 756:. 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Ullenhall is located in Warwickshire
Warwickshire
2011 Census
OS grid reference
SP1206
Civil parish
District
Stratford-on-Avon
Shire county
Warwickshire
Region
West Midlands
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Henley-in-Arden
Postcode district
B95
Police
Warwickshire
Fire
Warwickshire
Ambulance
West Midlands
UK Parliament
Stratford-on-Avon
UK
England

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