Lapworth
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Lapworth is a village and civil parish situated in the east of the county of Warwickshire, England. It lies close to the border with the West Midlands and in the 2001 census had a population of 2,100.
The village is effectively a commuter town for professionals employed in Birmingham and Coventry. Lapworth has a railway station, originally called Kingswood, on the Birmingham to London line, which is partly responsible for its size, although most commuters today drive to their places of work. The station name was changed to Lapworth to avoid confusion with Kingswood station in Surrey. Lapworth also contains a historic church as well as the National Trust sites of Baddesley Clinton and Packwood House.
The village is a popular area for cuisine, with three pubs called "The Boot", "The Navigation" and "The Punch Bowl".
There is a lane in Lapworth called Catesby Lane, named after William Catesby (the father of Robert Catesby of Gunpowder Plot fame), whose family had been settled at Bushwood Hall in the parish since about 1480. The manor house was probably at Lapworth Hall, today Ireland's Farm, and in the 17th and 18th centuries the house of the Mander family of Wolverhampton.
More recent Lapworth notables include Bob Davis a.k.a Jasper Carrott, and Tony Iommi, the guitarist and founding member of Black Sabbath, who currently resides near the village.
The furniture designer and maker Hugh Birkett worked from the late 1940s until 1966 in the garage at his parents' home in Lapworth. Examples of his work can be seen at Cheltenham Museum.
[edit] Transport
Lapworth railway station is on the Chiltern line to London. At the nearby Kingswood Junction the Grand Union Canal joins the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal which has a major flight of locks.
[edit] Notable Persons
- Robert Catesby, Gunpowder Plot conspirator
- Bob Davis a.k.a Jasper Carrott
- Tony Iommi, guitarist and founding member of Black Sabbath
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