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About Bedworth

Warwickshire has a wealth of talent - Stratford has William Shakespeare, - Bedworth and Nuneaton have George Eliot one of the most important writers of European fiction!!

Bedworth, George Eliot country is situated about five miles north of the centre of Coventry and three miles south of Nuneaton. An excellent link to the M6 exists with the Coventry canal running through the town. The roots of Bedworth are very old, a reference to the town with a date of 1086, having been found in the Doomsday book.

The development of Bedworth started during the 18th and 19th century following the arrival of coal mining and the overspill of the ribbon weaving and textile industries from Coventry. Until quite recently Bedworth was primarily a coal mining town, the last colliery was closed in 1994.

The most historically imposing buildings still in evidence are the Nicholas Chamberlain Almshouses in All Saint’s Square in the town centre. Instead of being an Urban District Council in its own right, Bedworth has been joined since 1974, with the larger neighbouring market town of Nuneaton to form a District Borough Council.

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