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Meriden, West Midlands

Index Meriden, West Midlands

Meriden is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, West Midlands, England. [1]

62 relations: A45 road, Alspath, Arden, Warwickshire, Birmingham, Birmingham Airport, Bud Ekins, Centre points of the United Kingdom, Chicago (2002 film), Civil parish, Coton in the Elms, Cotswolds, Coventry, Cycling, David Edgar (playwright), Emperor, Fenny Drayton, Grease (musical), Green belt (United Kingdom), Heart of England Way, Heath, Hinckley, Historic counties of England, International Six Days Enduro, Iron Age, Lady Godiva, Laurence of Canterbury, Leicestershire, Listed building, Luftwaffe, Martyr, Memorial, Meriden (UK Parliament constituency), Meriden Gap, Meriden, Connecticut, Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, Norman architecture, Norton Villiers Triumph, Ordnance Survey, Parish, Parish church, Persecution, Population, Richard Gere, Saint Lawrence, Solihull, Staffordshire, Steve McQueen, Timber framing, Triumph Bonneville T120, Triumph Engineering, ..., Triumph Motorcycles Ltd, Triumph Tiger Daytona, United Kingdom census, 2001, United Kingdom census, 2011, Urban area, Valerian (emperor), Village, Village green, Warwickshire, West Midlands (county), World War I, World War II. Expand index (12 more) »

A45 road

The A45 is a major road in England.

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Alspath

Alspath (early spelling Ailespede) is first recorded in the 1066 Doomsday Book and was the ancient name of the original settlement in what is known today as the parish of Meriden, Warwickshire situated between Birmingham and Coventry.

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Arden, Warwickshire

Arden is an area, located mainly in Warwickshire, England, and also part of Staffordshire and Worcestershire traditionally regarded as extending from the River Avon to the River Tame.

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Birmingham

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England, with an estimated population of 1,101,360, making it the second most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Birmingham Airport

Birmingham Airport, formerly Birmingham International Airport and before that, Elmdon Airport, is an international airport located east southeast of Birmingham city centre, slightly north of Bickenhill in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, England.

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Bud Ekins

James Sherwin "Bud" Ekins (May 11, 1930 – October 6, 2007) was an American professional stuntman in the U.S. film industry.

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Centre points of the United Kingdom

There has long been debate over the exact location of the geographical centre of the United Kingdom, and its constituent countries, due to the complexity and method of the calculation, such as whether to include offshore islands, and the fact that erosion will cause the position to change over time.

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Chicago (2002 film)

Chicago is a 2002 American musical crime comedy-drama film based on the stage-musical of the same name, exploring the themes of celebrity, scandal, and corruption in Chicago during the Jazz Age.

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Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority.

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Coton in the Elms

Coton in the Elms is a village and parish in the English county of Derbyshire.

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Cotswolds

The Cotswolds is an area in south central England containing the Cotswold Hills, a range of rolling hills which rise from the meadows of the upper Thames to an escarpment, known as the Cotswold Edge, above the Severn Valley and Evesham Vale.

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Coventry

Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England.

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Cycling

Cycling, also called bicycling or biking, is the use of bicycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport.

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David Edgar (playwright)

David Edgar (born 26 February 1948) is a British playwright and writer who has had more than sixty of his plays published and performed on stage, radio and television around the world, making him one of the most prolific dramatists of the post-1960s generation in Great Britain.

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Emperor

An emperor (through Old French empereor from Latin imperator) is a monarch, usually the sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm.

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Fenny Drayton

Fenny Drayton (formerly Drayton-in-the-Clay) is an English village in the Leicestershire district of Hinckley and Bosworth.

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Grease (musical)

Grease is a 1971 musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey.

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Green belt (United Kingdom)

In United Kingdom town planning, the green belt is a policy for controlling urban growth.

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Heart of England Way

The Heart of England Way is a long distance walk of around through the Midlands of England.

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Heath

A heath is a shrubland habitat found mainly on free-draining infertile, acidic soils and is characterised by open, low-growing woody vegetation.

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Hinckley

Hinckley is a market town in southwest Leicestershire, England.

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Historic counties of England

The historic counties of England are areas that were established for administration by the Normans, in many cases based on earlier kingdoms and shires created by the Anglo-Saxons and others.

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International Six Days Enduro

The International Six Days Enduro (ISDE), formerly known as the International Six Days Trial (ISDT), is the oldest 'off road' motorcycle event on the FIM Calendar.

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Iron Age

The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three-age system, preceded by the Stone Age (Neolithic) and the Bronze Age.

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Lady Godiva

Godiva, Countess of Mercia (died between 1066 and 1086), in Old English Godgifu, was an English noblewoman who, according to a legend dating at least to the 13th century, rode naked – covered only in her long hair – through the streets of Coventry to gain a remission of the oppressive taxation that her husband imposed on his tenants.

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Laurence of Canterbury

Laurence (died 2 February 619) was the second Archbishop of Canterbury from about 604 to 619.

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Leicestershire

Leicestershire (abbreviation Leics.) is a landlocked county in the English Midlands.

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Listed building

A listed building, or listed structure, is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, Cadw in Wales, and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency in Northern Ireland.

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Luftwaffe

The Luftwaffe was the aerial warfare branch of the combined German Wehrmacht military forces during World War II.

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Martyr

A martyr (Greek: μάρτυς, mártys, "witness"; stem μάρτυρ-, mártyr-) is someone who suffers persecution and death for advocating, renouncing, refusing to renounce, or refusing to advocate a belief or cause as demanded by an external party.

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Memorial

A memorial is an object which serves as a focus for memory of something, usually a person (who has died) or an event.

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Meriden (UK Parliament constituency)

Meriden is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Caroline Spelman, a Conservative.

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Meriden Gap

The Meriden Gap is a mostly rural area located in the West Midlands between Solihull and Coventry.

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Meriden, Connecticut

Meriden is a city in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States, located halfway between the regional cities of New Haven and Hartford.

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Metropolitan Borough of Solihull

The Metropolitan Borough of Solihull is a metropolitan borough of the West Midlands, in west-central England.

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Norman architecture

The term Norman architecture is used to categorise styles of Romanesque architecture developed by the Normans in the various lands under their dominion or influence in the 11th and 12th centuries.

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Norton Villiers Triumph

Norton Villiers Triumph (NVT) was a British motorcycle manufacturer, formed by the British Government to continue the UK motorcycling industry, but the company eventually failed.

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Ordnance Survey

Ordnance Survey (OS) is a national mapping agency in the United Kingdom which covers the island of Great Britain.

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Parish

A parish is a church territorial entity constituting a division within a diocese.

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Parish church

A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish.

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Persecution

Persecution is the systematic mistreatment of an individual or group by another individual or group.

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Population

In biology, a population is all the organisms of the same group or species, which live in a particular geographical area, and have the capability of interbreeding.

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Richard Gere

Richard Tiffany Gere (born August 31, 1949) is an American actor and humanitarian activist.

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Saint Lawrence

Saint Lawrence or Laurence (Laurentius, lit. "laurelled"; 31 December AD 225Citing St. Donato as the original source. Janice Bennett. St. Laurence and the Holy Grail: The Story of the Holy Chalice of Valencia. Littleton, Colorado: Libri de Hispania, 2002. Page 61. – 10 August 258) was one of the seven deacons of the city of Rome, Italy, under Pope Sixtus II who were martyred in the persecution of the Christians that the Roman Emperor Valerian ordered in 258.

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Solihull

Solihull is a large town in the West Midlands of England with a population of 206,700 in the 2011 Census.

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Staffordshire

Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands of England.

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Steve McQueen

Terence Steven McQueen (March 24, 1930 – November 7, 1980) was an American actor.

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Timber framing

Timber framing and "post-and-beam" construction are traditional methods of building with heavy timbers, creating structures using squared-off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden pegs.

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Triumph Bonneville T120

The Triumph Bonneville T120 was a Triumph Engineering motorcycle made from 1959 through 1975.

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Triumph Engineering

Triumph Engineering Co Ltd was a British motorcycle manufacturing company, based originally in Coventry and then in Solihull at Meriden.

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Triumph Motorcycles Ltd

Triumph Motorcycles Ltd is the largest British motorcycle manufacturer, established in 1983 by John Bloor after the original company Triumph Engineering went into receivership.

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Triumph Tiger Daytona

The Triumph Tiger Daytona is a motorcycle made by Triumph from 1967 to 1974.

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United Kingdom census, 2001

A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001.

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United Kingdom census, 2011

A census of the population of the United Kingdom is taken every ten years.

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Urban area

An urban area is a human settlement with high population density and infrastructure of built environment.

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Valerian (emperor)

Valerian (Publius Licinius Valerianus Augustus; 193/195/200260 or 264), also known as Valerian the Elder, was Roman Emperor from 253 to 260 CE.

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Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town, with a population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand.

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Village green

A village green is a common open area within a village or other settlement.

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Warwickshire

Warwickshire (abbreviated Warks) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands of England.

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West Midlands (county)

The West Midlands is a metropolitan county and city region in western-central England with a 2014 estimated population of 2,808,356, making it the second most populous county in England.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meriden,_West_Midlands

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