Chilvers Coton

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title: "Chilvers Coton" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["areas-of-nuneaton", "former-civil-parishes-in-warwickshire"] description: "Area of Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England" topic_path: "general/areas-of-nuneaton" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilvers_Coton" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Area of Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox UK place"]

Field	Value
official_name	Chilvers Coton
country	England
region	West Midlands
coordinates
post_town	NUNEATON
postcode_area	CV
postcode_district	CV11
dial_code	024
shire_district	Nuneaton and Bedworth
shire_county	Warwickshire
hide_services	Yes
static_image	Chilvers Coton All Saints - geograph.org.uk - 862931.jpg
static_image_caption	Chilvers Coton parish church of All Saints
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| official_name = Chilvers Coton | civil_parish = | country = England | region = West Midlands | coordinates = | os_grid_reference = | post_town = NUNEATON | postcode_area = CV | postcode_district = CV11 | dial_code = 024 | shire_district = Nuneaton and Bedworth | shire_county = Warwickshire | hide_services = Yes | population = | population_ref = | area_total_km2 = | static_image = Chilvers Coton All Saints - geograph.org.uk - 862931.jpg | static_image_caption = Chilvers Coton parish church of All Saints | website = Chilvers Coton is an area of the town of Nuneaton in Warwickshire, England, around one mile south of the town centre.

Chilvers Coton was historically a village and civil parish in its own right and was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as “Celverdestoche,”. The author Mary Ann Evans (better known as George Eliot) lived at Griff House in the parish between 1820 and 1841. Chilvers Coton was the inspiration for the fictional village of Shepperton in Eliot's novel Scenes of Clerical Life. Like neighbouring Nuneaton, Chilvers Coton historically was a centre for the weaving and coal mining industries.

The parish of Chilvers Coton was made a local board district in 1850, being the area's first modern form of local government; prior to that it was governed by its vestry. The two local boards for Chilvers Coton and neighbouring Nuneaton were merged in 1893. The following year, all such districts were converted into urban districts. The Nuneaton and Chilvers Coton Urban District was elevated to become a municipal borough in 1907 under the single name of Nuneaton. The civil parish of Chilvers Coton continued to exist until 1920, but as an urban parish it had no parish council. The parish was abolished in 1920 when the parish of Nuneaton was enlarged to match the borough. In 1911 the parish had a population of 10,492.

The original Church of England parish church for the area is All Saints' Church. This church dated from the 13th century with 19th-century additions. Most of the church, except the tower, was destroyed in the Second World War during a German air raid on Nuneaton, and was subsequently rebuilt during 1946-51 by German prisoners of war. A Roman Catholic church, Our Lady of the Angels is also located in the area, as well as a Methodist chapel.

Between 1850 and 1965, Chilvers Coton was served by its own railway station on the Coventry to Nuneaton Line. The Coventry Canal also runs through the area.

References

References

1. "Chilvers Coton". Our Warwickshire.
2. "Warwickshire A-F". The Domesday Book Online.
3. (1947). "Parishes: Chilvers Coton". British History Online.
4. "Chilvers Coton: extracts from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)". Genuki.
5. {{London Gazette. (16 July 1850)
6. (1912). "Kelly's Directory of Warwickshire".
7. (1947). "The borough of Nuneaton". British History Online.
8. "Population statistics Chilvers Coton AP/CP through time". [[A Vision of Britain through Time]].
9. "CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS, CHILVERS COTON". Our Warwickshire.

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