Welcome to our village website

 

Leamington Hastings lies within the Parish of Leamington Hastings which comprises the villages of Leamington Hastings, Hill, Broadwell, Kites Hardwick and the hamlet of Hill.   Within the village itself lies the beautiful Church of All Saints which is renowned for its past musical events featuring international musicians. To find out more about our Church and the Draycote and Leam Valley Benefice click here.  

 

There is also a row of traditional Almshouses comprising 8 flats run by the Trustees of the Leamington Hastings Consolidated Charities.  For more information on the Almshouses click on the menu above.

 

The closest large towns are Rugby (7 miles) and Royal Leamington Spa (10 miles), with the smaller communities of Birdingbury (1 mile), Frankton, Bourton on Dunsmore (2 miles), Broadwell (2 miles) and Long Itchington (3 miles).   Local shops and Doctors’ surgeries can be found in Dunchurch

(4 miles) and Southam (4 miles).

 

Just half a mile from Leamington Hastings Village is the Leamington Hastings Church of England Academy situated in Hill which serves the local community for children up to the age of 7.   Also in Hill is the Parish Hall which hosts many activities throughout the year.

 

Although a small Parish we do offer a variety of activities and facilities. Situated in Hill the well maintained tennis courts which are available to hire, and the Bowls Club are both very popular and also there are many organisations which hire the Parish Hall on a weekly basis. The over 60s club and Silver Surfers regularly use the Parish Hall and the Parish Council and other organisations use it for their meetings.  Further information for these events can be obtained by visiting the Leamington Hastings Parish Hall web site.

 

Also within the Parish are various amenities including Broadwell Victory Hall, which is available to hire, and Broadwell Methodist Church.

 

There is also a popular Young Farmers Club which holds a variety of farming based activities throughout the year.

A brief history of The Parish of Leamington Hastings

Taken from:

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''Glimpses into the History of the Parish of Leamington Hastings''by Felicity Janet Gilks

 

"The four small settlements of Leamington Hastings, Hill, Kites Hardwick and Broadwell are all of Saxon or Medieval origin and all are thriving today. Tradition gives Kites Hardwick a Saxon origin since there was reputed to have been a skirmish between the Danes and the Saxons just below Draycote Water in a field now known as Dane Meadow. In documents Leamington Hastings and Hill are the oldest, both being mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086.

 

By the thirteenth century both Hill and Leamington Hastings were held by the Hastang family from whom the Hastings part of the village name is derived. Robert Hastang took the part of the Barons against Henry III at the Siege of Kenilworth in 1265, and the family's lands were confiscated. The estates were restored only after a large fine was paid to the King!

 

In 1375, on the death of John Hastang, being without a male heir, the lands of Leamington Hastings and Hill passed to his eldest daughter Maud and her husband Ralph Stafford. The Staffords owned Leamington Hastings Manor until 1630, then it changed hands several times until being inherited by Sir Charles Wheeler whose family initiated repairs to the church on the south side and south porch.

In 1796 the Wheeler estates were divided and Leamington Hastings was given to Lucy Wheeler and her husband Edward Sitwell. Some members of the family become vicars of the parish. The family were benefactors, initiating extensive repairs to the chancel and nave in 1873, being instrumental in the building of the elementary school and donating land on which to build the parish hall. The manor remained in their family until the 1920’s."