Bedworth is a market town in the North of Warwickshire between Nuneaton and Coventry.
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| Houses in Bedworth |
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Warwickshire |
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Nuneaton & Bedworth |
| Population: |
31,332 (2011 census) |
Bedworth has Saxon origins and was listed in the Domesday Book as Bedeword. Bedworth was a small settlement, suffering greatly during the Black Death, by the late 16th century it had been reduced to just fourteen families. The town remained small until the early-modern period, local coal mines helping to spark a boom in the town. By 1939 Bedworth had twenty coal mines but after the war the mines gradually shut down, the last was closed in 1991. Bedworth also grew due to ribbon weaving and textile manufacturers moving from Coventry.
Both industries have now gone and Bedworth inhabitants mostly work elsewhere especially in nearby Coventry and Nuneaton. The parish church of All Saints has 14th century origins though was rebuilt by the Victorians.
The Coventry Canal, which flows through the town, opened in 1789. The railway arrived in Bedworth in 1850.
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| All Saints |
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| Coventry canal |
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| St Francis of Assisi RC church |
