Monday, 18 November 2024

Warwickshire Places (26) : Long Itchington

The village of Long Itchington is east of Leamington Spa in central Warwickshire.

The village takes it's name from the river Itchen which flows past it. The village has existed since Saxon times, it is said to have been the birthplace of Saint Wulfstan in 1012. The parish church has existed since the early Norman times. A Tudor house in the village was stayed at twice by Queen Elizabeth it is believed in the early 1570s.

To the south of the village was a cement works, a model village being built to house the workers. The cement works has now closed but quarrying continues at the site. The village has no railway station though once was a stop on the Weedon to Leamington Spa Line which closed to passengers in 1958.