Atherstone

Location of Atherstone

Atherstone is a town in Warwickshire in England with around 12,000 inhabitants. The place is on the northern tip of the county and is the administrative seat of the district of North Warwickshire .

Atherstone has a history that goes back to Roman times . An important fort, Manduessedum , stood nearby, and the Roman Watling Street (now the A5) ran through town. Atherstone is one of the places where it is believed that Queen Boudicca was defeated there in the decisive battle against the Romans under Gaius Suetonius Paulinus . This has not yet been proven. There used to be hat manufacturers in the city, but they were closed in the 1960s.

Atherstone is one of the few cities in England that the tradition of the annual Shrove Tuesday Football ( Shrove Tuesday , the day before Ash Wednesday ) or football mob maintained, played on public roads.

Atherstone is the seat of the British Aldi branch.

sons and daughters of the town

Paul Broadhurst (born 1965), professional golfer
Geoff Lees (* 1951), racing driver

Web links

Commons : Atherstone - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Atherstone website

Individual evidence

^ The Aldi effect: how one discount supermarket transformed the way Britain shops. In: Thr Guardian. March 5, 2019, accessed March 6, 2019 .

52.576666666667 -1.5438888888889Coordinates: 52 ° 35 ′ N , 1 ° 33 ′ W

[1] The Aldi effect: how one discount supermarket transformed the way Britain shops. In: Thr Guardian. March 5, 2019, accessed March 6, 2019 .