Wishaw, Warwickshire
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Wishaw is a village and civil parish
(as Wishaw and Moxhull) in the north-west of Warwickshire
, England
. It is located within the district of North Warwickshire
and is famous as the home of The Belfry
golf
resort, which has hosted the Ryder Cup
on no less than four separate occasions. The village is also home to as other notable buildings.
The site of The Belfry
was once the location of Moxhull Park, a fine stately home that belonged to the Ryland family until it mysteriously burnt down in the early twentieth century. The manor house was rebuilt one mile away to its present location on Holly Lane as Moxhull Hall
.
Wishaw is also the location of a fine church dedicated to the local Saint Chad. The church is popular with marriages and regular Sunday services, despite a very small local population.
Wishaw is located about one mile north of the village of Curdworth and about three miles east of the town of Sutton Coldfield
, in the West Midlands
.
In 2003, residents claimed that a mobile phone mast
at the centre of the village was the cause of a local cancer cluster
http://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/westmidlands/series6/phone_masts.shtml. The mast was felled by unknown vandals in November 2003 and subsequent pressure against plans to replace it led operator T-Mobile
to abandon the site.http://www.radiationresearch.org/pressPdfs/SuttonColdfieldObserver-PhoneGiatWillNotReplaceMast.pdf
Civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...
(as Wishaw and Moxhull) in the north-west of Warwickshire
Warwickshire
Warwickshire is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, although the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It is located within the district of North Warwickshire
North Warwickshire
North Warwickshire is a local government district and borough in Warwickshire, England. The main town in the district is Atherstone where the council is based...
and is famous as the home of The Belfry
The Belfry
The Belfry is a golf resort in Wishaw, Warwickshire, England, very near the Sutton Coldfield district of Birmingham, and owned since 2005 by Irish businessman Sean Quinn....
golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
resort, which has hosted the Ryder Cup
Ryder Cup
The Ryder Cup is a biennial golf competition between teams from Europe and the United States. The competition is jointly administered by the PGA of America and the PGA European Tour, and is contested every two years, the venue alternating between courses in the United States and Europe...
on no less than four separate occasions. The village is also home to as other notable buildings.
The site of The Belfry
The Belfry
The Belfry is a golf resort in Wishaw, Warwickshire, England, very near the Sutton Coldfield district of Birmingham, and owned since 2005 by Irish businessman Sean Quinn....
was once the location of Moxhull Park, a fine stately home that belonged to the Ryland family until it mysteriously burnt down in the early twentieth century. The manor house was rebuilt one mile away to its present location on Holly Lane as Moxhull Hall
Moxhull Hall
Moxhull Hall is a hotel, wedding and conference venue in Wishaw, near Sutton Coldfield, in Warwickshire, England.It is a Grade II listed building....
.
Wishaw is also the location of a fine church dedicated to the local Saint Chad. The church is popular with marriages and regular Sunday services, despite a very small local population.
Wishaw is located about one mile north of the village of Curdworth and about three miles east of the town of Sutton Coldfield
Sutton Coldfield
Sutton Coldfield is a suburb of Birmingham, in the West Midlands of England. Sutton is located about from central Birmingham but has borders with Erdington and Kingstanding. Sutton is in the northeast of Birmingham, with a population of 105,000 recorded in the 2001 census...
, in the West Midlands
West Midlands (county)
The West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a 2009 estimated population of 2,638,700. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972, formed from parts of Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire. The...
.
In 2003, residents claimed that a mobile phone mast
Radio masts and towers
Radio masts and towers are, typically, tall structures designed to support antennas for telecommunications and broadcasting, including television. They are among the tallest man-made structures...
at the centre of the village was the cause of a local cancer cluster
Cancer cluster
Cancer cluster is a term used by epidemiologists, statisticians, and public health workers to define an occurrence of a greater-than-expected number of cancer cases within a group of people in a geographic area over a period of time....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/westmidlands/series6/phone_masts.shtml. The mast was felled by unknown vandals in November 2003 and subsequent pressure against plans to replace it led operator T-Mobile
T-Mobile
T-Mobile International AG is a German-based holding company for Deutsche Telekom AG's various mobile communications subsidiaries outside Germany. Based in Bonn, Germany, its subsidiaries operate GSM and UMTS-based cellular networks in Europe, the United States, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands...
to abandon the site.http://www.radiationresearch.org/pressPdfs/SuttonColdfieldObserver-PhoneGiatWillNotReplaceMast.pdf