Ansty is a village and civil parish in the Rugby Borough of Warwickshire, England, about northeast of Coventry city centre and 7 miles (13 km) south of Hinckley. Ansty is on the B4065, which used to be the main road between Coventry and Hinckley. The junction between the M6 and M69 motorways and A46 road is southwest of the village. The parish had a population of 299 at the 2021 Census.
History
The Domesday Book of 1086 mentions Anestie as part of the hundred of Brinklow. The main landowner was Lady Godiva. The arcade between the nave and north aisle is 14th century.
A cottage industry of weaving developed in the parish from early in the 18th century. In November 1963 a high embankment on the towpath side gave way, spilling 10,000 tons of sand and clay onto adjoining land.
RAF Ansty, a Royal Air Force training base, operated nearby between 1936 and 1953. In the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, Armstrong Siddeley Motors had its development plant for gas turbines and aircraft rocket motors as well as the Gamma rocket motors used in the Black Knight and Black Arrow launchers. The plant is now the Ansty engineering works of Rolls-Royce. In 2013, Rolls-Royce announced the closure of the military part of the plant. The civil part of the plant remains unaffected.
In 2012, Ansty erected its first War Memorial, a black obelisk, after the hard work of local villagers headed by Chief Petty Officer Dean Bateman.
In 2017 London Electric Vehicle Company (part of the Geely Group) established a major production facility for EV taxis and vans 1.5 miles south of the village at Ansty Park (separated by the M6 motorway).
Amenities
Ansty has a gastropub restaurant, The Rose and Castle just beside the canal and The Ansty Club on Grove Road. There is also The Ansty Golf Club which is open to none members.
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Image:St James Church -Ansty2 19j08.jpg|St James' Parish Church
Image:Oxford Canal -Ansty bridge 19j08.jpg|Road bridge over the Oxford Canal
Image:Ansty Hall - front 19j08.jpg|Ansty Hall
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