Talk:Atherstone

Politics
Saying that Atherstone has one seat in the House of Commons is not strictly correct as the seat actually covers a much wider area than the town. The constituency is officially called North Warwickshire, and Atherstone is only one of several settlements to be represented under this banner. Also, since the 2007 local election, the borough of North Warwickshire is now entirely under Conservative controll. Therefore, I am going to update this information. Paul20070 17:01, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Original Research
I've added an "or" template in the History section. There is a page number in, so I'm suspicious that there may have been some 'copy/paste' involved partly with this article. Nevermorestr 01:43, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

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Rail service improvement
Article claims improved service as This improvement came in the 1990s.

I'm having difficulty getting a reference so only have personal recollection, but can recall a presentation in which representative of a rail operator ( London Midland ?) saying that the re-introduction of a local station stopping service on this part of the TV line was considered a somewhat leap in the dark in terms of passenger demand because there had been no service in the 14years between rail privatization and the completion of the WCML upgrade in 2008 which fits with what I found in the North Warwickshire Infrastructure Delivery Plan which says ''A regular rail service was restored to Atherstone in December 2008 following completion of the West Coast Main Line upgrade. '' The station's wiki article isn't too specific on this. Can anyone offer further insight?--FDent (talk) 17:21, 26 January 2019 (UTC)


 * 2008 sounds about right for when they introduced the regular service, so the article needs changing. I'm not sure what the service was before that, but I know it wasn't very much. If I recall they stopped the local services altogether for a few years from about 2004? while they did the upgrade, when it was completed some of the local stations either never re-opened, or only remain nominally open (like Polesworth, Norton Bridge and Wedgwood for example). The whole section needs proper referencing to be honest. G-13114 (talk) 14:06, 27 January 2019 (UTC)

battle of Bosworth
"It is said that the Battle of Bosworth actually took place in the fields of Merevale above Atherstone. Certainly reparation was made to Atherstone after the battle and not to Market Bosworth. Local legend is that they stayed at The Three Tuns in Long Street." they who stayed at the three tuns? 84.71.247.200 (talk) 15:04, 29 March 2022 (UTC)
 * It was badly written. I've completely rewritten the paragraph now, and hopefully it makes more sense. G-13114 (talk) 00:55, 31 March 2022 (UTC)