Warwickshire village, 3 miles NW of Nuneaton.
The poet Michael Drayton (1563-1631) was born here and there is a memorial to him, in the form of a bus shelter, made from local granite. It was dedicated in 1972 by Sir John Betjeman.
Location map of Hartshill courtesy of Streetmap.co.uk
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8 October 2002
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