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Warwickshire town, 8 miles N of Coventry.
This town, lying on the River Anker, grew prosperous as a result of the textile industry and the nearby coalfields of Warwickshire.
Manuscripts by the poet Michael Drayton (1563-1631) and the author Robert Burton (1577-1640), who was educated in the town, are held in the Public Library.
Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880), novelist known by her pseudonym George Eliot was born at Arbury Farm, 2 miles SW of Nuneaton. She used the area as a backdrop in her work and her statue stands in the centre of the town. In her Scenes of Clerical Life (1857), Nuneaton is "Milby" and the nearby Chilvers Coton (where Mary was baptised) is "Shepperton" while Arbury Manor, where her father was agent, is "Cheverel Manor". The mill on the estate is thought to be the original model for The Mill on the Floss (1860). The Public Library, designed by well known architect Frederick Gibberd, houses a collection of manuscripts by George Eliot. There is material relating to George Eliot in the Nuneaton Museum and Art Gallery.
The creator of the Chief Inspector Barnaby novels, Caroline Graham (1931- ), was born and brought up in the town and attended Nuneaton High School for Girls. The stories have been adapted into a long running television series, Midsomer murders.
Location map of Nuneaton courtesy of Streetmap.co.uk
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9 December 2004
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