Burton Hastings
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Burton Hastings and Stretton Baskerville is a village in 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...

. It lies about four miles south-east of Nuneaton
Nuneaton
Nuneaton is the largest town in the Borough of Nuneaton and Bedworth and in the English county of Warwickshire.Nuneaton is most famous for its associations with the 19th century author George Eliot, who was born on a farm on the Arbury Estate just outside Nuneaton in 1819 and lived in the town for...

 and is named after the Hastings family
Earl of Huntingdon
Earl of Huntingdon is a title which has been created several times in the Peerage of England. The title is associated with the ruling house of Scotland, and latterly with the Hastings family.-Early history:...

who held the manor until 1529. Burton Hastings is often used by commuters who work in nearby towns.

The Church of St Botolph lies at the centre of the village.

The current population of the village is around 250. There are 92 houses in the village, on five streets all of which branch off from Hinckley Road.

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