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Hams Hall is a place near Lea Marston
Lea Marston

Lea Marston is a village in the North Warwickshire district of the county of Warwickshire, England.The village can be traced back to the Saxon people period....
 in North Warwickshire
North Warwickshire

North Warwickshire is a Non-metropolitan district and borough in Warwickshire, England. The main town in the district is Atherstone where the council is based....
, England
England

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, named after the manor house
Manor house

A manor house or fortified manor-house is a country house, which has historically formed the administrative centre of a manor , the lowest unit of territorial organization in the feudal system....
 which formerly stood there.

The house, which was the home of the Adderley family, was purchased by an American shipping magnate and dismantled in 1921. The City of Birmingham
Birmingham

Birmingham is a city status in the United Kingdom and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. Birmingham is the most populous of England's English Core Cities Group, and is the List of United Kingdom cities by population British city after London, with a population of 1,010,200 ....
 bought the land and built an electricity generating station there (Hams Hall A). The Hall was reassembled as Bledisloe Lodge, a hall of residence for students at the Royal College of Agriculture, at Coates near Cirencester
Cirencester

Cirencester is a market town in Gloucestershire, England, 93 miles west northwest of London. Cirencester lies on the River Churn, a tributary of the River Thames, and is the largest town in Cotswold ....
 in Gloucestershire.






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Hams Hall is a place near Lea Marston
Lea Marston

Lea Marston is a village in the North Warwickshire district of the county of Warwickshire, England.The village can be traced back to the Saxon people period....
 in North Warwickshire
North Warwickshire

North Warwickshire is a Non-metropolitan district and borough in Warwickshire, England. The main town in the district is Atherstone where the council is based....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
, named after the manor house
Manor house

A manor house or fortified manor-house is a country house, which has historically formed the administrative centre of a manor , the lowest unit of territorial organization in the feudal system....
 which formerly stood there.

The house, which was the home of the Adderley family, was purchased by an American shipping magnate and dismantled in 1921. The City of Birmingham
Birmingham

Birmingham is a city status in the United Kingdom and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. Birmingham is the most populous of England's English Core Cities Group, and is the List of United Kingdom cities by population British city after London, with a population of 1,010,200 ....
 bought the land and built an electricity generating station there (Hams Hall A). The Hall was reassembled as Bledisloe Lodge, a hall of residence for students at the Royal College of Agriculture, at Coates near Cirencester
Cirencester

Cirencester is a market town in Gloucestershire, England, 93 miles west northwest of London. Cirencester lies on the River Churn, a tributary of the River Thames, and is the largest town in Cotswold ....
 in Gloucestershire. It is now a private residence. Descendants of the Adderleys now live in Fillongley Hall.

Hams Hall A (as it come to be known) was built under the auspices of Richard Alexander Chattock (1865–1936), Birmingham City Electrical Engineer from the creation of the City Council's Electric Supply Department in 1903 until his retirement in 1930.

Two more stations (Hams Hall B and C) were later built on the site, reputedly the largest in Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
 at the time of its construction. The City's electricity generating and supply functions were nationalised in the late 1940s. The Central Electricity Generating Board took over responsibility for the site from Birmingham and founded an environmental studies centre. Lea Ford Cottage (a local medieval timber-framed building) was re-erected there to preserve it.

The area alongside the confluence
Confluence

Confluence may refer to:* Confluence , the point where two or more bodies of water meet and merge* Deformation , the streamline air flow convergence of a fluid air parcel...
 of the River Blythe
River Blythe

The Blythe is a river in the England Midlands which runs from Warwickshire, through borough of Solihull and on to Coleshill, Warwickshire. It is fed by the River Cole, West Midlands and is a tributary of the River Tame, West Midlands....
 and River Tame became the West Midland Bird Club
West Midland Bird Club

The West Midland Bird Club is the United Kingdom's largest regional ornithology society. It has been serving birdwatchers and ornithologists in the four England counties of Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and the Metropolitan West Midlands , with lectures, field trips, research, a bulletin and an annual report, since 1929....
's Ladywalk Reserve
Ladywalk Reserve

Ladywalk Reserve is a nature reserve on the River Tame, West Midlands, at its confluence with the River Blythe, at Hams Hall in north Warwickshire, England, owned by Powergen, but leased to, and operated by, the West Midland Bird Club....
. All three stations were closed and themselves demolished in the 1990s. The land was cleared and an industrial park was built. Only the sub-stations now remain, on the other side of the road.

The Hams Hall Industrial Park, owned by E.ON
E.ON

E.ON AG , an energy industry corporation based in D?sseldorf, Germany, is one of the 30 members of the DAX stock index of major German companies and a member of the "Global Titans 50" index....
, includes:
  • a Channel Tunnel
    Channel Tunnel

    The Channel Tunnel , also known by the portmanteau Chunnel, is a undersea rail transport tunnel linking Folkestone, Kent, Kent in England with Coquelles near Calais in northern France beneath the English Channel at the Strait of Dover....
     Railfreight
    Railfreight

    Railfreight was a sector of British Rail responsible for all freight operations on the British network. The division was created in 1982 when BR sought to assign particular stock and management to the evolving requirements of freight traffic....
     terminal opened by John Prescott
    John Prescott

    John Leslie Prescott is a United Kingdom Labour Party politician, former Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Secretary of State and current Member of Parliament for the constituency of Kingston upon Hull East ....
     on 11 July 1997
  • E.ON's Power Engineering and Plant Test facility
  • a BMW
    BMW

    , is an independent German automotive industry founded in 1916. It also produces BMW Motorrad, is the owner of the MINI brand and is the parent company of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars....
     car engine plant
  • a Marley Building Materials Ltd Thermalite block production factory
  • distribution and warehousing facilities for
    • Sainsbury's
    • Bell Micro
    • Birds Eye
      Birds Eye

      __FORCETOC__Birds Eye is an international brand of frozen foods such as seafood, meat and vegetables.Birds Eye is considered to be one of the founders of the modern frozen food industry and is credited with inventing a fast freezing process that preserves the quality of food....
       Walls
      Wall's ice cream

      Wall's is the brand name of Unilever Heartbrand ice cream business, used originally in the United Kingdom and also currently in Hong Kong, China, India , Indonesia, Jordan, Lebanon, Malaysia , Maldives, Pakistan , Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Thailand, United Arab Emirates and Vietnam....
    • Chubb Locks
      Chubb Locks

      Chubb Locks is a brand name of the Mul-T-Lock subsidiary of the Assa Abloy Group, which manufactures high security lock for residential and commercial applications....
    • Expeditors
    • DHL
      DHL

      DHL Express , is a division of Deutsche Post World Net providing international express mail services....
    • Incorporatewear
    • Leggett Logistics
    • Nestlé
      Nestlé

      Nestl? is a Multinational corporation packaged food company founded and headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland, and listed on the SWX Swiss Exchange with a turnover of over 87 billion Swiss francs....
       Purina Petcare


See also

  • Charles Adderley, 1st Baron Norton


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