Bodymoor Heath
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| Kingsbury | |
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 Canal-side cottages at Bodymoor Heath, seen from below Bodymoor Heath Bridge | |
  Kingsbury Location within Warwickshire | |
| Civil parish |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Sutton Coldfield |
| Postcode district | B76 |
| Police | Warwickshire |
| Fire | Warwickshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Bodymoor Heath is a small village in the North Warwickshire district of the county of Warwickshire in England, situated on, and with a bridge over, the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal close to the much larger village of Kingsbury.[1]
Bodymoor Heath was originally a separate village but later became inclosed as a part of the parish of Kingsbury.[2] Bodymoor Heath was the centre of a High Court of Chancery case of Barker v. Barker where it was held that the husband of a daughter who had inherited her father's lands in Bodymoor Heath, was not entitled to any dividend just through curtesy.[3] The village later came into the ownership of the twice Prime Minister, Sir Robert Peel along with the surrounding Kingsbury parish.[4] The village is located near the planned route of the High Speed 2 railway line. The route passes through the Bodymoor Heath Training Ground, which necessitated Aston Villa to relocate a number of their facilities and pitches away from the planned route.[5] Bodymoor Heath has a pub. The pub is called the Dog and Doublet. It was constructed in 1786 but did not become a pub until 1835.[6] The pub was granted grade II listed status in 1981 by English Heritage.[7] It also has a grade II listed bridge.[1]
