Lower Shuckburgh

Lower Shuckburgh
Lower Shuckburgh
 Lower Shuckburgh shown within Warwickshire
Population 82 (2001 Census)
OS grid referenceSP4862
Civil parishUpper and Lower Shuckburgh
DistrictStratford-on-Avon
Shire countyWarwickshire
RegionWest Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town DAVENTRY
Postcode district NN11
Dialling code 01327
Police Warwickshire
Fire Warwickshire
Ambulance West Midlands
EU Parliament West Midlands
UK ParliamentStratford-on-Avon
List of places
UK
England
Warwickshire

Coordinates: 52°15′29″N 1°17′22″W / 52.258133°N 1.289356°W / 52.258133; -1.289356

Lower Shuckburgh is a small village in eastern Warwickshire. It lies within the civil parish of Upper and Lower Shuckburgh, which in the 2001 census had a population of 82.[1]

The village lies on the A425 road between Southam and Daventry. Just north of the village is the Oxford Canal. On Beacon Hill, just south of the village, is the deserted village of Upper Shuckburgh after which the parish is partly named.

The most notable building in the village is the Church of St John the Baptist, designed by John Croft, which dates from 1864 and is built in Gothic style.

Shuckburgh was mentioned in the Domesday Book as Sochberge, possibly referring to a long lost burial mound or barrow. The villages appear as Ouer Shugbury and Nether Shugbury on the Christopher Saxton map of 1637.

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