Astley | |
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Painted stalls in the church of St Mary the Virgin | |
Location within Warwickshire | |
Population | 218 (2011) |
OS grid reference | SP311894 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | NUNEATON |
Postcode district | CV10 |
Police | Warwickshire |
Fire | Warwickshire |
Ambulance | West Midlands |
Astley is a small village and civil parish within the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire, England.[1] In the 2001 census it had a population of 219, reducing slightly to 218 at the 2011 census.[2] Astley is Knebly in George Eliot's Mr Gilfil's Love Story, published in 1857. Eliot's parents were married in the church.[3]