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282: 210:(formerly Whitley Abbey Community School) opened on 13 October 2000, replacing the former Whitley Abbey Comprehensive School built in the 1950s, which was one of the first comprehensive schools in Coventry. In July 2007, Whitley Abbey Community School gained specialist status in Business and Enterprise and was renamed Whitley Abbey Business and Enterprise College. On 1 July 2011 Whitley Abbey Business and Enterprise College became an Academy and was renamed to 'Whitley Academy'. The new academy was formally opened on 13 March 2012 by 294: 162: 124: 25: 170: 186:
Until the turn of the 19th century, Whitley had its own identity based around a principal grand house which was built in the 14th century. Contrary to popular belief, it was this house which bore the name "Whitley Abbey" and not a monastic residence. Several changes and additions to the house took
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From 1938 to 1951, Church of England worship had been held in the chapel in the grounds of Whitley Abbey. Prior to that, services had been held in several temporary locations. In 1951 a dual-purpose church/community hall was constructed and opened on Abbey Road. In 1967, work on a new St James'
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place over the following centuries until the entire estate was sold in 1924, and the house fell into disrepair. Planning permission was granted during the 1950s to build Whitley Abbey Comprehensive School on the site, which was later demolished to make way for
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During the Second World War, Whitley Common was used to safely dispose of unexploded bombs dropped by the German Air Force. In October 1940, British Army Officer
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company was at Whitley. In the late 1930s, the buildings and associated airfield were found to be too small for modern aircraft and the operation moved to nearby
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Church and vicarage was started, alongside the previous building. The new church opened in 1968, the old church becoming the church hall.
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is a neighbourhood of Coventry, within Cheylsmore Ward and situated about 2.4 km south east of the city centre on London Road
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later named Whitley Business & Enterprise College, but was recently re-opened by
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Suburb of southern Coventry in the West Midlands of England
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and is now called Whitley Academy. It is one of the seven
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and a major centre of the British automotive corporation
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Public Sculpture of Warwickshire, Coventry and Solihull
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Whitley Abbey Bridge and the bollards across Abbey Road
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Academies in the country, all in the West Midlands.
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