Seckington
| Seckington | |
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 All Saints' parish church, seen from the east |
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| Seckington shown within Warwickshire | |
| Population | 59 (2001 Census) |
| OS grid reference | SK2607 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Birmingham |
| Postcode district | B79 |
| Dialling code | 01827 |
| Police | Warwickshire |
| Fire | Warwickshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| EU Parliament | West Midlands |
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Seckington is a village in North Warwickshire, about 4 miles (6 km) northeast of Tamworth, Staffordshire. The B4593 road between Tamworth and Appleby Magna runs through the parish, passing about 100 yards (91 m) north of the village.
Seckington was a separate civil parish but is now merged with two neighbouring civil parishes to form that of Newton Regis, Seckington and No Man's Heath.
In AD 757 King Æthelbald of Mercia was assassinated at Secandune (Seckington). Continuations of the Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum say he "was treacherously and miserably murdered, in the night, by his own guards".
The Domesday Book of 1086 records Secintone as a vill with a manor of five hides.
Seckington Castle is a motte-and-bailey castle believed to have been built in the late 11th century for either Roger de Beaumont, Earl of Meulan or his son Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester.
In the late 17th century the antiquary Sir William Dugdale (1605–86) described, measured and recorded the castle in detail. Since 1923 the castle has been protected as a scheduled monument.
The motte is now about 30 feet (9 m) high and its diameter is about 150 feet (46 m) at the base. The bailey is south and east of the motte.
The castle is surrounded on three sides by traces of ridge and furrow cultivation.
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