Keresley
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Keresley is a village and civil parish in the City of Coventry, West Midlands, England, about five miles north of Coventry City Centre. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 791.
For most of its history, Keresley was a combination of two further villages: Keresley Green was the most northerly and first to exist, but it was Keresley Heath to the south which was developed the most with the building of schools and the church of St. Thomas. However, in 1911 the construction of a colliery near to Keresley Green brought the focus of development back to that area. It wasn't until 1974 that the two parts of Keresley lost their separate identities and became united, with the closure of the colliery following in the late 1990s.
