Warton, Warwickshire
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Warton is a village in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire, England.
It is five miles east of Tamworth and four miles north west of Atherstone.
The Church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity and is connected with the village school - Warton Nethersole CE Primary. There is a village shop/Post Office. Public Houses include The Fox and Dogs, which originally housed a blacksmith's shop, and The Hatters Arms. A Blacksmith and Farrier exists there, so does a camping site.
Warton had a notable Maypole. The main street is still called Maypole Rd and opposite to where the Maypole stood is Maypole House, now Maypole Stores. There are photographs which show the pole while villagers celebrate Queen Victoria's Jubilee with a sheep roast. These photographs are held at the castle museum in Tamworth.
Just south of Warton on Grendon Common is a Maypole Lane with a public house called The Maypole. Also in the lane is a Maypole bakery. The public house sign shows romantically dressed young women dancing with ribbons around a pole which has spiral garlands wound around it. This is similar to those on the photographs of the Warton Pole.
