the land was sold to developers. An Amazon fulfilment centre is now one of the businesses on the site. Twin town Allesley is twinned with the village of Saint-Jean-Soleymieux, near Saint-Etienne, Loire, France. Sports The parish has an amateur Barkers Butts Rugby Football Club playing at the Bob Coward Memorial Ground, just off Pickford Grange Lane. Formed in 1946, it originally played in Keresley, but moved to Allesley in 1975. References Bibliography David Fry and Albert Smith, 1991/1993, The Coventry We Have Lost. 2 vols, Simanda Press, Berkswell / Villages in the West Midlands (county) Suburbs of Coventry Civil parishes in the West Midlands (county) Conservation areas in England