part of the West Coast Main Line), that ran through nearby Polesworth. In 1951 Pooley Hall Colliery joined with nearby Tamworth and Amington Collieries to form the North Warwick Colliery. The Colliery eventually closed in 1965 and parts of the house, outbuildings and the colliery buildings had to be demolished due to mining subsidence. Today Today 62.5 hectares of the Pooley Hall Estate and Colliery site has been transformed into the "Pooley Country Park" operated by Warwickshire County Council. The Park has a visitors centre and is a popular site for dog walking. Pooley Hall is once again a private residence and was for some years, the home of the late Edwin Starr, an American Soul and Motown Singer. See also Cockayne Baronets Sir Aston Cockayne, 1st Baronet Polesworth References Mayor of Derby http://www.archiveswales.org.uk/anw/get_collection.php?inst_id=37&coll_id=1226&expand= http://www.showcaves.com/english/gb/mines/PooleyHall.html http://www.thisistamworth.co.uk/news/Magnificent-tale-Polesworth-s-Lord-Cockayne/article-381766-detail/article.html https://web.archive.org/web/20100828114950/http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/Web/Corporate/pages.nsf/Links/55940A8538A8910180256CD00057A182 http://www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/English%20sites/3545.html https://web.archive.org/web/20081120020113/http://www.polesworthparish.co.uk/history/industry2.php External links http://www2.mihalis.net/canal/cgi-bin/gazette.cgi?where=$vo49Pooley Country Park http://www.cream-digital.comThe current occupiers of Pooley Hall Grade II* listed buildings in Warwickshire Country houses in Warwickshire History of Warwickshire Grade II* listed houses Polesworth