Amington is a ward, a parish and a suburb of Tamworth in Staffordshire, England, and was formerly a distinct village. Amington is to the far east of the town centre. Nearby places are Bolehall (further to the west within Tamworth), Glascote Heath (to the south-west), Stonydelph (to the south) and Alvecote (a village outside the borough boundary to the north-east). Amington is the site of Amington Hall. On the eve of the English Civil War there was some opposition to the paying of poor rate levi… (More on Amington)