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Rugby began to develop more industries from the 1880s onwards. In 1881 a corset factory opened, employing local women. From the 1890s onwards Rugby began to attract engineering industry, due largely to its good transport links. The Willans & Robinson works opened in Rugby in 1893 which made steam engines.
Rugby is a market town in eastern Warwickshire, England, close to the River Avon. At the 2021 census, its population was 78,117, [1] making it the second-largest town in Warwickshire. It is the main settlement within the larger Borough of Rugby, which had a population of 114,400 in 2021. [2]
The building dates from 1842, and it historically housed the Gilbert company, makers of rugby footballs, founded by William Gilbert and his nephew James. In 1983, the company was taken over by Rodney Webb , a former England international rugby union player, who conceived the idea of turning the premises into a museum, as at the time there was ...
Warwickshire 52°23′16″N 1°16′39″W / 52.3879°N 1.2774°W / 52.3879; - Newbold-on-Avon (usually shortened to just Newbold ) is a suburb of Rugby in Warwickshire , England, located around 1½ miles north-west of the town centre, it is adjacent to the River Avon from which the suffix is derived.
The Rugby Rural District was a former rural district in Warwickshire, England. The district covered the rural areas surrounding the town of Rugby, where the district council was based, but did not include Rugby itself which was administered separately. The district was created in 1894. In 1932 its boundaries were significantly altered.
There are over 20,000 Grade II* listed buildings in England. This page is a list of these buildings in the district of Rugby in Warwickshire. ... Name Location ...
St Luke's Hospital was a former hospital in Rugby, Warwickshire, England, on Lower Hillmorton Road, between 1948 and 1993, although the facility had its origins in 1819 as a workhouse. History [ edit ]
Rugby Central was roughly midway along the Great Central Main Line (GCML) and was a stopping point for express services, as well as a changeover point for local services. Until the early 1960s, the station was served by about six London – Manchester expresses daily, and was the terminus for local services from Aylesbury or Woodford Halse to ...