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  2. History of Rugby, Warwickshire - Wikipedia

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    Rugby and its surrounding area had several brushes with some of the most important events in English history. "Guy Fawkes House" in Dunchurch. The Rugby area has associations with the Gunpowder Plot – On the eve of the plot on 5 November 1605, the plotters stayed at an inn in nearby Dunchurch to await news of the plot.

  3. Rugby Rural District - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Borough of Rugby - Wikipedia

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    It was created by a merger of the municipal borough of Rugby (which covered the town of Rugby) and the Rugby Rural District. [7] The new district was named Rugby after its largest settlement. [ 8 ] The district was awarded borough status from its creation, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor , continuing Rugby's series ...

  5. Warwickshire County Council - Wikipedia

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    The cities of Birmingham and Coventry were considered large enough to provide their own county-level services and so were made county boroughs, independent from Warwickshire County Council. [a] The county council was elected by and provided services to the rest of the county, which area was termed the administrative county.

  6. Newbold-on-Avon - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Pailton - Wikipedia

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    Pailton is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Rugby, Warwickshire, England. Its population in 2001 was recorded as 482, increasing at the 2011 Census to 516, reducing again to 483 in the 2021 Census. [1] The village was originally known as Pailington. [2]

  8. Rugby (UK Parliament constituency) - Wikipedia

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    The constituency was defined as consisting of the Urban District of Rugby, the Rural Districts of Farnborough, Monks Kirby, Rugby and Southam, together with the majority of Brailes Rural district (excepting only the two parishes of Ilmington and Stretton-on-Fosse which were in a detached part of Warwickshire).

  9. Rugby, Warwickshire - Wikipedia

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    Rugby is covered by Warwickshire Police and Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service. Ambulance services are covered by the West Midlands Ambulance Service. The local hospital in Rugby is the Hospital of St. Cross which is part of the University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust. [38]