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[13] [5] Rugby was transformed into a railway town, and the influx of railway workers and their families rapidly expanded the population. [6] Rugby's population grew to nearly 8,000 by 1861. [14] reaching nearly 17,000 by 1901. By which time around 1 in 5 Rugbeians were employed by the railways. [15] [5] Map of Rugby from 1946
The precinct, originally opened in 1979, [2] as "Rugby Shopping Centre", changed its name in 1995 to "Clock Towers Shopping Centre" after the clock tower in the town centre, and adapted its name as a theme; the shopping centre features clocks and other time-related decorations, the precinct installed two ornamental clocks, both loosely based on ...
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. Newbold was historically a village in its own right, but was incorporated into Rugby in 1932. [1]
The town of Rugby had been a local board district from 1849. [3] Such districts became urban districts in 1894. [4] At the same time the Rugby Rural District was created covering the surrounding rural parishes. [5] The urban and rural districts had separate councils, both based in Rugby.
This is a list of cities, towns and villages in the ceremonial county of Warwickshire, England. ... Radway, Ratley, Rowington, Rugby, Ryton-on-Dunsmore. S
Clifton-upon-Dunsmore is a village and civil parish in the Rugby borough of Warwickshire in England on the north-eastern outskirts of Rugby, approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) from Rugby town centre. The population of the parish taken at the 2011 census was 1,304, increasing to 2,991 at the 2021 census . [ 1 ]
Binley Woods is within the Borough of Rugby, although the town of Rugby is around 7 miles (11 km) to the east. In the 2021 census the parish had a population of 2,568. [1] The village is 5 miles (8 km) east of central Coventry, on the A428 road, east of the junction with the A46 road.
Frankton is located about six miles south-west of Rugby, adjacent to the B4453 road linking Rugby and Princethorpe. The village stands on a hill approximately 360 feet above sea level. [3] There are houses ranging from the 18th century to modern buildings, and a public house.