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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.
Warwickshire play in the County Championship. As of 2017, the representative side competes in Division 2. [3] However, in the past, the county competed at a much higher level, winning the Bill Beaumont Cup (as it is now known) 10 times, the fourth best record in the competition. [4] Honours. Bill Beaumont Cup: Winners 10 times; runners up 5 times
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.
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.
The museum is packed with much rugby memorabilia, including a Gilbert football of the kind used at Rugby School that was exhibited at the first World's Fair, [3] [4] [5] at the Great Exhibition in London and the original Richard Lindon (inventor of the rubber bladder for rugby balls) brass hand pump. Traditional handmade rugby balls are still ...
VS Rugby changed its name to Rugby United in 2000, and to Rugby Town in 2005. In both cases there was a degree of controversy amongst the supporter base. Valley came close to promotion twice under manager Dave Stringer in the 2012–13 and 2013–14 seasons.
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 1957–58 Rugby Union County Championship was the 58th edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time. [1] [2] [3] Warwickshire won the competition for the second time after defeating Cornwall in the final. [4] [5]