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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.
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.
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 ...
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 ... More images. Church ...
Hillmorton is a suburb of Rugby, Warwickshire, England, around 2 miles (3.2 km) south-east of Rugby town centre, forming much of the eastern half of the town. It is also a ward of the Borough of Rugby. Hillmorton was historically a village in its own right, but was incorporated into Rugby in 1932.
1890s picture of the original hospital. The hospital was founded by Richard Henry Wood DL, a wealthy stockbroker who was originally from Manchester, but who had lived in Rugby for 21 years, and his wife, Elizabeth Wood (née Hatton) [1] [2] to replace an earlier nursing home in Castle Street, which had opened in 1869, and was no-longer adequate for the town's needs.
The Church of St Andrew is a Church of England parish church and civic church in the centre of Rugby, in Warwickshire, England.It is a grade II* listed building. [1] It is unique in having two peals of bells hung in separate towers and is part of the Major Churches Network.
Former pupils of Rugby School, in Warwickshire, England. They are known in some circles as "Old Rugbeians". They are known in some circles as "Old Rugbeians". The abbreviation "OR" is sometimes used to identify this.