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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.
British Thomson-Houston (BTH) was a British engineering and heavy industrial company, based at Rugby, Warwickshire, England.Originally founded to sell products from the Thomson-Houston Electric Company, it soon became a manufacturer using licences from the American company.
Barby suffered a stroke at his home in Rugby on 13 July 2012, and he died two weeks later on 25 July 2012 in a hospital in Coventry, aged 69. [1] [3] [6] Over 500 people attended a memorial service at St Andrew's Church, Rugby on 2 September 2012. A tribute was given by Philip Serrell. [22]
The Rugby Observer [2] is a free weekly newspaper covering Rugby town in Warwickshire, England, and its surrounding villages. It first published in 1991. The Rugby Observer [3] is part of Observer Standard Newspapers which was set up in 1989 by current owners Chris and Pat Bullivant. [4] The company is now called Bullivant Media LTD.
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 Grade II listed Georgian Manor at Kites Hardwick The Severn Trent Water gauging station on the River Leam at Kites Hardwick. Kites Hardwick is a hamlet in east Warwickshire, England, in the Leam Valley ward of Rugby Borough [1] and in the civil parish of Leamington Hastings [2] [3] The village straddles the A426 Rugby to Southam road two miles (3 km) south of Dunchurch.
The Church of St Botolph is a grade I listed 15th century parish church in Newbold-on-Avon, Rugby, Warwickshire, England. [1] The church is located on an elevated position overlooking the River Avon .
The Rugby Western Relief Road (RWRR) is a 3.7-mile (6 km) single carriageway bypass road which is on the outskirts of Rugby, Warwickshire, England.The £36.6 million scheme includes a £17.08 million contribution from the Department for Transport and was expected to be completed by the end of 2009 [1] but the date was put back by a year, eventually opening in September 2010. [2]