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Rugby is a market town in the county of Warwickshire in the West Midlands of England, on the River Avon. The town has a population of 61,988 (2001 census[1]). The larger borough of Rugby has a population of 91,600 (2005 estimate). Residents of Rugby are called 'Rugbeians'. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (600x800, 11 KB) Summary Description: A blank map of the United Kingdom, with country outline and coastline; contact the author for help with modifications or add-ons Source: Reference map provided by Demis Mapper 6 Date: 2006-21-06 Author: User...
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Rugby is a local government district and borough in eastern Warwickshire, England. ...
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A detailed map Stratford-upon-Avon Kenilworth Castle Warwickshire (pronounced //, //, or //) is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in central England. ...
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Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification - by Athelstan AD 927 Area - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq mi Population - 2006 est. ...
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The CV postcode area, also known as the Coventry postcode area[2], is a group of postal districts around Atherstone, Bedworth, Coventry, Kenilworth, Leamington Spa, Nuneaton, Rugby, Shipston-on-Stour, Southam, Stratford-upon-Avon and Warwick in England. ...
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Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service is the statutary fire and rescue service covering Warwickshire in the West Midlands region of England. ...
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The West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust is the authority responsible for providing NHS ambulance services in Herefordshire, Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, Warwickshire, West Midlands, and Worcestershire in the West Midlands region. ...
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Rugby and Kenilworth is a Parliamentary constituency in Warwickshire, England. ...
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Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification - by Athelstan AD 927 Area - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq mi Population - 2006 est. ...
The River Avon or Avon is a river in or adjoining the counties of Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire in the midlands of England. ...
Rugby is a local government district and borough in eastern Warwickshire, England. ...
Rugby is located 13 miles (21 km) east of Coventry, on the eastern edge of Warwickshire, near the borders with Northamptonshire and Leicestershire. The Precinct in Coventry city centre. ...
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 The town centre: Market Place, looking west from Church Street The town centre of Rugby. ...
The town centre of Rugby. ...
Claims to fame Rugby is most famous for the invention of rugby football, which is played throughout the world. Legend has it that the game was invented by William Webb Ellis in 1823 at Rugby School, which is near the centre of Rugby. A BCRFC match at Boston College Rugby football, often just referred to as rugby, refers to sports descended from a common form of football developed at Rugby School in England. ...
Statue of William Webb Ellis outside Rugby School William Webb Ellis (November 24, 1806 - January 24, 1872) is often credited with the invention of Rugby football. ...
A view of Rugby School from The Close, the playing field where according to legend Rugby was invented Rugby School, located in the town of Rugby, Warwickshire, is one of the oldest public schools in England and is one of the major co-educational boarding schools in the country. ...
Rugby School is one of England's oldest and most prestigious public schools, and was the setting of Thomas Hughes's semi-autobiographical masterpiece Tom Brown's Schooldays. A substantial part of the 2004 dramatisation of the novel, starring Stephen Fry, was filmed on location at Rugby School. A public school, in current English, Welsh and Northern Ireland usage, is a (usually) prestigious independent school, for children usually between the ages of 11 or 13 and 18, which charges fees and is not financed by the state. ...
A statue of Thomas Hughes at Rugby School Thomas Hughes (October 20, 1822 – March 22, 1896) was an English lawyer and author. ...
Cover of 1999 re-issue by Oxford Worlds Classics Tom Browns Schooldays, first published in 1857, is a novel by Thomas Hughes, set at a public school, Rugby School for Boys, in the 1830s when Hughes himself had been a student there. ...
Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English comedian, author, actor and filmmaker. ...
Rugby is also a birthplace of the jet engine. In April 1937 Frank Whittle built the world's first prototype jet engine at the British Thomson-Houston works in Rugby, and between 1936-41 based himself at Brownsover Hall on the outskirts of the town, where he designed and developed early prototype engines.[2] Much of his work was also carried out at nearby Lutterworth. Holography was also invented in Rugby by the Hungarian inventor Dennis Gabor in 1947.[3] A Pratt and Whitney turbofan engine for the F-15 Eagle is tested at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, USA. The tunnel behind the engine muffles noise and allows exhaust to escape. ...
Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle, OM, KBE FRS (1 June 1907–9 August 1996) was a Royal Air Force officer who invented the jet engine. ...
British Thomson-Houston (BTH) was a British engineering and heavy industrial company, known primarily for their electrical systems and steam turbines. ...
Market Street Whittle memorial Lutterworth is a market town in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England. ...
Holography (from the Greek, Όλος-holos whole + γÏαφή-graphe writing) is the science of producing holograms; it is an advanced form of photography that allows an image to be recorded in three dimensions. ...
Dennis Gabor (Gábor Dénes) (June 5, 1900, Budapest – February 9, 1979, London) was a Hungarian physicist and inventor who is most notable for inventing holography. ...
In the 19th century, Rugby became famous for its once hugely important railway junction which was the setting for Charles Dickens's story Mugby Junction. Dickens redirects here. ...
Mugby Junction was a short story by Charles Dickens written in 1866. ...
Famous or notable people born in Rugby include the poet Rupert Brooke, writer Rose Macaulay, the scientist Norman Lockyer who discovered helium, the athlete Katharine Merry and the inventor of the 'oval' football Richard Lindon. The bands Spacemen 3 and Spiritualized both led by Jason Pierce come from Rugby, as does the singer/songwriter James Morrison. British Judokas Chris and Neil Adams were also natives of Rugby. Download high resolution version (850x503, 228 KB)Rugby School as seen from the close where according to legend Rugby football was invented. ...
Download high resolution version (850x503, 228 KB)Rugby School as seen from the close where according to legend Rugby football was invented. ...
A statue of Rupert Brooke in Rugby Rupert Chawner Brooke (August 3, 1887 – April 23, 1915) was a British poet known for his idealistic War Sonnets written during the First World War (especially The Soldier), as well as for his poetry written outside of war, especially The Old Vicarage, Grantchester...
Emilie Rose Macaulay, DBE (1 August 1881 - 30 October 1958), affectionately known as Emilie (her actual first name), was an English novelist. ...
Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer or Norman Lockyer (May 17, 1836 – August 16, 1920) was an English scientist and astronomer. ...
General Name, Symbol, Number helium, He, 2 Chemical series noble gases Group, Period, Block 18, 1, s Appearance colorless Standard atomic weight 4. ...
Katharine Merry (born September 21, 1974 at Dunchurch near Rugby, England) is a British female sprinter, who is most notable for winning an Olympic bronze medal for the 400 metre sprint at the 2000 Summer Olympics at Sydney, Australia. ...
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Spacemen 3 were an English space rock band who formed in 1982 and whose career spanned from the post-punk to Acid House eras. ...
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Jason pierce(born 19 November 1965 Rugby, England, UK ) the band member of spaceman 3 and spiritualized. ...
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Christopher Adams (also known as Christopher Loofboro) (February 10, 1955 – October 7, 2001) was a professional wrestler, wrestling promoter, trainer and judoka. ...
Neil Adams, MBE (born September 27, 1958) is a British-born judoka who won numerous Olympic and Judo World Championship medals in judo. ...
Also, many famous names attended Rugby School, including Neville Chamberlain, Lewis Carroll, Salman Rushdie and Matthew Arnold. Arnold's father Thomas Arnold was a noted headmaster of the school. A view of Rugby School from The Close, the playing field where according to legend Rugby was invented Rugby School, located in the town of Rugby, Warwickshire, is one of the oldest public schools in England and is one of the major co-educational boarding schools in the country. ...
Arthur Neville Chamberlain(18 March 1869 – 9 November 1940), known as Neville Chamberlain, was a British Conservative politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1937 to 1940. ...
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) - believed to be a self-portrait Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (January 27, 1832 – January 14, 1898), better known by the pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican clergyman, and photographer. ...
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Matthew Arnold Caricature from Punch, 1881: Admit that Homer sometimes nods, That poets do write trash, Our Bard has written Balder Dead, And also Balder-dash Family tree Matthew Arnold (24 December 1822 – 15 April 1888) was an English poet and cultural critic, who worked as an inspector of schools. ...
Thomas Arnold, 1840 Thomas Arnold (June 13, 1795 – June 12, 1842) was a famous schoolmaster and historian, head of Rugby School from 1828 to 1841. ...
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History - Main article History of Rugby
Early Iron age settlement existed in the Rugby area, and a few miles outside what is now Rugby, existed a Roman settlement known as Tripontium. Rugby was originally a small Anglo-Saxon farming settlement, and was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Rocheberie. Rugby obtained a charter to hold a market in 1255, and soon developed into a small country market town. This is about the history of the town of Rugby. ...
Iron Age Axe found on Gotland This article is about the archaeological period known as the Iron Age, for the mythological Iron Age see Iron Age (mythology). ...
Motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus (SPQR) The Roman Empire at its greatest extent, c. ...
Tripontium was a Roman town, in England upon the Watling Street Roman road (now known as the A5). ...
The famous parade helmet found at Sutton Hoo, probably belonging to King Raedwald of East Anglia circa 625. ...
A line drawing entitled Domesday Book from Andrew Williamss Historic Byways and Highways of Old England. ...
The market town is a medieval phenomenon. ...
Rugby School was founded in 1567 by money left in the will of Lawrence Sheriff; a locally born grocer, who moved to London and earned his fortune. Rugby School was originally intended as a school for local boys, but over time became a mostly fee paying private school. The Lawrence Sheriff School was eventually founded in the late 19th century to carry on Sheriff's original intentions. A view of Rugby School from The Close, the playing field where according to legend Rugby was invented Rugby School, located in the town of Rugby, Warwickshire, is one of the oldest public schools in England and is one of the major co-educational boarding schools in the country. ...
Lawrence Sheriff or Lawrence Sheriffe (c1510-1567) was an Elizabethan gentleman and grocer to Elizabeth I who founded Rugby School. ...
Lawrence Sheriff School is a selective boys grammar school in Rugby in Warwickshire. ...
Rugby remained a sleepy country market town until the 19th century and the coming of the railways. In 1838 the London and Birmingham Railway was constructed around the town, and in 1840 the Midland Counties Railway made a junction with the London and Birmingham at Rugby. Rugby became an important railway junction, and the proliferation of rail yards and workshops attracted workers to the town. Rugby's population grew from just 2,500 in 1835, to over 10,000 by the 1880s[4] The London and Birmingham Railway (L&BR) was an early railway company in the United Kingdom from 1833 until 1846, at which date it became a constituent part of the London and North Western Railway. ...
The Midland Counties Railway (MCR) was an early railway company in the United Kingdom which existed between 1832 and 1844, connecting Nottingham, Leicester and Derby with Rugby and thence to London. ...
In the 1890s and 1900s heavy engineering industries began to set up in the town, and Rugby rapidly grew into a major industrial centre. Rugby expanded rapidly in the early decades of the 20th century as workers moved into the town. By the 1940s, the population of Rugby had grown to over 40,000[5] Engineering is the design, analysis, and/or construction of works for practical purposes. ...
In the postwar years, Rugby became well served by the motorway network, with the M1 and M6 merging close to the town. Motorway symbol in UK, France and Ireland. ...
The M1 motorway heading south towards junction 37 at Barnsley, South Yorkshire. ...
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Rugby today The modern town of Rugby is an amalgamation of the original town with the former villages of Bilton, Hillmorton, Brownsover and Newbold-on-Avon which were incorporated into Rugby in 1932 when the town became a borough; all except Brownsover still have their former village centres. Rugby also includes the an areas of New Bilton and Overslade. The spread of Rugby has nearly reached the villages of Clifton-upon-Dunsmore, Cawston, Dunchurch and Long Lawford. Bilton was a village 1½ miles southwest of Rugby, Warwickshire in England. ...
Hillmorton is an area of the town of Rugby, Warwickshire, it comprises most of the eastern half of the town. ...
Brownsover is a small village about 1½ miles north of Rugby, Warwickshire in England. ...
Newbold-on-Avon is an area of Rugby in Warwickshire, England, located at the north-east of the town. ...
A borough is a political division originally used in England. ...
New Bilton is a place in Warwickshire, in England. ...
Clifton-upon-Dunsmore is a village and civil parish in the Rugby borough of Warwickshire in England. ...
Cawston is a village which is close to the south east of Rugby, Warwickshire, UK on the A4071 (which is in turn just one mile from the M45). ...
Guy Fawkes House Map sources for Dunchurch at grid reference SP485712 Dunchurch is a historic village and civil parish on the south-western outskirts of Rugby in Warwickshire, England. ...
Long Lawford is a village and civil parish in the Rugby borough of Warwickshire, England, located just west of Rugby, in 2001 the parish had a population of 2,831. ...
The town centre is mostly Victorian and early 20th century, however a few much older buildings survive, along with some more modern developments. Much architecture in Rugby including Rugby School and St Andrews church, was designed by William Butterfield in the 19th century. Queen Victoria (shown here on the morning of her Ascension to the Throne, 20 June 1837) gave her name to the historic era The Victorian era of the United Kingdom marked the height of the British industrial revolution and the apex of the British Empire. ...
St Mary Brookfield William Butterfield (7 September 1814 – 23 February 1900), born in London, architect of the Gothic revival, and associated with the Oxford Movement (aka the Tractarian Movement). ...
Rugby town centre includes numerous restaurants of various kinds, many pubs, and two nightclubs. In 2002, Brownsover Fish Bar on Hollowell Way, Brownsover, was named as the best seller of Fish and Chips in the country.[6] The town centre is noted for its large number of pubs, and was for many years in the Guinness Book of Records for having the second highest number of pubs per square mile in England[citation needed]. An amusingly named pub (the Old New Inn) at Bourton-on-the-Water, in the Cotswold Hills of South West England A pub in the Haymarket area of Edinburgh, Scotland A public house, usually known as a pub, is a drinking establishment found mainly in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada...
Although widely available, fish and chips have become particularly popular in seaside towns, for example here in Hunstanton, UK. The example shows modern packaging: traditionally, vendors sold fish and chips wrapped in newspaper — a practice now largely discontinued. ...
Suresh Joachim, minutes away from breaking the ironing world record at 55 hours and 5 minutes, at Shoppers World, Brampton. ...
 Regent Street with St Andrews Church The main shopping area in Rugby is in the streets around the Clock Tower, two of which: High Street and Sheep Street are pedestrianised. The town centre has an indoor shopping centre called The Clock Towers which opened in 1980. A street market is held in the town centre several days a week. In recent years several out-of-town retail centres have opened to the north of the town. Rugby also contains several large parks, most notably Caldecott Park near the town hall. Download high resolution version (780x762, 260 KB)Regent Street in Rugby, at the end is St Andrews Church. ...
Download high resolution version (780x762, 260 KB)Regent Street in Rugby, at the end is St Andrews Church. ...
the clock towers is a shopping precinct in the town center of rugby. ...
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Places of interest Places of interest in the town include: - The Rugby School Museum which has audio visual displays about the history of Rugby School and of the town.
- The combined art gallery and museum. the art gallery contains a nationally recognised collection of contemporary art. The museum contains, amongst other things, Roman artefacts dug up from the nearby Roman settlement of Tripontium.
- The Rugby Football Museum, where traditional rugby balls are hand made. It contains much rugby football memorabilia.
Places of interest around Rugby include: The Rugby Art Gallery and Museum is a combined art gallery and museum located in central Rugby, Warwickshire. ...
Motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus (SPQR) The Roman Empire at its greatest extent, c. ...
Tripontium was a Roman town, in England upon the Watling Street Roman road (now known as the A5). ...
The James Gilbert Rugby Football Museum is a rugby football museum in the town centre of Rugby in Warwickshire, near Rugby School. ...
A BCRFC match at Boston College Rugby football, often just referred to as rugby, refers to sports descended from a common form of football developed at Rugby School in England. ...
Brandon Marsh is an SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest) and nature reserve in Warwickshire, England. ...
Coombe Abbey is a historic mansion house and country park in Warwickshire, England. ...
Guy Fawkes House Map sources for Dunchurch at grid reference SP485712 Dunchurch is a historic village and civil parish on the south-western outskirts of Rugby in Warwickshire, England. ...
Draycote Reservoir is a drinking water storage facility near the village Dunchurch in Warwickshire, England, owned and operated by Severn Trent Water. ...
A view of Rugby School from The Close, the playing field where according to legend Rugby was invented Rugby School, located in the town of Rugby, Warwickshire, is one of the oldest public schools in England and is one of the major co-educational boarding schools in the country. ...
The Hall Stanford Hall is a stately home in Leicestershire, England, near the town of Lutterworth. ...
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Notable buildings and landmarks - One of the most notable landmarks around Rugby is the Rugby VLF transmitter, a large radio transmitting station located just to the east of the town. The station was opened in 1926 and has been used to transmit the MSF time signal. Several of the masts however were decommissioned and demolished by explosives in 2004, although a few including 4 of the biggest masts still remain. (Firing the explosive charges was delayed by rabbits gnawing the wires.[7])
- Another local landmark is the giant Rugby Cement works on the west of the town, which can be seen for many miles. The landmark is not a popular one - in 2005 it came in the top ten of a poll of buildings people would like to see demolished on the Channel 4 television series Demolition.[8] The works are also the subject of certain local controversy, as some residents believe the emissions from the works have caused health problems for local people. In October 2006, the owners of the Rugby Cement works, Cemex, were fined £400,000 for excessive pollution after a court case brought by the Environment Agency.[9]
 William Webb Ellis statue - Several statues stand in Rugby of three famous locals; Rupert Brooke, Thomas Hughes and William Webb Ellis. The Rupert Brooke statue is situated at the forked junction of Regent Street on the green commemorating his contribution to poetry. Since England won the Rugby World Cup, the William Webb Ellis Statue outside Rugby School is one of the most visited parts of the town.
- St Andrew's Church in the town centre is Rugby's original parish church. A church has stood on the site since the 13th century. The church was extensively re-built and expanded in the 19th century, designed by William Butterfield. The expanded church included a new east tower, which has a spire 182 feet (55 metres) high. However some parts of the older medieval church were retained, most notably the 22 metre high west tower which bears strong resemblance to a castle turret. The west tower was probably built during the reign of Henry III (1216-1272) to serve a defensive as well as religious role, and is Rugby's oldest building. The church has other artefacts of medieval Rugby including the 13th century parish chest, and a medieval font.
- Rugby's main Roman Catholic church is St.Maries on Dunchurch Road. It is one of the town's most well known landmarks as it is quite dominant in the skyline. It's spire has the tallest in Warwickshire. The church was built in 1872, designed by Pugin in the Early English style.
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1024x768, 125 KB) Summary Big aeriels on northeast edge of Rugby. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1024x768, 125 KB) Summary Big aeriels on northeast edge of Rugby. ...
A view of the tallest masts ( alternative view) The Rugby VLF transmitter is a large VLF transmission facility near the town of Rugby, Warwickshire in England. ...
A view of the tallest masts ( alternative view) The Rugby VLF transmitter is a large VLF transmission facility near the town of Rugby, Warwickshire in England. ...
The MSF time signal is a broadcast from the VLF transmitter Rugby near Rugby, Warwickshire based on time standards maintained by the British National Physical Laboratory. ...
Genera Pentalagus Bunolagus Nesolagus Romerolagus Brachylagus Sylvilagus Oryctolagus Poelagus Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha, found in several parts of the world. ...
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Demolition is a 2005 television series from Channel 4, which can be seen as being the reverse of the BBCs 2003 series Restoration. ...
Cemex SA de CV (NYSE: CX) is the worlds third largest manufacturer of cement[1] and the worlds leading supplier of ready-mix concrete. ...
(see also the List of environmental organizations) The Environment Agency (Welsh: Asiantaeth yr Amgylchedd) of England and Wales was created by the Environment Act 1995, along with the Scottish Environment Protection Agency. ...
Statue of William Webb Ellis outside Rugby School. ...
Statue of William Webb Ellis outside Rugby School. ...
A statue of Rupert Brooke in Rugby Rupert Chawner Brooke (August 3, 1887 – April 23, 1915) was a British poet known for his idealistic War Sonnets written during the First World War (especially The Soldier), as well as for his poetry written outside of war, especially The Old Vicarage, Grantchester...
A statue of Thomas Hughes at Rugby School Thomas Hughes (October 20, 1822 – March 22, 1896) was an English lawyer and author. ...
Statue of William Webb Ellis outside Rugby School William Webb Ellis (November 24, 1806 - January 24, 1872) is often credited with the invention of Rugby football. ...
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A parish church is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches. ...
St Mary Brookfield William Butterfield (7 September 1814 – 23 February 1900), born in London, architect of the Gothic revival, and associated with the Oxford Movement (aka the Tractarian Movement). ...
A modern spire on the Lancaster University Chaplaincy Centre A spire is a tapering conical or pyramidal structure on the top of a building, particularly a church tower. ...
Pierrefonds Castle, France Castle has a history of scholarly debate surrounding its exact meaning. ...
Henry III of England, as depicted in Cassells History of England, Century Edition, published circa 1902 Henry III (October 1, 1207 - November 16, 1272) is one of the least-known British monarchs, considering the great length of his reign. ...
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The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ...
People named Pugin include: Augustus Charles Pugin (1768/9 to 1832): French born English artist and architectural draftsman Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-1852): son of the above, architect and advocate of the gothic style Edward Welby Pugin (1834-1875): eldest son of the above and also an architect This...
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The M45 is a short stretch of motorway in central England. ...
The A45 is a major road in England. ...
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The city from above Centenary Square. ...
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A local train from Birmingham to Northampton at Rugby railway station. ...
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Brownsover is a small village about 1½ miles north of Rugby, Warwickshire in England. ...
Economy Rugby's economy is mainly industrial. It is an engineering centre and has a long history of producing gas and steam turbines at the GEC and at the AEI. The AEI was earlier British Thomson-Houston or BTH. They used to dominate employment in the town. They are now amalgamated to form Alstom. Engineering in Rugby has declined in recent years and the future of the Alstom works looks shaky, but it is still the largest private employer in Rugby. Alstom have now sold of the power conversion division of the business to become Converteam, which remains a large private employer in Rugby. Engineering is the design, analysis, and/or construction of works for practical purposes. ...
A Siemens steam turbine with the case opened. ...
The General Electric Company plc or GEC was a major UK company involved in consumer and defence electronics, communications and engineering. ...
Associated Electrical Industries (AEI) was a British engineering company formed in 1959 by the merger of the British Thomson-Houston Company (BTH) and Metropolitan Vickers. ...
British Thomson-Houston (BTH) was a British engineering and heavy industrial company, known primarily for their electrical systems and steam turbines. ...
Alstom (formerly GEC-Alsthom) (Euronext: ALO) is a large French company whose businesses are power generation and manufacturing trains (e. ...
Another major industry in Rugby is cement making; the giant Rugby Cement works on the western outskirts of the town makes cement from the local Jurassic Lias limestone. The cement industry in Rugby dates back to the 1860s. In the mid-1990s the Rugby Cement plant at nearby Southam was closed, and all production was moved to the Rugby plant which was dramatically enlarged and is now one of the largest of its type in Europe. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (651x800, 141 KB)Rugby Cement works in Rugby, seen from Lawford Road. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (651x800, 141 KB)Rugby Cement works in Rugby, seen from Lawford Road. ...
In the most general sense of the word, cement is a binder, a substance which sets and hardens independently, and can bind other materials together. ...
Cemex SA de CV (NYSE: CX) is the worlds third largest manufacturer of cement[1] and the worlds leading supplier of ready-mix concrete. ...
The Jurassic Period is a major unit of the geologic timescale that extends from about 199. ...
Lias may refer to: Lias, the lower Jurassic period which saw much deposition of clay followed by limestone. ...
Southam is a small market town in the Stratford-on-Avon district of Warwickshire, England. ...
Since the 1980s several large industrial estates have been built to the north of the town, and warehousing and distribution have become major employers. An industrial park is an area of land set aside for industrial development. ...
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Further afield, within the Rugby borough is the Rolls-Royce engineering works near Ansty. Both of these are nearer to Coventry, but are also major employers in Rugby. Rugby is a local government district and borough in eastern Warwickshire, England. ...
Rolls-Royce plc is a British aircraft engine maker; the second-largest in the world, behind General Electric Aviation. ...
Ansty is a village and civil parish in the Rugby borough of Warwickshire with a population of 318 (2001 census). ...
The Precinct in Coventry city centre. ...
Tourism is also important to the town's economy, especially related to Rugby football.[10] Tourists on Oʻahu, Hawaii Tourism is travel for predominantly recreational or leisure purposes, and also refers to the provision of services in support of this act. ...
A BCRFC match at Boston College Rugby football, often just referred to as rugby, refers to sports descended from a common form of football developed at Rugby School in England. ...
A link to Rugby's rural past can still be found in the cattle market held near the railway station. A cattle market has been held in Rugby since medieval times. The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times. ...
Rugby is to some extent a dormitory town for nearby places such as Coventry, Leicester, and Birmingham[citation needed]. The Precinct in Coventry city centre. ...
Leicester city centre, looking towards the Clock Tower Leicester (pronounced ) is the largest city and unitary authority in the English East Midlands region of the UK. The city is the traditional county town of Leicestershire. ...
The city from above Centenary Square. ...
Politics
 Rugby Town Hall - The headquarters of Rugby Borough Council Rugby is administered by two local authorities: Rugby Borough Council which covers Rugby and its surrounding countryside, and Warwickshire County Council. The two authorities are responsible for different aspects of local government. Rugby is unparished and so does not have its own town council. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (900x528, 195 KB)Rugby town hall in Rugby town centre, in Warwickshire, England. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (900x528, 195 KB)Rugby town hall in Rugby town centre, in Warwickshire, England. ...
There is no single system of local government in the United Kingdom. ...
Rugby is a local government district and borough in eastern Warwickshire, England. ...
A detailed map Stratford-upon-Avon Kenilworth Castle Warwickshire (pronounced //, //, or //) is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in central England. ...
In the British Isles, a county council is a council that governs a county. ...
A civil parish (usually just parish) in England is a subnational entity forming the lowest unit of local government, lower than districts or counties. ...
In the United Kingdom, town councils are civil parish councils, where the civil parish is a town. ...
In 1983 Rugby became part of the parliamentary constituency of Rugby and Kenilworth, one of the Midland's most marginal seats. Between 1983 and 1997 Jim Pawsey was the Conservative Member of Parliament, losing in 1997 to Labour's Andy King. Rugby and Kenilworth is a Parliamentary constituency in Warwickshire, England. ...
James Francis Pawsey (born 21 August 1933) is a British Conservative politician. ...
The Labour Party has been, since its founding in the early 20th century, the principal political party of the left in the United Kingdom. ...
Andy King (14 September 1948) is a British politician. ...
At the 2005 general election Jeremy Wright regained the seat for the Conservatives. Barring a change in the law, the next general election in the United Kingdom must be held some time before June 30, 2006. ...
Jeremy Wright (born October 24, 1972, Taunton) is a British politician. ...
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From 1885 until 1983 Rugby was a contituency in itself. Following the recommendations of the Boundary Commission for England that Warwickshire be allocated a sixth parliamentary seat, a new constituency of Kenilworth and Southam has been created to the south of Rugby with effect from the next general election, and as a result the town will regain its pre-1983 status of returning its own member of parliament. The new Rugby constituency is expected to continue to be a margin constituency and Jeremy Wright has indicated his intention of standing for the new Kenilworth and Southam seat at the next general election. In the United Kingdom, the four Boundary Commissions are responsible for determining the boundaries of House of Commons constituencies. ...
Kenilworth and Southam will be a parliamentary constituency in Warwickshire, England. ...
Rugby is a former parliamentary constituency in Warwickshire, England, which will be recreated for the next general election (due no later than 2010). ...
Education Schools in Rugby include the Lawrence Sheriff School for boys (which recently came 4th in the country for all schools, on 2006 GCSE results,[11] and Rugby High School for Girls, both of which are grammar schools. There are also several comprehensive schools, including Ashlawn School (formerly Dunsmore School for Boys and Dunsmore School for Girls), Bilton School (formerly Herbert Kay & Westlands School, and Bilton High School), Avon Valley School (formerly 'Newbold School') and the Harris School. Rugby is home to a college, which is now a part of the Warwickshire College group. Lawrence Sheriff School is a selective boys grammar school in Rugby in Warwickshire. ...
Rugby High School for Girls is a girls grammar school situated in Rugby, Warwickshire. ...
A Comprehensive school is a type of school providing secondary level education in England or Wales. ...
Ashlawn School is a secondary school on Ashlawn Road, Rugby, Warwickshire. ...
Bilton School Formally Herbert Kay and Westlands School, and most recently Bilton High School is a major secondary school situated within the village of Bilton within Rugby, Warwickshire. ...
The Avon Valley School and Performing Arts College is a self-governed specialist school in the British town of Rugby, Warwickshire. ...
The Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies is one of the nations leading graduate schools devoted to public policy research, analysis, and training. ...
It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ...
Warwickshire College is a large further and higher education college in the Warwickshire in the United Kingdom. ...
Sport Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ...
Rugby Town is a football club based in Rugby, Warwickshire, currently playing in the Southern League (renamed British Gas League). ...
Southern League logo The Southern League (currently known under the terms of a sponsorship deal as the British Gas Business Football League) is an English football league for semi-professional and amateur teams, covering South West and South Central England, the Midlands, and parts of Wales. ...
A rugby union scrum. ...
The Rugby Lions are a rugby union club based in Rugby, Warwickshire in England. ...
Nearby places and twin towns - Nearby cities: Coventry, Leicester, Birmingham
- Nearby towns: Lutterworth, Daventry, Hinckley, Kenilworth, Nuneaton, Leamington Spa, Northampton, Southam
- Twin towns: Évreux (France), Rüsselsheim (Germany)
The Precinct in Coventry city centre. ...
Leicester city centre, looking towards the Clock Tower Leicester (pronounced ) is the largest city and unitary authority in the English East Midlands region of the UK. The city is the traditional county town of Leicestershire. ...
The city from above Centenary Square. ...
Market Street Whittle memorial Lutterworth is a market town in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England. ...
For other uses see Daventry (disambiguation) Daventrys High Street Daventry is a market town in Northamptonshire, England with a population of 22,367 (2001 census). ...
Hinckley is a town in south-west Leicestershire, England. ...
Statistics Population: 22,582 (2001) Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SP295715 Administration District: Warwick Shire county: Warwickshire Region: West Midlands Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Warwickshire Services Police force: Warwickshire Police Ambulance service: West Midlands Post office and telephone Post town: Kenilworth Postal district: CV8...
Nuneaton Town Centre. ...
Leamington Spa, properly Royal Leamington Spa but commonly just Leamington, (pronounced Lemmington — IPA: ) is a spa town in central Warwickshire, in England. ...
Northampton Guildhall, built 1861-4, E.W. Godwin, architect Northampton is a large market town and a local government district in central England on the River Nene, and the county town of Northamptonshire, in the English East Midlands region. ...
Southam is a small market town in the Stratford-on-Avon district of Warwickshire, England. ...
The term Twin city or twin town may be applied to one of the following notions. ...
Évreux is a commune of Normandy, France, in the Eure département, of which it is the préfecture (capital). ...
Rüsselsheim is the largest city in the Groß-Gerau district in the Rhein-Main region of Germany. ...
See also Rugby is a city in Pierce County, North Dakota in the United States. ...
Rugby is a settlement in Morgan County, Tennessee which has a population of around 85. ...
References
Additional reading - Rugby, Aspects of the Past. Rugby Local History Group.
- Timmins, E.W. (1990). Rugby: A Pictorial History. ISBN 0-85033-700-3.
- Elliot, Peter H (1985). Rugby's Railway Heritage. ISBN 0-907917-06-2.
- Rawlins, Eddy; Andy Osborne (1988). Rugby Growth Of A Town. ISBN 0-907917-06-2.
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