Location within the British Isles.

Wibtoft is a small village and civil parish in the Rugby borough of Warwickshire, England. The British Isles consist of Great Britain, Ireland and a number of much smaller surrounding islands. ... A village is a human settlement commonly found in rural areas. ... In England a civil parish (usually just parish) is the smallest unit of local government. ... Rugby is a local government district and borough in eastern Warwickshire, England. ... Warwickshire (pronounced worrickshur or worricksheer) is a landlocked county in central England. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity...

Wibtoft's name is of Old Norse (Danish) origin, it is a tiny village, its population was recorded as 50 by the 2001 census. It is mostly an agricultural community. Old Norse or Danish tongue is the Germanic language once spoken by the inhabitants of the Nordic countries (for instance during the Viking Age). ...

The village is next to the A5 road (Watling Street), which here defines the border between Warwickshire and Leicestershire. Wibtoft is around 10 miles (16km) north of Rugby, about 1/2 of a mile north of Wibtoft is High Cross (Veronae) the point at which the old Roman roads of Watling Street and Fosse Way cross. United Kingdom. ... Watling Street was a Roman road which went from Dover on the southeast coast of England and is generally believed to have terminated at Viroconium (now Wroxeter in Shropshire). ... Leicestershire (abbreviated Leics) is a landlocked county in central England. ... Rugby is a market town in the county of Warwickshire in central England on the River Avon. ... A Roman Station About two miles to the west of Little Claybrook, in the hundred of Luthlaxton, in Leicestershire, is a place called High Cross, which, according to some antiquarians, was the Benonce or Vennones of the Romans. ... A Roman road in Pompeii The Romans, for military, commercial and political reasons, became adept at constructing roads. ... The Fosse Way was a Roman road in England which linked Exeter (Isca Dumnoniorum) in South West England, to Lincoln (Lindum) in the East Midlands, via Bath (Aquae Sulis), Cirencester (Corinium) and Leicester (Ratae Coritanorum). ...

Due to its location in a sheltered valley just south of High Cross, and local finds of Roman coins and stonework. Some historians have speculated that it sits upon the site of a Roman settlement, but there has been no archeological dig to confirm this.

Due to its small size Wibtoft has no shops or pubs, but it does contain a small church.

The name of the village has its origins in the Old Norse word vibbatoft, meaning "Vibbi's homestead". Old Norse or Danish tongue is the Germanic language once spoken by the inhabitants of the Nordic countries (for instance during the Viking Age). ...