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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Rugby, Warwickshire

  

Rugby, Warwickshire Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Rugby, Warwickshire

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Rugby, Warwickshire history

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Early history

Early Iron Age settlement existed in the Rugby area. The River Avon formed a natural barrier between the Dobunni and Corieltauvi tribes. The small settlement at Rugby was taken over by the Anglo-Saxons around 560 AD. In the 12th century Rugby was mentioned as having a castle at the location of what is now Regent Place. In 1663 Rugby was recorded as containing 160 houses with a population of around 650. By the time of the first census in 1801, Rugby had a. population of 1,487 houses with 278 houses.

Modern history

Rugby was transformed into a railway town by the arrival of the railways in the early 19th century. By the mid-1850s there were five railway lines meeting at Rugby, with more than sixty trains a day passing through Rugby railway station. Heavy engineering industries began to set up in Rugby, attracted by its central location and good transport links, causing the town to rapidly grow into a major industrial centre.

Fame

Rugby is most famous for the invention of rugby football, which is played throughout the world. The invention of the game is credited to William Webb Ellis, a Rugby School pupil. Rugby School was the setting of Thomas Hughes’s semi-autobiographical masterpiece Tom Brown’s Schooldays, published in 1857.

Rugby, Warwickshire geography / climate

Most of Rugby sits around 400 feet (120 m) above sea level on an irregular shaped plateau which is situated between the valleys of the River Avon and Swift to the north, and the Rains Brook and River Leam to the south. Rugby is the easternmost town within Warwickshire (and the entire West Midlands region) Suburbs and districts of Rugby include: Bilton Brownsover Hillmorton Hillside Kingsway New Bilton Newbold-on-Avon Overslade.

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39 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Best Rugby, Warwickshire places to visit

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Rugby, Warwickshire has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Rugby, Warwickshire’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Rugby, Warwickshire’s information audio spots:

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