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Warwickshire
Warwickshire , county (1991 pop. 477,000), 975 sq mi (2,525 sq km), central England. The county seat is Warwick . The terrain is gently rolling, with outcroppings of the Cotswold Hills in the south. The Avon, flowing southwesterly, is the chief river. There are vestiges of the ancient Forest of Ard... Read more
Forest of Arden
Forest of Arden well-wooded area, formerly very extensive, in Warwickshire, central England. It is the setting for Shakespeare's As You Like It. ... Read more
Bedworth
Bedworth , town (1991 pop. 41,991), Warwickshire, central England. Located in a former coal-mining region, it is a residential and industrial town in the district of Nuneaton and Bedworth. Brickmaking is the major economic activity. George Eliot was born nearby at Arbury. ... Read more
Sir William Dugdale
Sir William Dugdale 1605-86, English antiquarian. His chief works are Antiquities of Warwickshire (1656), The Baronage of England (1675-76), and the greater part of Monasticon Anglicanum (3 vol., 1655-73). The Dugdale Society, founded in 1920, publishes historical manuscripts. ... Read more
Midlands
Midlands region of central England. It is usually considered to include the counties of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, and Worcestershire, as well as Birmingham and the surrounding metropolitan districts (the former West Midlands). The re... Read more
Royal Leamington Spa
Royal Leamington Spa , town (1991 pop. 42,953), Warwickshire, central England, on the Leam River, a tributary of the Avon. The town, with its mineral springs, is primarily a health resort largely of 19th-century growth. ... Read more
Edgehill
Edgehill or Edge Hill, ridge on the border of Warwickshire and Oxfordshire, central England, NW of Banbury. A tower built in 1760 marks the scene of the first great battle of the English civil war, Oct. 23, 1642, between the royalists, under Charles I and Prince Rupert, and the parliamentarians... Read more
Kenilworth
Kenilworth , town (1991 pop. 16,782), Warwickshire, central England. A market town and bedroom community, it is famous for the ruins of Kenilworth Castle, celebrated in Sir Walter Scott 's novel Kenilworth and founded c.1120 by Geoffrey de Clinton. In the 13th cent. the castle became the property... Read more
Sir Thomas Malory
Sir Thomas Malory , d. 1471, English author of Morte d'Arthur. It is almost certain that he was Sir Thomas Malory of Newbold Revell, Warwickshire. Knighted in 1442, he served in the parliament of 1445. He was evidently a violent, lawless individual who committed a series of crimes, including poach... Read more
Stratford-on-Avon
Stratford-on-Avon town (1991 pop. 20,941) and district, Warwickshire, central England, on the Avon River. A market town with light industries, Stratford owes its fame to its associations with William Shakespeare . A gabled building on Henley St., believed to be the poet's birthplace, is open to th... Read more

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Warwickshire
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...railways brought Warwickshire into the national...Oxford canal via Rugby 32 per cent, the...1972. In the 1990s Warwickshire retained its county...authorities, and Warwick, Rugby, Stratford, North Warwickshire, and Nuneaton and...
Rugby
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Rugby town (1991 pop. 59,039), Warwickshire, central England. An important...junction and engineering center, Rugby is the seat of one of England's most esteemed public schools. Rugby School was founded in 1567 under...
de Havilland, Geoffrey
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...his father acquired his own parish in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, where the de Havillands spent most of their childhood...apprenticeship at Willans & Robinson, a school in Rugby, Warwickshire. While there he built a second, better motorcycle...
Lewis, Wyndham
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...not work out as intended. Enrolled at the posh Rugby School in Britain's Warwickshire region, Lewis caused trouble from the start...Marshall McLuhan that he was “the only Rugby man until his time who had ever been given the...
Leicestershire
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...river Soar. The western boundary with Warwickshire ran along the line of Watling Street...the county to the Grand Junction near Rugby, and thence to London, Birmingham...which joined the London to Birmingham at Rugby in 1840. The growth of industry and population...

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Rugby
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology Rugby name of a public school at Rugby in Warwickshire, after which one of the two chief games of football is named. XIX. Hence (sl.) rugger ( -ER6 ) XIX.
Warwickshire
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History Warwickshire was an archetypal Mercian...the land of the Hwicce . Warwickshire formed the heartland of...finally railways brought Warwickshire into the national orbit...a factory in 1920, and Rugby grew steadily after the...
Lockyer, Joseph Norman
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography Lockyer, Joseph Norman ( b . Rugby, England, 17 May 1836; d . Salcombe Regis, England, 16 August...Norman, was a daughter of Edward Norman, the squire of Cosford, Warwickshire. His formal education, at schools in the English Midlands...

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Police Complaints Authority to supervise investigation into road traffic incident in Rugby, Warwickshire.
M2 Presswire; 2/27/2002; 544 words ; ...into road traffic incident in Rugby, Warwickshire (C)1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...The incident occurred whilst Warwickshire Police officers were following...Superintendent Nigel Short of Warwickshire Constabulary complaints and...
[0] Police Complaints Authority to supervise investigation into road traffic incident in Rugby, Warwickshire.
M2 Presswire; 2/27/2002; 534 words ; ...into road traffic incident in Rugby, Warwickshire (C)1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...The incident occurred whilst Warwickshire Police officers were pursuing...Superintendent Nigel Short of Warwickshire Constabulary complaints and...
Rugby Union: County show the right stuff; RUGBY UNION: Warwickshire clinch spot in Championship Shield final.(Sport)
Newspaper article from: Coventry Evening Telegraph (England); 5/21/2007; 700+ words ; ...space of nine minutes as Warwickshire had chances to make the game...closer to the home line, but Warwickshire made their tackles count...safety on the final whistle. Warwickshire: Lowden (Nuneaton), Reed...Kenilworth), Douglas (Rugby), Parry (Nun); Brown...
Rugby Union: Warwickshire secure promotion in style; COUNTY SHIELD Warwickshire 22 Somerset 8.(Sport)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 5/28/2007; 552 words ; ...and 13 minutes after it, Warwickshire were depleted, twice briefly...Brown was astray with four Warwickshire attempts. Restored to a...refreshed by replacements, Warwickshire got well on top in the final...scoring when Tim Douglas of Rugby Lions made a half-break...
RUGBY UNION: Warwickshire book place at top table; COUNTY ACHIEVE DOUBLE TARGET.(Sport)
Newspaper article from: Coventry Evening Telegraph (England); 5/3/2004; 700+ words ; ...than it needed to be, but Warwickshire achieved their double target...times played some excellent rugby in the difficult, wet conditions...break the first tackle led to Warwickshire's opening score, returning...stroke of half-time, but Warwickshire came out strongly for the...
Rugby Union: Tim pinches win with a late score; RUGBY UNION: Warwickshire head for a place in the county shield final after victory in Cumbria Cumbria 26 Warwickshire 31.(Sport)
Newspaper article from: Coventry Evening Telegraph (England); 5/14/2007; 700+ words ; ...Byline: By John Wilkinson RUGBY Lions centre Tim Douglas...time at Carlise to keep Warwickshire on course for a place in...Park Arena on Saturday. Warwickshire led twice in the first half...Brown converting to send Warwickshire into half-time with a 21...
Rugby Union: Warwickshire shoot breeze to earn promotion; COUNTY SHIELD.(Sport)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 5/21/2007; 556 words ; ...Northumberland 17 Unbeaten Warwickshire earned a County Shield final...over as he approached it. Warwickshire's 16-14 interval lead...feint and arcing run for rugby Lion's centre Tim Douglas...Douglas scored, reduced Warwickshire's lead to five points with...
Double Tarbucked!; RUGBY UNION: WARWICKSHIRE COACH FORCED TO MISS VITAL GAME TO PLAY FOR COV.(Sport)
Newspaper article from: Coventry Evening Telegraph (England); 4/28/2000; 617 words ; ...Tarbuck will miss out on Warwickshire's 'win or bust' Tetley...Coventry in their match against Rugby Lions at Coundon Road. However...keep shouting details of Warwickshire's fortunes while I'm...won a place at centre as Warwickshire seek nothing but victory...
Rugby Union: Warwickshire book Twickenham date; Midland round-up.(Sport)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 5/20/2002; 645 words ; ...showdown with old rivals Warwickshire for the Tetley's County...Kingswinford on Saturday. Warwickshire secured their trip to Twickenham...lead during injurytime. Warwickshire trailed Northumberland until...who has played Currie Cup rugby for Western Province, to...
Baron rules as county show style; RUGBY UNION: Warwickshire 36 Leicestershire 24.(Sport)
Newspaper article from: Coventry Evening Telegraph (England); 4/25/2001; 492 words ; ...in the first 31 minutes as Warwickshire warmed up for their visit...neighbours Leicestershire at Rugby Lions last night. Baron...for two more tries to leave Warwickshire - playing an expansive game...12 in the third quarter as Warwickshire gave away penalties, but...