Withybrook

Withybrook

Infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Withybrook
latitude= 52.45314
longitude= -1.36279
civil_parish = Withybrook
population = 232 (2001)
shire_district= Rugby
shire_county= Warwickshire
region= West Midlands
constituency_westminster= Nuneaton
post_town= COVENTRY
postcode_district = CV7
postcode_area= CV
dial_code= 01455
os_grid_reference= SP434841

Withybrook is a rural village and civil parish in the English county of Warwickshire. According to the 2001 census its population was 232. [ [http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=4&containerAreaId=790539 ONS Neighbourhood Statistics] ]

The village is located in a valley just east of the old Fosse Way, about halfway between Nuneaton and Rugby on the B4112 road. Administratively it forms part of the borough of Rugby. It achieved national prominence when, on 20 August, 2005, a local farmer was murdered by car thieves. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/coventry_warwickshire/4594628.stm BBC report] ]

The village church, "All Saints' Church", dates from the medieval period. It was extensively restored in 1995.

ource

* "Allen, Geoff", Warwickshire Towns & Villages, (2000) ISBN 1 85058 642 X

References

External links

* [http://www.mikechester.f9.co.uk/withybrook.htm Some details of the church]


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