Long Lawford

Infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Long Lawford
latitude= 52.384088
longitude= -1.30203
civil_parish = Long Lawford
population = 2,831 (2001)
shire_district= Rugby
shire_county= Warwickshire
region= West Midlands
constituency_westminster= Rugby and Kenilworth
post_town= RUGBY
postcode_district = CV23
postcode_area= CV
dial_code= 01788
os_grid_reference= SP4776

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. [ [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 one of four Lawfords in the locality, and is named long because, historically, the village ran along the road between Rugby and Coventry. The other three Lawfords are Church Lawford, Little Lawford and Lawford Heath.

The main manor house in Long Lawford is Holbrook Grange, the ancestral home of the Caldecotts. Although the house has now changed hands, the influences of "The Caldecotts" remain, with one of the three village public houses called "The Caldecott Arms".

Long Lawford is effectively a suburb of Rugby, although it is not officially part of the town. There are three parts of Long Lawford; the first part is the old village, which contains many old buildings and several pubs. The second part contains a modern (1960s) council estate, a primary school, and a newer (1990s) residential area. A new development was built in 2006, just off the A428 road. The primary road in this development, Tee Tong Road, was named after the highest bidder (£1,300) in a Children in Need auction in November 2005.

The village is next to the A428 road. The Rugby to Coventry railway line (West Coast Main Line) runs through the village, but it has never had its own station.

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