Wibtoft

Infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Wibtoft
latitude= 52.482983
longitude= -1.300466
civil_parish = Wibtoft
population = 50 (2001)
shire_district= Rugby
shire_county= Warwickshire
region= West Midlands
constituency_westminster= Nuneaton
post_town=
postcode_district =
postcode_area=
dial_code=
os_grid_reference= SP4787

Wibtoft is a small village and civil parish in the Rugby borough of Warwickshire, England. The village was originally within the civil parish of Claybrooke Magna in Leicestershire and, according to the 2001 census, had a population of 50. It is mostly an agricultural community.

The village is next to the A5 road (Watling Street), which here defines the border between Warwickshire and Leicestershire. Wibtoft is about 10 miles (16 km) north of Rugby; about half a mile north of Wibtoft is High Cross (Veronae), the point at which the old Roman roads of Watling Street and Fosse Way cross.

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 archaeological excavation to confirm this.

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

The name of the village has its origins in the Old Norse word "vibbatoft", meaning "Vibbi's homestead" Fact|date=September 2007.

References

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