Church Lawford is a village and

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, England. It is located just west of

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and east of

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. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2021 census was 432. The village lies north of the A428 main road, between Coventry and Rugby, and the Rugby to Coventry railway line. From the main road, the village is on a descending slope into the valley of the River Avon. On the opposite side of the Avon, which is crossed by an old stone bridge, is the

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of King's Newnham. The village is one of several Lawfords in the locality, along with

Long Lawford Long Lawford is a village and civil parish in the Rugby borough of Warwickshire, England, located just west of Rugby, around west of Rugby town centre. In the 2021 census, the population of the parish was 4,545, a significant increase from 3,1 ...

and

Little Lawford Little Lawford is a hamlet (place), hamlet and civil parish around to the north of the much larger village of Long Lawford and west of Rugby, Warwickshire, Rugby in Warwickshire, England. In the United Kingdom census, 2021, 2021 census the parish ...

to the east and north, and Lawford Heath to the south-east, although they are separate settlements. The village was mentioned in the

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of 1086 as ''Leileford''. The village church of St Peter was built on high ground overlooking the Avon in the 14th century. It was extensively rebuilt in the

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, between 1873 and 1874. In 1960, it was designated a

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. The village once had a school, but this was closed in 1996. A reading room and village hall were built in 1912. But this was demolished in 2007 and replaced by a more modern building.

RAF Church Lawford

There was a RAF training station situated just over south of the village from 1941 until 1955 called RAF Church Lawford

Climate

Church Lawford has an

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typical of the English interior. Temperatures are mild for the latitude, and winter nights average above freezing. Summers are highly variable depending on wind patterns, with a record of despite the mild averages. Annual rainfall is moderate, but frequent drizzle results in about 125 precipitation days yearly.

References

External links

Church Lawford Parish CouncilChurch Lawford entry on Our WarwickshireChurch Lawford official websiteChurch Lawford Village Hall
{{authority control Villages in Warwickshire