Withybrook is a rural village and
civil parish
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in the
English
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county of
Warwickshire
Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, and the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Avon an ...
. Its population was 255 at the
2021 census, increased slightly from 242 at the 2011 census.
The village is located in a valley of a small brook, which is a tributary of the
River Sowe
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The Sowe rises in Bedwort ...
. It sits just west of the old
Fosse Way
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, about halfway between
Nuneaton and
Rugby on the
B4112 road, and about north-east of
Coventry
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.
Administratively it forms part of the
borough of Rugby
The Borough of Rugby is a local government district with borough status in eastern Warwickshire, England. The borough comprises the town of Rugby where the council has its headquarters, and the rural areas surrounding the town. The borough has ...
.
The
grade II* listed
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, village church of ''All Saints'', dates from the 14th century. It was extensively restored in 1995. There is a pub in the village called ''The Pheasant''.
[Allen, Geoff (2000). ''Warwickshire Towns & Villages''. Page 155. ] The village hall has a varied programme of social events throughout the year.
About one mile west of the village, is the
deserted medieval village
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of Hopsford.
The village came to the attention of the national news in August 2005, when a local farmer Michael Boffey was killed by car thieves who were trying to steal his
Land Rover
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. Two men from
Leicester were later convicted of his manslaughter.
References
External links
Withybrook Village - village websiteWithybrook's entry on Our Warwickshire
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Villages in Warwickshire