Birdingbury

Birdingbury is a village and civil parish in the Rugby district of Warwickshire, England, just south of the River Leam, and not far from Draycote Water. It is located roughly halfway between Rugby and Leamington Spa, about eight miles from each. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 327, increasing to 362 at the 2011 census.[1]

Birdingbury
Birdingbury
Location within Warwickshire
Population362 (2011)
OS grid referenceSP4368
Civil parish
  • Birdingbury
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townRUGBY
Postcode districtCV23
Dialling code01926
PoliceWarwickshire
FireWarwickshire
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament

History

The village was recorded in the Domesday Book as Derbinggerie. It was given to the Monks of Coventry by Leofric, Earl of Mercia.[2]

The village appears as Birbury on the Christopher Saxton map of 1637. Birdingbury today consists mostly of 20th century developments, but Birdingbury Hall dates back to the early 17th century, and was rebuilt in Jacobean style in 1859 following a major fire. St Leonard's Church in the village is partly Victorian and partly Georgian. Birdingbury once had a station, about a mile north of the village centre, and opened in 1851, on the former Rugby to Leamington Spa railway line, which has been partly converted into a cycleway as part of the National Cycle Network

Events and amenities

The village holds the annual Birdingbury Country Festival each summer.

The Birdingbury Club, in the former school building, is open most nights of the week and runs a number of events and entertainment throughout the year.

In March 2009, Birdingbury Village Plan was officially opened to the public. The village plan consists of anonymous views from the village people, answers to a village questionnaire and other sections about the village, for example the history of Birdingbury.

References
  1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  2. "A very short introduction to the hall by Rugby Borough Council" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 July 2007. Retrieved 1 March 2009.
  • Allen, Geoff, (2000) Warwickshire Towns & Villages, ISBN 1-85058-642-X
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