Population 3,180 (2011) Civil parish Long Lawford Country England Local time Sunday 4:08 PM District Borough of Rugby UK parliament constituency Rugby and Kenilworth | OS grid reference SP 472 755 Region West Midlands Sovereign state United Kingdom Shire county Warwickshire Dialling code 01788 | |
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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, increasing to 3,180 at the 2011 census.
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Map of Long Lawford, Rugby, UK
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 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.
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 two village public houses being "The Caldecott Arms".
Long Lawford is effectively a suburb of Rugby, although it is not administered as part of the town. There are three parts of Long Lawford:
The village is reputedly haunted by a one-armed spectre, known as One-handed Boughton.