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History :
Early Iron age settlement existed in the Rugby area, and a few miles
outside what is now Rugby, existed a Roman settlement known as
Tripontium. Rugby was originally a small Anglo-Saxon farming
settlement, and was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as
Rocheberie. Rugby obtained a charter to hold a market in 1255, and soon
developed into a small country market town.
The name's likeliest origin is Anglo-Saxon Hrōca burh or similar =
"Rook fort", where Rook may be the birds or may be a man's name.
Another theory is that the name is originally derived from an old
Celtic name Droche-brig meaning "wild hilltop". The change to -by is
because of Viking influence: there are other place names ending in -by
in the area ('By' meaning town in Norwegian, Swedish and Danish even
today). ( Loft in conversions Rugby ) Cost Price ?
Rugby School was founded in 1567 by money left in the will of Lawrence
Sheriff, a locally-born grocer, who moved to London and earned his
fortune. Rugby School was originally intended as a school for local
boys, but over time became a mostly fee-paying private school. The
Lawrence Sheriff School was eventually founded in the late 19th century
to carry on Sheriff's original intentions.
Rugby remained a sleepy country market town until the 19th century and
the coming of the railways. In 1838 the London and Birmingham Railway
was constructed around the town, and in 1840 the Midland Counties
Railway made a junction with the London and Birmingham at Rugby. Rugby
became an important railway junction, and the proliferation of rail
yards and workshops attracted workers to the town. Rugby's population
grew from just 2,500 in 1835, to over 10,000 by the 1880s.[]
In the 1890s and 1900s heavy engineering industries began to set up in
the town, and Rugby rapidly grew into a major industrial centre. Rugby
expanded rapidly in the early decades of the 20th century as workers
moved into the town. By the 1940s, the population of Rugby had grown to
over 40,000.[]
In the postwar years, Rugby became well served by the motorway network, with the M1 and M6 merging close to the town.