1 The printing office of “The Meteor” is on or near the site of the town prison…whilst a few yards westwards were the stocks…in no infrequent use some 50 years ...
The site of the stocks, a wooden structure in which offenders' hands and feet were locked as a punishment. They date back to at least the Imperial period. The stocks were located on Sheep Street, Rugby.
1 On the Newbold on Avon road and appears to be of late 18th century construction, having three uniform arches in stone but repaired in brickwork.
2 A parapet and causeway ...
Mill Bridge, a road bridge that was built during the Imperial period. It is situated on Newbold Road, Rugby.
1 Lawrence Sheriffe in 1567 made provision for 4 distinct lodgings for 4 poor men. On his death in the same year, the trustees… appointed four almsmen and placed ...
The site of almshouses, houses built for poor people to live in, dating to the Post Medieval and Imperial periods. Several of the almshouses were converted from a building that was the original Rugby School. The almshouses were located in Church Street, Rugby.
1 1846-7 by A W Pugin. His however only the SW tower and the nave and chancel behind. In 1864-7 E W Pugin enlarged the church and gave it its ...
The Roman Catholic Church of St Marie which was built during the Imperial period. It is situated in Dunchurch Road, Rugby.
1 By the mid 16th century there were two watermills in Rugby, one of which probably stood on this site. Details of ownership exist for most of the 19th century. ...
Brownsover Mill, a watermill that was originally built during the Post Medieval period. It continued in use until the end of the Imperial period. The watercourses associated with the mill are still visible. The mill was situated 200m south of Crow Thorns, Rugby.
1 Post mill. Newbold Road (Avon Street). Built by 1725. Burnt down 1796.
2 No evidence remains.
The site of a post mill, a windmill mounted on a post. It was built during the Post Medieval period. The mill is known from documentary evidence but no traces of it survive on the ground. It was situated in the area of Hill Street, Rugby.
1 1909 by C Ford Whitcomb. The chancel 1933. Brick, with narrow high aisles and an apsed baptistery.
2 In normal use. Foundation stone dated 1908.
The Church of St. Peter which was built at the end of the Imperial period. It is situated in Clifton Road, Rugby.
1 Chancel, transepts, and central tower, nave with aisles, and S porch. Consecrated in 1854 as a chapel of ease to the parish church. In the Decorated style from the ...
The site of Holy Trinity Church which was built during the Imperial period. The church was demolished in 1983. It was situated on Church Street, Rugby.
1 1884, built by Henry Wilson, with later additions. Red brick patterns: Tudor style.
2 RH/Wood 1882, gave the money for the hospital to be built. It was ...
The hospital of St Cross which was built during the Imperial period. It is situated on Barby Road, Rugby.
1 The Rugby workhouse was sold in 1818 because it was too small and a House of Industry for 130 paupers built at a cost of £1000. The building is ...
A workhouse that was built during the Imperial period. The workhouse buildings were later used as the Hospital of St Luke. It is situated on Temple Street, Rugby.
1 A neat brick edifice, with a short spire, erected about six years ago (ie c1868). Attached is a house for a minister.
2 Still standing although for sale as a ...
A Congregational Chapel dating to the Imperial period. It is situated in Albert Street, Rugby.
1 Shown clearly in this position with the toll house to the north on the 1840 tithe map. It is reported as occupied in 1840 by William Curtis.
2 “Toll ...
The site of a toll gate, where travellers would pay a toll to use a toll road during the Imperial period. The toll gate is marked on a tithe map of 1840. It was situated towards the southern end of Bawnmore Road, Rugby.
1 A gate is shown on the Giffney map at the canal crossing near Brownsover Hall. On the Rugby and Lutterworth Turnpike Trust.
2 No sign of tollpoint on the ground ...
The site of a toll gate, where travellers would have had to pay a toll to use the road during the Imperial period. The site of the toll gate is known from documentary evidence. It was situated 300m south of Brownsover.
1 RLHRG quotes Bloxam as reporting that in 1813 the junction of the Bilton and Dunchurch roads had turnpike gates, belonging to the Rugby and Warwick Turnpike Trust.
2 However, there ...
The site of a toll gate, where travellers would have had to pay a toll to use the road during the Imperial period. The site of the toll gate is suggested by documentary evidence. The site is located in Warwick Street, Rugby.
1 A small building erected in 1803.
2 No longer identifiable and has probably been demolished.
The site of a Baptist Chapel which was built during the Imperial period. It was located on Gas Street, Rugby, but no traces of the building are visible.
Site of a 19th century nonconformist chapel.
1 A plain brick building, erected 1841.
2 Appears to have been demolished.
3 Demolished between 1968 and 1989, complete history on page 203 of source. ...
The site of a Primitive Methodist Chapel, built in the Imperial period and now demolished. It was located in the Queen Street area of Rugby.
1 Established in 1886 to provide reading and billiard rooms for gentlemen in Rugby and the neighbourhood.
2 Middle 19th century club house in modified Neoclassical style. Stucco, hipped Welsh ...
The clubhouse of Rugby Club, a gentlemans' club. The clubhouse was built during the Imperial period. It is situated in North Street, Rugby.
1 The old town hall is on the site of the former Elborough School and almshouses. It was built on this site at a cost of £7000 when the ...
The site of the old town hall of Rugby which was built during the Imperial period. The town hall was situated in High Street, Rugby. It was replaced in the 1960s by a new town hall in Corporation Street.
1 Early-mid 19th century coaching inn. Single storey wing on the right has central round carriageway arch flanked by blocked round window arch on right, similar pedestrian entrance on ...
The Windmill Inn, a coaching inn that provided accomodation for travellers using the stage coach and stabling for the horses. The inn dates to the Imperial period. It is situated in Windmill Lane, Rugby.
1 ‘Lime Kiln Close’ recorded.
2 This is now under modern housing.
The possible site of a lime kiln, where lime was made during the Imperial period. The site is suggested by documentary evidence. It is located 1km north east of Long Lawford.
1 Pound marked.
2 There is now no evidence. The ground is stony and covered in nettles, suggesting that the pound has been demolished.
Site of a pound which was used for penning livestock during the Imperial period. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1905. The pound was situated 600m south east of Fall's Bridge.
1 The school moved to its present site in 1750.
2 The first major reconstruction, upon which the modern buildings are based, was in 1809-42 by Henry Hakewill. These comprised ...
The present Rugby School dates back to the beginning of the Imperial period when it moved to this site. It is situated in Barby Road, Rugby.
1 A tall building of red brick and stone, dated 1887. In normal use.
An Evangelical Free Church which was built during the Imperial period. It is situated in Railway Terrace, Rugby.
1 This building appears to have been converted from a pair of terraced redbrick houses. It appears to be in normal use as a nonconformist meeting house.
A Seventh Day Adventist Chapel which was built during the Imperial period. It is situated on Wells Street, Rugby.