Church Lawford
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Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Church Lawford is a village and civil parish in Warwickshire, England. It is located just Script error: No such module "convert". west of Rugby and Script error: No such module "convert". east of Coventry. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2021 census was 432.[1]
The village lies north of the A428 main road, between Coventry and Rugby, and the Rugby to Coventry railway line. From the main road, the village is on a descending slope into the valley of the River Avon. On the opposite side of the Avon, which is crossed by an old stone bridge, is the hamlet of King's Newnham. The village is one of several Lawfords in the locality, along with Long Lawford and Little Lawford to the east and north, and Lawford Heath to the south-east, although they are separate settlements.[2]
The village was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Leileford. The village church of St Peter was built on high ground overlooking the Avon in the 14th century. It was extensively rebuilt in the Victorian era, between 1873 and 1874.[2] In 1960, it was designated a Grade II listed building.[3]
The village once had a school, but this was closed in 1996. A reading room and village hall were built in 1912. But this was demolished in 2007 and replaced by a more modern building.[4]
RAF Church Lawford
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Climate
Church Lawford has an oceanic climate typical of the English interior. Temperatures are mild for the latitude, and winter nights average above freezing. Summers are highly variable depending on wind patterns, with a record of Script error: No such module "convert". despite the mild averages.[5] Annual rainfall is moderate, but frequent drizzle results in about 125 precipitation days yearly.[6]
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