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The old Rowington windmill, now a house
Rowington
is a village and
civil parish
in the
English county
of
Warwickshire
. It is five miles north-west of the town of
Warwick
and five miles south-west of the town of
Kenilworth
. The
parish
, which also includes
Lowsonford
, Pinley and Mousley End,
had a population of 925 according to the
2001 UK Census
, increasing to 944 at the
2011 Census
.
The
Grand Union Canal
runs just south of the village and the
M40 motorway
is also close by. The
Heart of England Way
for long-distance walkers passes through the village. The
parish church
of St. Laurence which dates from
medieval
times is found on a hill in the centre of the village. In the
Tudor era
Rowington
manor
was owned by Queen
Catherine Parr
.
Possibly the most famous building however is Shakespeare Hall, where a branch of
William Shakespeare
's family is reputed to have lived at the same time he was alive, and indeed Rowington is specifically mentioned in Shakespeare's will. It has been claimed he wrote
As You Like It
there.
[4]
There is a more modern rival claim (dating from 1973) that that play was written at
Billesley
.
[5]
There were once several
windmills
in the village but only one remains and its sails have been removed and the building converted into a house. At one time Rowington
quarries
supplied
sandstone
for several important buildings including
St Philip's Cathedral
in
Birmingham
, the parish church of St. Laurence and nearby
Baddesley Clinton
manor house
. No quarries remain in Rowington.
The village is home to several farms and
livery yards
.
James Blyth
once lived in the village and became a
life peer
in 1995.
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