__NOTOC__ Frankton is a village and

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in the Rugby borough of

Warwickshire Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, and the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Av ...

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. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 344, increasing to 351 at the 2011 Census.

Etymology

According to W. H. Duignan, the town's earliest name, ''Franchtone'', was derived from the Anglo-Saxon ''Franca'' or ''Franco'' (the personal name of the original settler, which is probably derived from the national name of the

Franks The Franks ( la, Franci or ) were a group of Germanic peoples whose name was first mentioned in 3rd-century Roman sources, and associated with tribes between the Lower Rhine and the Ems River, on the edge of the Roman Empire.H. Schutz: Tools, ...

) and ''-tun'', making it either "Franca's town" or "the town of the Franks".
"Warwickshire Place Names", W. H. Duignan FSA, Oxford University Press, 1912

Location and history

Frankton is located about six miles south-west of Rugby, Warwickshire, Rugby, adjacent to the B4453 road linking Rugby and

Princethorpe Princethorpe is a village and civil parish in the Rugby district of Warwickshire, England. In the 2011 census the parish had a population 376, increasing to 429 at the 2021 census. Princethorpe is located roughly halfway between the towns of Ru ...

. The village stands on a hill approximately 360 feet above sea level.Frankton History
british-history.ac.uk, information from ''A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 6: Knightlow hundred'' ( L. F. Salzman,1951), pp. 92-94 There are houses ranging from the 18th century to modern buildings, and a

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. Saint Nicholas church lies at the western end of the village, the earliest parts of which date from the 13th century. It is a

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listed building.

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