Thurlaston is a village and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

in the Rugby district 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-Avon an ...

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. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 352, increasing to 368 at the 2011 census, and again to 379 at the 2021 census.

Overview

Thurlaston was mentioned in the

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as ''Torlavestone''. The village is located around south-west of

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, and around west of the larger village of

Dunchurch Dunchurch is a large village and civil parish on the south-western outskirts of Rugby in Warwickshire, England, approximately southwest of central Rugby. The civil parish which also includes the nearby hamlet of Toft, had a population of 4,12 ...

. Immediately to the north of the village is the

M45 motorway The M45 is a motorway in Northamptonshire and Warwickshire, England and is long. It runs between junction 17 of the M1 motorway south east of Rugby and a junction with the A45 road southwest of Rugby. It has one of the lowest traffic volumes ...

. There is only one

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road into Thurlaston from the north, connecting the village with the B4429, via a bridge over the M45 motorway. Thurlaston overlooks the

Draycote Water Draycote Water is a reservoir and country park near the village of Dunchurch, south of Rugby in Warwickshire, England, owned and operated by Severn Trent Water. It draws its water from the River Leam, and supplies drinking water to Rugby and ...

reservoir to the south, and is close to the county border with

Northamptonshire Northamptonshire (; abbreviated Northants.) is a county in the East Midlands of England. In 2015, it had a population of 723,000. The county is administered by two unitary authorities: North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire. It is ...

, less than 2 miles to the east.

Notable buildings

The village church of

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is a red brick building dating from 1849 designed by

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. It is unusual in that it was designed to serve as both a church and a school with a schoolmaster's house attached, it is now

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. The most famous building, however, is probably the old 18th century windmill which is now used as a private house, this is also grade II listed. File:Thurlaston - panoramio (8).jpg, Old windmill at Thurlaston, now a house File:Saint Edmund's Church, Thurlaston.jpg, St Edmund's Church

References

External links

Thurlaston Parish Council websiteThurlaston
- page on Our Warwickshire {{authority control Villages in Warwickshire