Frankton, Warwickshire

Human settlement in England

Frankton

District

Rugby

Warwickshire

Region

West Midlands

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townRUGBYPostcode districtCV23Dialling code01926PoliceWarwickshireFire Warwickshire Ambulance West Midlands

List of places: UK; England; Warwickshire

52°20′N 1°23′W / 52.33°N 1.38°W / 52.33; -1.38

Frankton is a village and civil parish in the Rugby borough of Warwickshire in England. In the 2021 Census it had a population of 382,^[1]

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) and -tun, making it either "Franca's town" or "the town of the Franks".^[2]

Location and history

Frankton is located about six miles south-west of Rugby, adjacent to the B4453 road linking Rugby and Princethorpe. The village stands on a hill approximately 360 feet above sea level.^[3] There are houses ranging from the 18th century to modern buildings, and a public house. Saint Nicholas’s Church lies at the western end of the village, the earliest parts of which date from the 13th century.^[3] It is a Grade II* listed building.^[4]

References

^ "Frankton Parish in West Midlands". City Population. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
^ [1] "Warwickshire Place Names", W. H. Duignan FSA, Oxford University Press, 1912
^ ^a ^b 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
^ Historic England. "CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS (1185518)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 17 September 2014.