Dunchurch

Dunchurch

52° 20′ 12″ N 1° 17′ 23″ W / 52.33675, -1.28961

Le centre de Dunchurch.

Dunchurch est un village et une paroisse civile du Warwickshire, en Angleterre, situé au sud-ouest de Rugby. Au moment du recensement de 2001, il comptait 2 842 habitants.

Il apparaît sous le nom Doncerce dans le Domesday Book. En 1605, les membres de la Conspiration des poudres s'y retrouvent à l'Old Red Lion Inn pour attendre des nouvelles de la tentative de Guy Fawkes de faire sauter le Parlement.

Personnalités liées

  • L'auteur d'hymnes William Tans'ur (1706-1783) est né à Dunchurch.
  • La sprinteuse Katharine Merry est née en 1974 à Dunchurch.

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