{{Short description|Village in Warwickshire, England}} {{Use British English|date=July 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}} {{Infobox UK place |official_name= Cubbington |static_image_name= Cubbington - geograph.org.uk - 11965.jpg |static_image_width= |static_image_caption=[[Village sign]] on the boundary with New Cubbington at the top of Windmill Hill |coordinates = {{coord|52.312|-1.498|display=inline,title}} |os_grid_reference= SP 340 685 |label_position= top |population= 3,929 |population_ref= ([[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 census]])<ref name="2011 census"/> |civil_parish= Cubbington |shire_district= [[Warwick (district)|Warwick]] |shire_county= [[Warwickshire]] |region= West Midlands |country= England |constituency_westminster= [[Kenilworth and Southam (UK Parliament constituency)|Kenilworth and Southam]] |post_town= Leamington Spa |postcode_district= CV32 |postcode_area= CV |dial_code= 01926 |website= }} '''Cubbington''' is a village and [[Civil parishes in England|civil parish]] with a population of 3,929,<ref name="2011 census">{{NOMIS2011|id=1170219244|title=Cubbington Parish |accessdate=18 March 2018}}</ref> adjoining the north-eastern outskirts of [[Leamington Spa]], [[Warwickshire]], England, approximately 3 miles from the town centre. [[Welsh Road]], running through the village crossroads, was an old sheep drovers' route connecting [[London]] and [[Wales]].<ref name="Duignan">Duignan, William Henry: ''Warwickshire Place Names'', page 121-122. Oxford University Press, 1912</ref> Since the 1950s when the village expanded there have been two parts to the village: Cubbington proper which was the old village core, and New Cubbington which is to the west, although both are referred to as Cubbington. Topographically the highest point of the village sits about {{Convert|100|m}} above sea level while its lowest is about {{Convert|60|m}}. For many years the electorate for Cubbington was represented in government by the [[Member of Parliament|MP]] for [[Warwick and Leamington (UK Parliament constituency)|Warwick and Leamington]] but for the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 UK Elections]] it moved to the new [[Kenilworth and Southam (UK Parliament constituency)|Kenilworth & Southam constituency]].
==Cubbington history== [[File:High Street, Cubbington 14.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.15|Queen Street, Cubbington with The Kings Head and St Mary's parish church]] The place-name 'Cubbington' is first attested in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086, where it appears as ''Cobintone'' and ''Cubintone''. The name means 'the town or settlement of Cubba's people'. A related name is the source of the name of the village of [[Cublington]] to the southeast in [[Buckinghamshire]].<ref>[[Eilert Ekwall]], ''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names'', pp. 134 and 135.</ref> In early November 1605 a group of men, including [[Robert Catesby]], who were involved in the [[Gunpowder Plot]], passed through the village. They were fleeing from [[London]] after the arrest of [[Guy Fawkes]]. They were on their way to [[Wales]] (via [[Warwick Castle]] to steal fresh horses), after a meeting at [[Dunchurch]], near [[Rugby, Warwickshire|Rugby]].
Apart from the [[parish church]], Cubbington's notable former landmark was the [[windmill]] which stood at the top of Windmill Hill, the section of [[Welsh Road]] which crosses the road to [[Rugby, Warwickshire|Rugby]]. The first mention of the windmill was in 1355 in a dispute between the [[Prior (ecclesiastical)|Prior]] of [[Kenilworth]] and the [[Abbot]] of [[Stoneleigh Abbey|Stoneleigh]]. No mention of it was made again however until it appeared on a map of [[Warwickshire]] over 400 years later in 1789. The sails of the windmill could be turned using a wheel to face in the optimum direction in relation to the prevailing wind.
Cubbington [[Manor House]] is said to be haunted by a young girl who starved to death when her mentally-ill father locked them all in the house and refused to speak to the outside world. Until the mid-1820s the population of Cubbington was larger than that of [[Leamington Spa]], which now dwarfs Cubbington. Cubbington men served in the [[First World War]] and [[Second World War]]. In the First World War 139 men served their country, 31 of whom lost their lives. In the Second World War 10 men lost their lives. Although the village never received direct hits from [[Luftwaffe]] bombers, two bombs landed in Cubbington Woods near the village after a raid on [[Coventry]] about {{convert|10|mi|km}} to the north.
===New Cubbington=== [[File:PingleBrook.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.15|Pingle Brook]] New Cubbington is a part of the village. It links the old village of Cubbington with [[Lillington, Warwickshire|Lillington]], a suburb of [[Leamington Spa]]. The first buildings in the area were along the main village road, the [[Rugby, Warwickshire|Rugby]] Road. Most of the area was developed as a planned housing estate after the [[Second World War]]. Plans were drawn up in 1946 and a mixture of medium to large semi-detached houses, detached houses and bungalows were built in the 1950s. The land was originally owned by [[Baron Leigh]], then owner of [[Stoneleigh Abbey]], and many of the roads are named after towns in [[Scotland]] such as [[Dunblane]] Drive and [[Stirling]] Avenue.
The Rugby Tavern public house existed long before the houses and was originally some {{convert|100|m|ft|order=flip}} east of where it now stands. It was opened for the first time where it now stands by Arthur Savage and his family on [[King George V]]'s [[Silver Jubilee]] in 1935. They ran the [[pub]] for many years all living above the premises. His granddaughter Micheline Julie Warnier born there in 1944, her mother Betty Savage worked behind the bar and was married to Gilbert Victor Julian Warnier; the family left for another public house around 1961. It was renovated in the early 2000s after being gutted by a fire.
As a planned estate, it contains a variety of local shops including two hairdressers, a bicycle shop, two [[off-licence]]s, a pet shop, traditional and ethnic takeaways, and a grocery. A [[post office]] that existed for many years in Kelvin Road was closed in January 2004. There is one open space for children's recreation that has swings and two [[association football|football]] goals. [[Telford]] Infant and Junior Schools are the nearest schools to the area. The 67A bus linking old Cubbington with [[Leamington Spa]] runs through New Cubbington which then follows through to [[Hatton, Warwickshire|Hatton]] Park, and the 67 bus to Leamington runs close by Telford School.
==Geography== Pingle Brook, which flows south-westwards through the village, is a {{convert|2.3|km|mi|order=flip}} long tributary of the [[River Leam]]. It is normally mostly invisible within the village due to the sheltered nature of its course and its size. Heavy rains in July 2007 caused the brook to burst its banks, flooding streets in the village with over two feet of water, and the event was reported in the local and national press and television networks. South Cubbington Wood<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/local/south-cubbington-wood-warwick/|title=South Cubbington Wood, Warwick - area information, map, walks and more|website=Ordnance Survey Get Outside}}</ref> and North Cubbington Wood<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/local/north-cubbington-wood-warwick/|title=North Cubbington Wood, Warwick - area information, map, walks and more|website=Ordnance Survey Get Outside}}</ref> are [[ancient woods]] in the [[parish]], outside the village.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/06/its-an-enormous-act-of-ecological-vandalism-the-ancient-forests-under-threat-from-hs2|title='It's an enormous act of ecological vandalism': the ancient forests under threat from HS2|first=Patrick|last=Barkham|work=The Guardian |date=6 October 2019|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-49922469|title=HS2 protest group living in ancient woodland|date=3 October 2019|via=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>
==Churches== The [[Church of England parish church]] of [[St. Mary's Church, Cubbington|Saint Mary]] has a documented chronology of [[vicar]]s dating from 1346. The church was originally a [[chapelry]] of [[Leek Wootton]] and was granted to [[St Mary's Abbey, Kenilworth|St Mary's Abbey]] at the [[priory]]'s foundation by [[Geoffrey de Clinton]] in 1122. By 1331 it had become a separate [[parish]] and was appropriated by the [[monastery]]; a [[vicarage]] with house, mortuaries, altarage and small tithes being granted in 1345. The building of the present church was probably started by the [[Augustinians]] [[canons regular|canons]] at [[Kenilworth]] in the early 12th century and when finished consisted of the [[nave]], [[chancel]], south [[aisle]] and western [[bell tower|tower]]. The parish magazine is called ''Contact'' and is distributed throughout Cubbington and New Cubbington.
[[Jane Austen]]'s brother James was [[vicar]] of [[St. Mary's Church, Cubbington|Saint Mary's]] between 1792 and 1820, but never visited Cubbington as he lived in [[Hampshire]] where he was vicar of [[Steventon, Hampshire|Steventon]] and another [[parish]], where he took services every Sunday. Because of the distance between Hampshire and [[Warwickshire]], he employed a curate to perform the vicar's duties at Cubbington. Cubbington has a [[Methodist Church of Great Britain|Methodist]] church. The original [[Methodism|Wesleyan]] [[chapel]] had been outgrown by 1843. A second was in use between 1844 and 1888, which was the year when the present building was erected. A [[church hall]] was added in 1965.
==Education== The earliest known record of a school in Cubbington is from 1780, on a different site from any of the schools now in existence. The first buildings on the site of the present Cubbington School were erected in 1846. Extensions to the school were made in 1893 and the 1960s. Our Lady and [[St Teresa]]'s School was opened in 1961 on a site overlooking much of the surrounding countryside. [[Telford]] School in nearby [[Lillington, Warwickshire|Lillington]] is also attended by children from Cubbington. Secondary education is provided by North [[Leamington Spa|Leamington]] Community School and Arts [[College]] just under {{convert|2|mi}} from the village. There is an [[Equestrianism|equestrian]] school on the edge of the village, near the [[Allotment (gardening)|allotments]].
==Transport== Cubbington is served by several bus routes with destinations to [[Birdingbury]], [[Hatton, Warwickshire|Hatton]] Park, [[Kenilworth]], [[Leamington Spa]], [[Lillington, Warwickshire|Lillington]], [[Stratford upon Avon]] and [[Warwick]] via several parts of the village.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.carlberry.co.uk/rfnshowl.asp?L1=CUB002 |title=Cubbington |last1=Berry |first1=Carl |last2=Smith |first2=Trevor |work=TravelSearch |publisher=Carl Berry |access-date=25 January 2011}}</ref> The nearest [[railway station]] is in [[Leamington Spa railway station|Leamington Spa]] about {{convert|2.5|mi|km|0}} south-west of the village. In 2010 the [[Department for Transport]] announced that the proposed [[High Speed 2]] railway would pass the northern edge of the village in a {{convert|20|m|ft|order=flip}} wide, {{convert|2|km|mi|order=flip}} long [[Cutting (transportation)|railway cutting]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Government rethink on high-speed rail line through Stoneleigh Park |first=Les |last=Reid |url=http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/north-warwickshire-news/2010/03/17/government-rethink-on-high-speed-rail-line-through-stoneleigh-park-92746-26050218/2/ |newspaper=[[Coventry Evening Telegraph]] |date=17 March 2010 |access-date=20 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313091157/http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/north-warwickshire-news/2010/03/17/government-rethink-on-high-speed-rail-line-through-stoneleigh-park-92746-26050218/2/|archive-date=13 March 2012 }}</ref> In January 2011 [[The Tree Register]] of the [[British Isles]] identified a wild pear tree (the [[Cubbington Pear Tree]]) in the [[parish]] near Cubbington Woods as the largest on record in Britain.<ref name=BBC>{{cite news |title=A champion pear tree is identified on the HS2 route |agency=[[BBC Online]] |url=https://cdnedge.bbc.co.uk/local/coventry/hi/people_and_places/nature/newsid_9364000/9364499.stm |date=17 January 2011 |access-date=25 January 2011}}</ref> The tree was estimated to be 200-250 years old, which may have made it the oldest in Britain.<ref name=BBC/> It was in the path of the proposed HS2 route and was felled on 20 October 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-34749065|title=HS2 route Cubbington pear is 2015 'Tree of the Year'|work=BBC |date=8 November 2015 |access-date=9 November 2015}}</ref><ref>'Former tree of the year felled in Warwickshire to make way for HS2', ''[[The Guardian]]'', 20 October 2020.</ref>
==Economy== Local employers include Thwaites since 1937, a manufacturer of [[dumper truck]]s that are sold throughout the [[United Kingdom]] and across Europe, and the [[Warwickshire Beer Company]] which was founded in 1998 in the former village [[bakery]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.quaffale.org.uk/php/brewery/370 |title=Warwickshire Beer Company Ltd |work=The Directory of UK Real Ale Brewers |publisher=Quaffale |date=3 January 2011 |access-date=25 January 2011}}</ref>
==Activities and sport== The original Cubbington Silver Band was formed in 1900, before disbanding in 1965, having played events such as Kenilworth Carnival. The current iteration of [https://www.cubbingtonsilverband.co.uk/ Cubbington Silver Band] was re-formed in 1995, as a result of an idea by Ken Lindop, who was then the [[vicar]] of [[St Mary]]'s [[parish church]], and plays all around [[Warwickshire]], and the Midlands.
In March 2007, the band won the [[Brass band sections in the United Kingdom|4th Section]] of the Midland Area Brass Band Championships.<ref>[https://mabbc.org/ Midland Area Brass Band Championships]</ref> This resulted in qualification for the National Brass Band Championship of Great Britain,<ref>[https://nbbcgb.co.uk/ National Brass Band Championship of Great Britain]</ref> in Harrogate, where the band represented the Midlands Area and finished 13th. In March 2009 the band won the Midlands Area again, this time as 3rd Section Champions, and another trip to [[Harrogate]] to compete against the other top bands in the country resulted in the band finishing in 3rd place. The band won the 2015 4th Section Midland Area [[Brass Band]] Championships and again competed at the National Finals (which has since moved to [[Cheltenham]]) in September 2015, finishing in 17th place. In March 2026 the band were again 4th Section Midlands Area Champions, qualifying for the National Finals, taking place in York, September 2026.
The [[village hall]] is used for various projects including the Cubbington [[Pensioner|OAP]] group, and performances by the Cubbington Players, an [[Amateur theatre|amateur dramatic]] group. Behind the [[Victorian era|Victorian]] [[Methodist]] church is a large hall which is also used for groups including [[Cub Scouts (The Scout Association)|Cub Scouts]] and [[Beaver Scouts (The Scout Association)|Beaver Scouts]], a [[youth club]], a ladies' fellowship and a small Junior Church.
==Popular culture== The village was used for some scenes in the [[BBC Television]] comedy series ''[[Keeping Up Appearances]]'' starring [[Patricia Routledge]] and [[Clive Swift]]. The children's television programme ''[[ChuckleVision]]'' has also filmed scenes in the village.
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==Sources== {{refbegin}} *{{cite book |last=Peppitt |first=G.F. |title=Cubbington |year=1971 |publisher=The Pleasaunce Press |location=Kenilworth|isbn=0-902372-03-3 }} *{{cite book |last1=Pevsner |first1=Nikolaus |author1-link=Nikolaus Pevsner |last2=Wedgwood |first2=Alexandra |series=[[Pevsner Architectural Guides#Buildings of England|The Buildings of England]] |title=Warwickshire |year=1966 |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |location=Harmondsworth |page=284}} *{{cite book |editor-last=Salzman |editor-first=L.F. |editor-link=Louis Francis Salzman |series=[[Victoria County History]] |title=A History of the County of Warwick, Volume 6: Knightlow hundred |year=1951 |pages=74–78}} *{{cite book |author=Warwickshire Federation of Women's Institutes |title=Warwickshire Within Living Memory |year=1993|publisher=Countryside Books |location=Newbury |isbn=1-85306-252-9 |page=not cited}} {{refend}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Cubbington}} *[http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadDatasetList.do?a=3&b=5942744&c=CV32+7TJ&d=14&g=494509&i=1001x1003&m=0&enc=1&domainId=16 Cubbington stats on the 2001 national census website]
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