Editing Rugby, Warwickshire (section)

===Railway town===
At the dawn of the [[railway]] age in the early-[[19th century]], Rugby found itself ideally positioned as a meeting place for various railway lines, consequently a major railway junction grew up here, and Rugby became a nationally important railway centre: The first railway arrived in 1838 when one of the earliest inter-city main lines, the [[London and Birmingham Railway]] (L&BR) was constructed around the town. In 1840 the [[Midland Counties Railway]] made a junction with the L&BR at Rugby, which was followed by a junction with the [[Trent Valley Railway]] in 1847. A [[Rugby and Stamford Railway|line to Peterborough]] opened in 1850, followed by a [[Rugby–Leamington line|line to Leamington]] in 1851, by which time there were more than sixty trains a day passing through [[Rugby railway station]] via the five converging lines. A [[Northampton loop|line to Northampton]] opened in 1881, and finally the [[Great Central Main Line]] opened in 1899.<ref name="RFASPAST"/><ref name="Pernell"/> 

Rugby was transformed into a [[railway town]], and the influx of railway workers and their families rapidly expanded the population.<ref name="Rughistim"/> Rugby's population grew to nearly 8,000 by 1861.<ref name="BHOL"/> reaching nearly 17,000 by 1901. By which time around 1 in 5 Rugbeians were employed by the railways.<ref name="Histpop">{{cite web|title=Administrative unit Rugby MB/UD Local Government District|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10002485/cube/TOT_POP|publisher=Vision of Britain|access-date=7 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308103209/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10002485/cube/TOT_POP|archive-date=8 March 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Pernell"/>
[[File:Ordnance_Survey_One-Inch_Sheet_132_Coventry_and_Rugby,_Published_1946_(Rugby_crop).jpg|thumb|left|Map of Rugby from 1946]]