Warwickshire

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Warwickshire

County of central England

Area:

1,980 sq km/764 sq mi

Towns and Cities:

Warwick (administrative headquarters), Nuneaton, Royal Leamington Spa, Rugby, Stratford-upon-Avon (the birthplace of Shakespeare)

Physical:

Rivers Avon, Stour, and Tame; remains of the `Forest of Arden´ (portrayed by Shakespeare in As You Like It)

Features:

Kenilworth and Warwick castles; Edgehill, site of the Battle of Edgehill in 1642, during the English Civil War; annual Royal Agricultural Show held at Stoneleigh

Agriculture:

Cereals (oats and wheat); dairy farming; fruit; market gardening

Industries:

Cement; engineering; ironstone, and lime are worked in the east and south; motor industry; textiles; tourism

Population:

(1994) 496,300

Famous People:

William Shakespeare, George Eliot, Rupert Brooke