Wibtoft
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Wibtoft is a small village and civil parish in the Rugby borough of Warwickshire, England. The Village was originally within the civil parish of Claybrooke Magna in Leicestershire.
Wibtoft's name is of Old Norse (Danish) origin, it is a tiny village, its population was recorded as 50 by the 2001 census. It is mostly an agricultural community.
The village is next to the A5 road (Watling Street), which here defines the border between Warwickshire and Leicestershire. Wibtoft is around 10 miles (16km) north of Rugby, about 1/2 of a mile north of Wibtoft is High Cross (Veronae) the point at which the old Roman roads of Watling Street and Fosse Way cross.
Due to its location in a sheltered valley just south of High Cross, and local finds of Roman coins and stonework, some historians have speculated that it sits upon the site of a Roman settlement, but there has been no archeological dig to confirm this.
Due to its small size Wibtoft has no shops or pubs, but it does contain a small church.
The name of the village has its origins in the Old Norse word vibbatoft, meaning "Vibbi's homestead".
