What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Rugby School. This gateway was opened on 12th May 1967 by Her Majesty The Queen. 1567-1967. Recorded plaque organisation: Rugby Town Centre Company.
This plaque commemorates the opening of a gateway at Rugby School by Queen Elizabeth II in 1967, marking the school's 400th anniversary; Rugby School is renowned for its role in the development of rugby football and for notable alumni including A. P. Herbert and Frank Bruno.
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Photo: Hazel Nicholson · CC BY 2.0