Pailton is a village

Village

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 and civil parish

Civil parish

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 in Warwickshire

Warwickshire

Warwickshire is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, although the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare...

, England

England

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. Its population in 2001 was recorded as 482. The village was originally known as Pailington.

Pailton is located about seven miles north-west of Rugby

Rugby, Warwickshire

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 and is part of the borough of Rugby

Rugby (borough)

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; about five miles east of the village is the town of Lutterworth

Lutterworth

Lutterworth is a market town and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England. The town is located in southern Leicestershire, north of Rugby, in Warwickshire and south of Leicester. It had a population of 8,293 in the 2001 UK census....

. Pailton lies at a crossroads of three roads, one towards Rugby to the south, one towards Lutterworth to the east, and Nuneaton

Nuneaton

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 and Coventry

Coventry

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towards the west.

The village has a single pub, namely the White Lion; in the past there were as many as three pubs (including The Plough and The Fox), serving as coaching inns. At the crossroads is the village green with a recently-restored war memorial. About one mile east of Pailton is a radio transmitting station.

Pailton is a brand name of Pailton Engineering Limited who are a designer and manufacturer of vehicle steering systems. The business was originally started in the village of Pailton in Warwickshire by Theodore Jean Nollett in 1969. Pailton now operate out of premises in nearby Coventry and also have foreign offices in both Germany and North America.

External links

• http://www.pailton.org.uk/ - village website - edited by John Cunliffe until November 2009 after which control was handed over.
• http://www.pailton.com - business website.