 For hundreds of years the village was basically a hamlet and the two settlements remained separate despite Rugby's continued growth.However, in 2003-04 a new housing estate, Cawston Grange, was completed all but connecting the two settlements.Cawston Grange Primary School was built at the same time to educate children in the area aged 4–11 and there is a nursery for pre-school children, as well as a public house and shops.