Short answers, pulled from the story.
Warwickshire covers an area of 834 square kilometers stretching some 50 miles from north to south. The highest point sits at Ebrington Hill standing 96 meters above sea level on the Gloucestershire border.
Warwickshire emerged as a division of the kingdom of Mercia in the early 11th century with the first written reference appearing in 1001 as Wæringscīr. The name derives from the town of Warwick where the prefix wara- means those that care for or guard.
William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564 while Mary Ann Evans known as George Eliot was born just outside Nuneaton in 1819. Other notable figures include Aleister Crowley from Leamington Spa and Ken Loach who originated from Nuneaton.
Warwickshire operates as a non-metropolitan county with five districts including North Warwickshire, Nuneaton and Bedworth, Rugby, Stratford, and Warwick. Atherstone serves as headquarters for North Warwickshire district while Nuneaton leads Nuneaton and Bedworth District.
Several major motorways run through Warwickshire including the M40 connecting London to Birmingham through the centre and the M6 connecting North West England and the West Midlands to the M1 motorway running through the north serving Rugby, Nuneaton and Bedworth. The M69 serves Nuneaton with a route to Leicester while other motorways pass briefly through including the M45 spur south of Rugby.