Editing Dunchurch (section)

==Statue==
In the centre of Dunchurch is a statue of [[Lord John Douglas-Montagu-Scott]] (1809–1860) a 19th-century landlord, Scottish M.P. and younger brother of the 5th [[Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch|Duke of Buccleuch]]. The statue is by the Victorian sculptor [[Joseph Durham]] A.R.A..

Since the 1970s an annual tradition has developed in the village for a group of pranksters to secretly dress up the statue as a cartoon or TV character overnight at the beginning of the Christmas holidays.<ref name="Allen"/> The statue was dressed up as Queen [[Elizabeth II]] during her diamond jubilee weekend celebrations. In 2012 the statue was dressed up as an Olympian for the final leg of the Olympic torch relay sporting a headband and runners jersey.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dunchurch statue secretly dressed up by locals |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-35775531/dunchurch-statue-secretly-dressed-up-by-locals |work=BBC News |access-date=24 June 2018 }}</ref> 2017 saw the statue become [[Paddington Bear]], and 2018 [[The Grinch]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Statue gets latest festive makeover - but no-one knows who does it |url=https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/coventry-news-dunchurch-statue-rugby-15562409 |work=Coventry Evening Telegraph |access-date=16 April 2019 |archive-date=16 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416213215/https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/coventry-news-dunchurch-statue-rugby-15562409 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| caption1 = Statue of [[Lord John Douglas-Montagu-Scott]] by [[Joseph Durham]]
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| caption2 = The statue dressed up as [[Homer Simpson]] at New Year 2009
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| caption3 = The statue dressed up as [[Olaf (Frozen)|Olaf]] at New Year 2019
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