Ladbroke is a village and civil parish about 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Southam in Warwickshire.

[3] Ladbroke Hall is a country house of seven bays and two storeys built late in the 17th century.

[4] Ladbroke's gambling company was founded by Messrs. Schwind and Pennington in 1886, as commission agents for horses trained at the hall.

The name Ladbrokes was adopted in 1902, when Arthur Bendir joined the partnership, and operations were moved to London.

[3] Late in the 15th century the heights of the nave and chancel were raised and a Perpendicular Gothic[5] clerestory added.