As has been discussed elsewhere, the naming of the roads in Kings Newnham has been rather ad hoc over the years. From the Lodge at the top of the hill down to the farms in the main village and on down to Newnham Hall is now regarded as Newnham Lane. The road to Brinklow from Kings Newnham Lodge, which passes Goode’s Farm has been called Beggars Rest locally, but this doesn’t seem to be an official name, and now rather confusingly it is listed as Bretford Road. The actual road from Kings Newnham to Bretford is still listed as Newnham Lane whilst away from any housing, but is then called Kings Newnham Lane as it reaches the entrance to Newnham Grounds and the houses in Bretford. Little Lawford Lane runs from Kings Newnham to Little Lawford as the name suggests, passing Fennis Fields. Roads on the edge of the parish include All Oaks Lane and the Fosse Way, where Abbey Hall Farm can be found.
A closer view of Kings Newnham village from the start of the 20th Century is below
The above map is reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland. It was produced in 1886 and revised in 1903/5. This map and more can be found via this link. There are different ways of navigating the maps there – the “Marker Pin” option is ideal for finding maps that cover a particular area, and the “Side By Side” viewer is excellent for comparing an old map with a current day view.
The map shows the presence of some sort of a village pond near the corner by the Manor House. There may be photos available in family archives showing this in more detail – there is one in the Townsend Family archive at Warwick Records Centre which shows vegetation on that corner which may be obscuring it.
The following picture archive starts from Newnham Hall, working its way up the hill past the farms and then further up to Kings Newnham Lodge, passing Newnham Hall Farm, Manor Farm, the Laurels Farm en-route.
More details of the various properties in Kings Newnham will be added or linked here.
See here for details of the time the village won the “Best-Kept Hamlet award for the local area.
