Any additions or amendments to this site are noted below to allow returning viewers to be aware of what might have changed since their last visit. There is also an option to search the text on this site, which can be found below, or on the archive categories page.
For a complete list of updates in 2024 see here. For the latest Village Newsletter see here.
04/11/24 – Updates to the Villager Recollections page, including an 1980 story about the fate of the Village Pump.
14/11/24 – New Pre-War School Photo Added and Old School Page revamped ahead of further updates. New photos added in various places, including Cottages in Church Road and Green Lane plus Village Green page has an extra image.
25/11/24 – Set of Posters added to the Research Section of the Archive that were produced when the school closed. They include school history, school pictures and examples of the children’s work.
28/11/24 – Further updates to the Village Green Photographs, along with some words on a possible additional photograph of the Village Stocks.
29/11/24 – Revision to Governance pages to reflect the roles of the Rugby Rural District Council (1894-1974).
1/12/24 – Uploaded Village Newsletter completes the set for 2024.
6/12/24 – Revamp to Spring Celebrations page to include Empire Day Celebrations, as well as more on May Day Celebrations and the May Queen.
12/12/24 – Details and Timetables for the Rail Connections to Rugby, and how they may have been used by newcomers to the villages.
15/12/24 – Revisions to Population figures including post-war expansion. Improvements to default menus for certain browsers.
16/12/24 – More old King’s Newnham Photographs – Newnham Lane and Beggar’s Rest.
22/12/24 – Story of Lawford Lodge Farm added. One of a series on Village Farms – collaboration always welcome. Update also made to Mount Pleasant Farm entry.
23/12/24 – Continuing the set of stories about village properties – new property cross-reference produced, and story of Jaggard’s Cottage added via link.
28/12/24 – More detail added to Church Road page, the Smithy Lane Page and Green Lane page, along with improved auction index reference and link page.
03/01/25 – Details of Church Lawford dig in 1962 and subsequent review of King’s Newnham archaeological sites. Improvements made to Information Sources page with access to a full search of transcribed census data.
15/01/25 – Updates to the Village Stories page, with links to Potted Histories and local recollections.
19/01/25 – Tidy up of King’s Newnham information, notably on St Laurence’s Church, ahead of integration of information provided by the Rugby School Archive.