8/2/24 – Split Location page to create an Old Maps page with maps from 1720 to 1920.
13/2/24 – Revamped and Extended the section on Future Plans and Outstanding Work
17/2/24 – Added sequential maps pages for designated three areas
18/2/24 – More on historic events – older Jubilees plus placeholders for Millennium and more recent jubilees. Also a page to capture notable weather events.
20/2/24 – Site now live. Final checks prior to launch.
23/2/24 – Updates to story on Kings Newnham Mill and Kings Newnham Village to include further maps.
24/2/24 – Added page on Industrial Sites.
25/2/24 – More improvements to Old Maps page and the Maps over the years page.
25/2/24 – Incorporated first set of user feedback with updates to Village Shop and Village Post Office pages, as well as additional details on Coronation Road housing.
26/2/24 – Created Lost Links page
27/2/24 – Referenced Post-War Housing Changes During the 1950s
29/2/24 – Update to Eastlands / Wheatfield Entry
3/3/24 – Added details of Pub names prior to the White Lion
6/3/24 – Further detailed articles on the Kings Newnham Geological Findings
7/3/24 – Updates to Village Blacksmith article with reference to Eastlands Farm in Smithy Lane
13/3/24 – Search facility added to this page and to the categories page. Show the relationship between the Knightlow Hundred and the two villages, with maps to show its origins from the Kingdom of Mercia. Updated information on Kings Newnham Baths.
15/3/24 – Taking advantage of additional media supplied by villagers to update the Kings Newnham Mill page, the Village Green Page, the Footpaths and Planks pages.
20/3/24 – Updates to Weather Events Page including 25 years of seasonal weather data.
25/3/24 – Detailed Mapping of Tithe entries to show old field mappings and cottage allocations for both villages. Bring together the various maps on a Historic Map Index page.
27/3/24 – More details on Newnham Baths and Newnham Hall.
31/3/24 – Detailed village map from 1720 for Church Lawford, plus parish map for each village with individual snapshots and annotations to show land tenancies.
3/4/24 – More Mill information, with an 18C map of Kings Newnham Mill and evidence for a Church Lawford Windmill.
9/4/24 – Local Legends and Anecdotes page added, starting with the Kings Newnham Fish legend.
12/4/24 – More information on the history of the Village Pub.
14/4/24 – Details added of “Best Kept Hamlet” award for Kings Newnham. History of Mount Pleasant Farm included.
17/4/24 – Updates to the Old Maps page to include reference to the Henry Beighton Map of 1725/29.
22/4/24 – Kings Newnham pre-Victorian updates for Baths and for St Laurence Church with a link to a 19th Century poem called “Newnham Regis“.
27/4/24 – Corrections and Updates made to Old School story based on user input. First set of updates to Airport threat story.
2/5/24 – Nineteenth Century Village Profiles Added.
8/5/24 – Additional / Updated photographs on Smithy Lane Page, 1937 Coronation Page, Rugby Road Page and Kings Newnham Mill Page.
9/5/24 – Updates made to Women’s Institute Page and to Second World War Page courtesy of documents from the Cooke family.
10/5/24 – Updates made to Triangle Garage Page as well as creation of a specific page in reference to the Cooke Family.
14/5/24 – Updates to Rugby Road Page.
24/5/24 – Article on Fancy Dress Competitionshttps://lawfordandnewnham.co.uk/triangle-garage/
27/5/24 – Update to Church Lawford Nursery Story
28/5/24 – Bringing together the stories relating to the First World War – Centenary Bells, 100 Year event and Peace Babies.
30/5/24 – Revise initial Village Families area, with update to Worth Townsend Family story.
2/6/24 – Updates to the overall Townsend family story with more details on the Long Lawford and Clifton origins.
14/6/24 – Further work on the Townsend family, linking up all the Rugby area branches of the family in the 19th Century.
20/6/24 – Details of the use of the Ling Hall site since RAF Church Lawford was decommissioned.
1/7/24 – New Village Hall Page with timeline and links to detailed pages with Village Magazine excerpts. Update to Reading Room Page.
8/7/24 – New Search and Index facility added
15/7/24 – Corrected link to Triangle Garage Page
19/7/24 – Updated Timeline For Airport Protest Pages
28/7/24 – Updates to County Maps pages, with reference to the 17th Century Britannia Maps.
2/8/24 – Local Reference to Cromwell, Charles II and William Of Orange from 19th Century Writings.
4/8/24 – Added details of Parliamentary Voting and Electoral Rolls
11/8/24 – Further updates to Airport Threat Pages, including outline of formal response.
20/8/24 – Definitive detail of Townsend family tree, both the village branches and the local roots.
10/9/24 – New compilation of detailed maps from 1960s
17/9/24 – Added details of Mail Services, Telephony Services and the Village Phone Box – brought together on the Communications page.
23/9/24 – Updates to Information Sources page, with useful Family History Research notes.
24/9/24 – Uploaded the 1939 National Register along with details of Identity Scheme.
25/9/24 – Index Census Files and complete the set for both villages.
26/9/24 – Village School In Wartime page.
12/10/24 – Updated version of the Church Reference Documents Page published. Separate page discussing the early Parish Registers and the families of those times also produced.
19/10/24 – Revised Historic Maps Index, with new map added from 1850 White’s Directory.
30/10/24 – Village Family Page Updated with details of the Dalton Family.
31/10/24 – Legends and Anecdotes Page Updated with thoughts on Garfield Family Links to Andrew Garfield, 20th US President.
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.
Details of the updates for 2025 can be found on the Latest Updates page here.