Author: Antony Farmer
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Village Directory – White’s 1874
One of the most detailed of a range of village directories was the White’s Directory of 1874. There was the occasional error, such as the reference to St James church, but the other information is invaluable. The Entry for Kings Newnham was similarly detailed. Read more
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The Parish Council
The Church Lawford Parish Meeting was first formally held shortly after a Bill was passed in Parliament to introduce them in 1894. Prior to that date the Parish (including King’s Newnham) was governed by the Church Vestry, which made decisions on local taxes as well as looking after those matters that the Lord of the… Read more
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Village Event – Remembrance Day
The annual Remembrance Day service at both St Peters and at the War Memorial has been a fixture in the village for many years. This is a record of the service from the Village Magazine in 1980 Read more
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1931 Electoral Roll
The Electoral Roll from 1931 has been made available via various sources in a similar way to the 1921 census – noting that people who appear on the Electoral Roll would have been a minimum of 21 years old in those days, which were over 90 years ago. Also shown here are the comparable Business… Read more
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1921 Electoral Roll
Church Lawford Electoral Roll 1921 Read more
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Great War Centenary Bells (2014-2018)
The Battle of the Somme started on 1 July 1916. By the end of the battle, in November, 420,000 British men had died. In that July four men from Church Lawford and King’s Newnham lost their lives. It is these four men, recorded on our village War Memorial, that Church Lawford Bellringers paid tribute to… Read more
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Utilities
Ron Hence referenced the lack of various utilities in Church Lawford in the inter-war period in his recollections for the village magazine: What was our village like in the pre-war period from the late 20s to 1939? It was much smaller than it is today, and almost totally involved in agriculture and country pursuits. The… Read more
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Final Census of 19th Century – 1891
The final census of the 19th Century was taken in 1891. Slightly less information was captured in the Kings Newnham version. 1891 Church Lawford Census 1891 Kings Newnham Census See this category list for further census information. Read more