Church Lawford and King’s Newnham Timeline

Author: Antony Farmer

  • The Rectory and Glebe Field

    Antony Farmer

    The history of the Rectory and the various Glebe Fields will be added here. An 18th Century plan of the Rectory has been retained in the set of maps collated by Lord John Scott and held at Boughton House. Read more

  • Wheatfield / Veterinary Surgery

    Antony Farmer

    The history of this site will be added here Read more

  • Village Bridges (River Bridge / Skew Bridge / Planks)

    Antony Farmer

    The history of this site will be added here Read more

  • Sheffs Cafe

    Antony Farmer

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    in the late 1950s, Rugby Taxi driver A T Sheffield bought the land on which the old village shop had stood, on the south side of the Rugby Road, just across from the Triangle Garage. Shortly afterwards he reopened it as Hilltop Cafe – which was commonly called Sheff’s Cafe. There was a notable dispute… Read more

  • Rev A Ward Appointment 1926

    Antony Farmer

    The Rugby Advertiser reported on the appointment of Rev Algernon Ward in 1926 Read more

  • Band of Hope

    Antony Farmer

    The Church of England Temperance Society, detailed here, also had a junior movement, known as the Band of Hope, Both movements were active in Kings Newnham and Church Lawford, with the Worth Townsend family and Kings Newnham farmer John Brierly being major sponsors. The Rugby Advertiser documented many of their meetings at the latter end… Read more

  • The Church of England Temperance Society

    Antony Farmer

    Frank Hartley wrote about the Church of England Temperance Society in the village newsletter of March 2018. Our Victorian forbears were very much alive to the problems caused by drunkenness amongst the working population. A number of Temper­ance Societies sprung up in the mid to late Victorian years. The Church of England Temperance Society (CETS)… Read more

  • Maddest Merriest Day Springtime

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    Frank Hartley wrote an article for the Church Lawford and Kings Newnham Village Newsletter in 2018 regarding village May Day Celebrations. The Maddest Merriest Day Springtime is, at last, here in Church Lawford. All the familiar signs tell us that it is so. The sun rides higher in the sky; winter woollies are cast aside;… Read more

  • The Village May Day Parade

    Antony Farmer

    The two villages of Church Lawford and Kings Newnham staged a May Parade for many years. The Rugby Advertiser from 29th May 1925 reports on that year’s event. A Pretty May Festival On Friday the school children celebrated their May Day. The weather, contrary to late years, was all that could be desired. The scholars… Read more

  • The Peace Babies of Church Lawford

    Antony Farmer

    Frank Hartley looked back at the times of the First World War, how it affected the two villages, and the “Peace Babies” reporting in Church Lawford after the war. This article was published in the Church Lawford and Kings Newnham village newsletter of November 2018. The month of November is upon us and it is… Read more