Author: Antony Farmer
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Marriotts Charity
Miss Marriott, in 1860, left £2 per annum for school purposes. The pledge was confirmed in a plaque in the Church thus :- Miss S.C. MARRIOTT, £100 (£93.19.lid. Consols) the proceeds to be applied to the support of the Parochial School, in such manner as the Trustees think fit. Distribution of the Charity Money continued… Read more
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Crofts Charity
James Crofts (1773-1844), a village farmer who farmed at Mount Pleasant, had included in his will (dated 30 June 1830) a sum of £500 which was given to the minister and the parish officers of Church Lawford to apply yearly the sum of £10 (part of the interest from the money), in educating 5 boys… Read more
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Edmonds Charity
The Rev. Robert Edmonds by his will proved on 17 August 1863 bequeathed to the rector and churchwardens of Church Lawford £500, the interest to be laid out on 25 March in every year in the following manner: viz. £5 towards the support of the Sunday School penny club, £2 for the purchase or towards… Read more
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Arthur Woodward’s Life Story
Arthur Woodward (1902 – 1981) lived in Jaggard’s Cottage in Church Road for many years, and the tribute to him in the village magazine in 1981 paints a picture of village life in the mid-twentieth century. John Forsyth was the village magazine editor at the time. When someone like Arthur Woodward dies, who has been… Read more
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Goodes Farm, Brinklow
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Abbey Hall Farm, Brinklow
Further details and outline history will be added here. Read more
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The Manor House, Church Lawford
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Thatched Cottages in Green Lane
The two adjoining thatched cottages in Green Lane are the sole remaining examples of what was once a common feature in the village. A review of such cottages present during the 19th and 20th centuries can be found here. Many such cottages were either roofed over with corrugated iron when re-thatching costs escalated, or, as… Read more
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St Laurence’s Tower
The tower of St Laurence’s Church dominates the valley of the river Avon for several miles. It is all that remains of the 12th Century Church of St Laurence, once the parish church of Kings Newnham. In the 17th century it became the family chapel of the Leigh Family, the Lords of the Manor, and… Read more
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Highfield House
Liz Parvin in her 2014 Village Newsletter history of Kings Newnham notes that at the time of the 1918 village sale Highfield House was occupied by the Misses Townsend who were the generous donors of the money to build the original Church Lawford Reading Room. Although they based themselves at Church Walk in Rugby during the… Read more