Author: Antony Farmer
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J Pleydell Driver Departure Note
From the Parish Magazine of January 1908 Read more
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S Wallis Frost Departure December 1901
The Parish Magazine report. The Parish Magazine of December 1901 Read more
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Parish Clerk
The Parish Clerk was a well established post from a much earlier period than the concept of the Parish Council. Parish Clerks would have the following duties. Walter Cooke, Charles Whiteman Notable references to Parish Clerks are below. Walter Cooke (1820-1898) was a Parish Clerk for almost 30 years in the late 19th Century. Read more
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The Local Parish Council
The Church Lawford Parish Council was formed in or around 1894 following the 1894 Local Government Act. Those parishes with a population of over 300 were required to elect a Parish Council under the 1894 act, wheras those with between 100 and 300 had the option to do so (which included Church Lawford and King’s… Read more
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Sports Clubs
The village cricket team was a long established entity, with matched against various district teams. A selection of reports from various publications are as follows: The village cricket team report from the Village Magazine in June 1898. Tennis and Cricket report from the Rugby Advertiser in 1930. There has been a village football team on… Read more
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Charities and Sponsorships
For a number of years from the end of the 19th Century into the mid 20th Century there were a number of ecclesiastical charities that were the set up by donations and bequests in the Parish, and administered by the Rector and Church Wardens. These were outlined in the Kellys Village Directory of 1900 In… Read more
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William Manners Wood – Leaving Note April 1893