Author: Antony Farmer
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Telegraph and Telephony Services
The story of improved communication between the two villages and the outside world should perhaps focus on the various changes during the 20th century, but perhaps the changes started in the previous century, although rural areas clearly had to wait for new facilities to reach them. During the 19th century the Mail service had been… Read more
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The Village Phone Box
Telephone services came to Church Lawford and King’s Newnham in the late 1920s. There is a record for a phone connection to Manor Farm in Church Lawford and Newnham Hall in King’s Newnham from as early as 1927. The first telephones were manually operated as they pre-dated the electricity supply reaching the village, and their… Read more
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National Registration Act 1939
The National Registration Act of 1939 was accompanied by the creation of the National Register. The 1939 National Register is now partially available for Public Viewing. The Image: IWM (Art.IWM PST 3372) shown has been made available by the Imperial War Museum for “Use on websites that are primarily information-led, research-oriented and not behind a… Read more
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The Village School In Wartime
At the bottom of this page is a timeline reflecting the “Village School in Wartime”, aligned with other wartime events. The threat of war increased during the late 1930s, with the Munich Crisis in 1938 heightening awareness, and even with the apparently positive outcome on 30th September 1938 – “Peace for our Time”, preparations for… Read more
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Mid-Twentieth Century Detailed Maps
The Ordnance Survey Maps of the area were updated during the middle of the twentieth century, and a set of detailed maps (1:2500 scale) were surveyed and published in the early 1960s, with ongoing reference to wartime features such as RAF Church Lawford, as well as detailing some of the new housing in King’s Newham… Read more
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Midlands Airport – SACG Response
There was a co-ordinated response to the proposals for a Midlands Airport, with a detailed document produced to highlight the issues arising from the Government proposals, as well as providing the response to the Government questionnaire. The summary section of the SACG response is reproduced below, with more complete details held in the Research section… Read more
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Midlands Airport – Warwickshire County Council Viewpoint
When the news broke about the Government Midlands Airport proposals. Warwickshire County Council engage a Consultancy firm to review the various options and to consider the implications. Jacobs Consultancy looked at all the possible changes that would increase capacity in the Midlands The above changes were then grouped into 5 scenarios The various scenarios were… Read more
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Parliamentary Democracy
When considering the history of local democracy in the area it is perhaps prudent to start the review from the 1880s, during which decade secret ballots were introduced and the Rugby Constituency was formed. It was still some years before universal suffrage, but looking at the latter years of the 19th Century is a reminder… Read more
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1910 Electoral Roll For Church Lawford
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A 19th Century View of the Road Past Church Lawford
Prominent Rugby-born Historian Matthew Holbech Bloxam recorded his thoughts about the route from Rugby to Brandon, passing Church Lawford, and with a reference to King’s Newnham along the way. These were published in the Rugby Advertiser in March 1873. Matthew (1805-1888) was well-regarded in historic circles, and was also a prominent archaeologist based out of… Read more