Author: Antony Farmer
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Yuletide Miscellany
In 2018 Village Historian Frank Hartley compiled a series of articles for the Village Magazine to bring together stories from the Villages past relating to the current month. This is the December article. Christmas is coming and, like Little Jack Horner, I shall “put my thumb” into the Christmas pie of Church Lawford’s and King’s… Read more
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All in an April evening
In 2018 Village Historian Frank Hartley compiled a series of articles for the Village Magazine to bring together stories from the Villages past relating to the current month. This is the April article. Traditionally April is the month when life renewed awakes from winter slumber in the hard cold earth. It is no longer winter… Read more
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The Townsend Family of Church Lawford and King’s Newnham
The Townsend Family were noted benefactors for the two villages, having a direct presence in King’s Newnham for around a century, and a similar time in Church Lawford but also with a presence in the wider local area for many more years, notably in Long Lawford and Clifton Upon Dunsmore, but also in Newbold, Hillmorton… Read more
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The Brierly Family
The Rugby Advertiser published some background information on the Brierly family, perhaps the glue that brought together the controlling nineteenth century families in the village. This was shortly after an interview they had carried out with John Brierly – which can be found here. Mr. John Brierly’s family have been at Kings Newnham since the… Read more
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March Past
In 2018 Village Historian Frank Hartley compiled a series of articles for the Village Magazine to bring together stories from the Villages past relating to the current month. This is the March version. As befits a month which marks the transition from winter to spring, the month of March traditionally, “comes in like a lion… Read more
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100th Anniversary of the End of World War I
The November 2018 edition of the Church Lawford and Kings Newnham Newsletter detailed the various activities planned to remember the end of the First World War 100 years earlier. These activities followed on from the Centenary Bell Ringing which had taken place over the previous four years detailed via this link. The newsletter article is… Read more
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The “Peace Babies” of Church Lawford
In 2018 the Village remembered the end of the First World War 100 years earlier. Frank Hartley wrote an article for the village magazine to complement the various activities that went on to remember the events of that year, as well as other post-war events. Tis article is reproduced here as it appeared in the… Read more
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The Cooke Family
The Cooke Family was prominent in the village of Church Lawford from the 18th Century until modern times. The family appeared in the first village Census of 1801, with Walter Cooke (1770-1806) living with his wife Jane, a son and two daughters. Walter had married Jane Benn at St Peters in 1793, and her links… Read more
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Fancy Dress Competitions
In the first part of the Twentieth Century there was quite a tradition of holding fancy dress competitions as part of a celebration such as a Coronation. One such event took place in 1946 as Britain looked back on the conflict during the first half of that decade. Two interesting photos exist of that event,… Read more
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Silver Jubilee of George V – 1935
The reign of George V was from 1910 to 1936, and in 1935 his Silver Jubilee was celebrated throughout the Kingdom. Celebrations in the two villages were reported by the Rugby Advertiser in May 1935. Read more