Category: Facilities and Services
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Coventry Rail Timetable 1913
The Coventry Herald included details of the local rail services prior to the Great War – afterwards it advertised the local ABC Directory which could be purchased with this information. Read more
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Rail Connectivity To Rugby
The advent of the London to Birmingham Railway which opened locally in 1838 resulted from significant engineering work in Church Lawford, with the local impact discussed here. Perhaps the bigger impact was how the Railways facilitated the movement of freight and people around the country, especially given the importance of Rugby as a Railway hub. By 1847… Read more
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Mail Services
Mail Services in the area began during the 19th Century, firstly as a town-based service – as detailed in this Rugby Advertiser clipping from 1852 During the second half of the 19th century the Mail service had been much improved, both in terms of cost and coverage. The universal penny post was introduced in 1840… Read more
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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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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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Village Hall – Construction Gallery
The following pictures appear in a video montage from Adam Holland photographs on the Village Hall Website – https://www.churchlawfordvillagehall.co.uk/about-us/ Read more
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Church Lawford Nursery
Church Lawford Nursery was one of the biggest draws for visitors to the village for many years. It opened in mid-1960s as a small plant-oriented nursery, just beyond the houses at the bottom of Kings Newnham Road. It grew over the years to offer a complete retail range of plants, shrubs and trees with a… Read more
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The Village Post Office
Although Church Lawford had a Grocers Shop from early in the nineteenth century, it was only after the Whiteman family then took over as the Village Grocer during the 1870s, that a Post Office was also opened. Prior to that date the local directories advised that the nearest money order office was in Rugby. (In… Read more
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The Church Lawford and Kings Newnham Reading Room (1912-2008)
The concept of a Village Reading Room had been seen as an important asset for the two villages towards the end of the Nineteenth century, with the initial provision being made available in the Rectory or in a village cottage, but only at certain times, and focussed on the male population. The need for a… Read more