Category: Locations and Layout
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Butlin’s Barn (Cottage 207)
One of the entries mentioned in the 1918 auction Lot that included Manor Farm King’s Newnham was described as the “River Buildings”. They can be traced via the map reference to an area just across the river from St Peter’s Church – on the King’s Newnham side. In the map below they can be seen… Read more
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John Speed Maps – Seventeenth Century
In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries there were various studies made by eminent historians, both of the country, and of the county. John Speed produced invaluable maps in his “Theatre of Great Britain”, and William Camden looked at the history and topography of Great Britain in extreme detail in his “Britannia”, first published in 1586,… Read more
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Lost / Renamed Locations
This page attempts to highlight those village locations that will no longer appear on a current map, including those names that have changed over the years. A map, from the 1960s, has been annotated with a key for a number of locations from the past 150 years or so. This was the first detailed map… Read more
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Early Nineteenth Century Map – and Places
Prior to the arrival of the railway in the middle of the nineteenth century, and before the Ordnance Survey started to produce their detailed and precise maps, the local plans of the area had quite a different look and feel. One such map was produced by John Cary, and published around 1806, and this article… Read more
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School Street Auction Lots
This page is linked from the main page on School Street here. The entries for the cottages in the 1918 auction were as follows (the house on the corner of School Street and Smithy Lane) – noted on the plan below them in the lot numbers and colours indicated. They are shown in an clockwise… Read more
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Church Road Auction Lots
This page is linked from the main page on Church Road here. The entries for the cottages in the 1918 auction were as follows (including those fronting on to the Village Green partially in Little End / Green Lane) – noted on the plan below them in the lot numbers and colours indicated: Read more
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Property Mapping – Lawford East
This page attempts to consider the status of the various villages properties over a period of around 120 years – from 1850 to 1970. It makes extensive use of Ordnance Survey Maps (full credit below), especially those of the biggest scales as made available by the National Library of Scotland Maps at https://maps.nls.uk/index.html There is an option to compare… Read more
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Kinver Farm / Village Post Office (School Street)
When the auction of village properties took place in 1918 the buildings opposite the rectory included looked similar to how they would look 100 years later. Looking back at the old records for the village, the first detailed mapping of families to village locations is in the tithe mapping from around 1720, referenced in detail… Read more
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Jaggard’s Cottage
The original Jaggard’s Cottage was built at the end of the 19th century, and has been a notable landmark in the village ever since. Although the property has been extensively revised, the name and the fact the cottage stood directly onto the road that became known as Church Road has been retained. The cottage was… Read more
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A Reminder of the Past (1980 Village Newsletter Article)
Back in April 1980 there was an article past by Christine Brown, living in Lexmore, Church Road about a local issue nearby. A REMINDER OF THE PAST One sunny Sunday morning not too long ago a voice was to be heard saying “Mummy, did you know that there is a big hole in the path… Read more