Category: Locations and Layout
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Village Farm
By the time of the 1918 Village Auction the various assets of this farm had been assembled and modified many times over the years, with different tenants owning different assets – further confused by the advent of the railway during the 19th Century which divided up some of those lands. Local farming families such as… Read more
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Church Lawford Lodge Farm
The story of what became known as Lawford Lodge Farm in Church Lawford is traceable from the late 17th Century. The Elkington Family first arrived in the village in around 1690, and by the time of the tithe review in the 1720s were shown as farming the land in the area of where Lodge Farm… Read more
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Limestone Hall
The history of this farm will be added here. For details of lime workings in the combined parishes see here. Read more
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Rookery Hall Farm
The history of this farm will be added here. Read more
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Ling Hall Farm
Ling Hall Farm was the most southerly farm in the Parish, near to the Blue Boar area. There was a certain amount of additional farmland to the south that was often described as being part of Dunchurch parish, and it was farmed by farmers from that parish. For several centuries the Ling Hall was farmed… Read more
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The Rectory and Glebe Field
The history of the Rectory and the various Glebe Fields will be added here. An 18th Century plan of the Rectory has been retained in the set of maps collated by Lord John Scott and held at Boughton House. Read more
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Wheatfield / Veterinary Surgery
The history of this site will be added here Read more
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Village Bridges (River Bridge / Skew Bridge / Planks)
The history of this site will be added here Read more
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Sheffs Cafe
in the late 1950s, Rugby Taxi driver A T Sheffield bought the land on which the old village shop had stood, on the south side of the Rugby Road, just across from the Triangle Garage. Shortly afterwards he reopened it as Hilltop Cafe – which was commonly called Sheff’s Cafe. There was a notable dispute… Read more
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The Airey Houses
Following World War II there was an urgent need for additional housing. One initiative was to build houses from reclaimed materials, making use of ex-military hardware combined with pre-fabricated parts that could help with rapid and low-skilled construction. A design for a house which included pre-fabricated concrete columns and panels reinforced with tubing from the… Read more