Category: Locations and Layout
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White’s Warwickshire Map 1850
In 1850 a publication from F White & Co provided a comprehensive view of the County of Warwickshire, plus the city of Birmingham, right down to the village level – see below. Along with this text a map was produced especially for the guide, showing the whole of the county – and an extract of… Read more
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Current Parish Layout
This section outlines the current parish layout, using the map displayed on the Village Notice Board. More specific details on the various streets and lanes in the Parish can be found here, and further old maps, are highlighted separately here. A more contemporary view can be seen on the Village Information Board, sited on the village green, This map dates… Read more
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1918 Auction Maps
As part of the Auction of land and properties in 1918, various colour-coded maps were created. This allows a view of the overall Parish, the outlying farms, the Village Centre of Church Lawford and King’s Newnham Village, using a number of maps. This map shows the extent of the King’s Newnham Parish area in the… Read more
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Original Ordnance Survey Maps
Although the early detailed Manor Maps, as discussed here, provided the Lord of the Manor with a view of his properties, there became a need for detailed maps of the whole country for defence purposes. The Ordnance Survey provided these maps, with a major mapping project throughout the early 19th Century. 1830s Map of the… 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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Britannia Maps
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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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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Ling Hall Site – Ongoing Use
As documented on the appropriate pages, the site of the former Ling Hall Farm was requisitioned during the Second World War by the Ministry to become RAF Church Lawford. Once that site was decommissioned there were several initiatives prior to the creation of an Industrial Estate in a small portion of the reserved land –… Read more
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Henry Beighton Map – 1725/9
In 1725 Henry Beighton carried out a survey of Warwickshire, and the resultant maps were published in 1729, including as an update to the “Antiquities of Warwickshire” work written by William Dugdale. The key to these maps indicates that the churches are drawn to their true shape and of four sizes as they bear proportion… Read more