Category: Locations and Layout
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Footbridge Across The Avon
Extensively renovated in 2018, the footbridge that carries the footpath between Kings Newnham and Church Lawford was used by the Newnham parishioners to reach St Peters Church, as well as for the local miller in the adjacent Kings Newnham Mill. In those days the footbridge was known as “The Planks”, and consisted of metal sheets… Read more
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Kings Newnham Fish Ponds
The Kings Newnham Fish Ponds are part of Kings Newnham Hall Farm, having been included as part of the 1918 sale of village land and properties. The ponds date from medieval times, and are likely to have been constructed for the use of the “Austin Canons” of Kenilworth Priory, and order which followed the rules… Read more
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Kings Newnham Baths
The baths at Kings Newnham were said (in 1921) by well-known local historian Emily Robinson L.L.A to be of Roman origin, and remains of old Roman brickwork were still in existence. They did come into prominence until the reign of Queen Elizabeth, who, as a princess, visited Lawford Hall. This recorded that in 1575 the… Read more
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Goodes Farm, Brinklow
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Abbey Hall Farm, Brinklow
Further details and outline history will be added here. Read more
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Thatched Cottages in Green Lane
The two adjoining thatched cottages in Green Lane are the sole remaining examples of what was once a common feature in the village. A review of such cottages present during the 19th and 20th centuries can be found here. Many such cottages were either roofed over with corrugated iron when re-thatching costs escalated, or, as… Read more
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St Laurence’s Tower
The tower of St Laurence’s Church dominates the valley of the river Avon for several miles. It is all that remains of the 12th Century Church of St Laurence, once the parish church of Kings Newnham. In the 17th century it became the family chapel of the Leigh Family, the Lords of the Manor, and… Read more
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All Oaks Lane
All Oaks Lane represents the Northern boundary of Kings Newnham parish. Running from the Fosse Way it is sandwiched between All Oaks Wood and the Oxford Canal for much of its length. As the canal swings away to Hungerfield shortly before the eastern edge of the wood it continues towards Cathiron. The parish boundary edge… Read more
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Highfields / Newnham Lodge / Beggars Rest Kings Newnham
Kings Newnham Lodge dominates the horizon when viewed from many parts of the two villages. From there the terrain drops down in four directions – north towards Highfields, east towards Little Lawford down Little Lawford Lane, down into Kings Newnham village, or down and along towards Brinklow via a largely unnamed road, anecdotally known as… Read more
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Newnham Lane Kings Newnham
As has been discussed elsewhere, the naming of the roads in Kings Newnham has been rather ad hoc over the years. From the Lodge at the top of the hill down to the farms in the main village and on down to Newnham Hall is now regarded as Newnham Lane. The road to Brinklow from… Read more