Category: Village Farms
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The Laurels Farm
The history of this farm will be added here. Read more
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Kings Newnham Hall
Kings Newnham Hall has a rich history. Additional research is needed to give full justice to the story of the Hall, but the Brierly family history is discussed here, along with an interview with John Brierly from the Rugby Advertiser here. There is a separate discussion on the history of St Laurence’s church in the… Read more
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The Manor House Farm Church Lawford
The history of this farm will be added here. For more details on the Manor House itself see this link. Read more
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The Grange Farm
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Mount Pleasant Farm
The first references to Mount Pleasant Farm were found in the early 19th Century, In the previous century the land in that area was allocated to a number of different tenants, and there was additional Glebe Land and an area known as Millers Ground which suggested there may have been a windmill in that area.… Read more
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Village Farm
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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
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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