Category: Village Lanes
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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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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
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Fosse Way (East)
One of the western boundaries of the Kings Newnham parish is formed by the Fosse Way, with land and buildings on the east side of what is locally known as Bretford straight being part of the parish. It is in this area where there are further confusions about road naming, but perhaps this might be… Read more
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Newer Roads
Newer Roads in the two villages are exclusively in Church Lawford, and working in approximate date order they are: 1996 – The Shires 1996 – Holly Grove 1996/7 – Fitzalan Close 1997/8 – Dalton Close 2005 – Townsend Close 2016 – Kings Newnham View Confirmation of these dates would be welcome, as would the history… Read more
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Ling Lane
Ling Lane now forms a boundary between the Ling Hall Quarry and the remainder of the parish, as well as linking to the nearby parish of Long Lawford and bridging between the north-south roads of Limestone Hall Lane and Coronation Road. It was anticipated the southern side of the road would see the first set… Read more
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Middle Lane / Coronation Road
Middle Lane originally ran from the village centre in Church Lawford all the way to the south of the Parish – the map below is from 1900 and shows the complete road while Ling Hall Farm could be seen, prior to the Church Lawford RAF station being built during the Second World War. Initially the… Read more
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Newnham Lane / Kings Newnham Road Church Lawford
More details to be added here Read more
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Coventry Road, Church Lawford
As the name suggests, Coventry Road is the section of the main Rugby to Coventry road from the central point of the triangle area (formerly the Triangle Garage) towards Coventry, stretching as far as the Parish Boundary in the Grange Farm area. On leaving the village towards Limestone Lane, the first house to be seen,… Read more