Category: Village Locations
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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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Kinver Farm / Village Post Office (School Street)
When the auction of village properties took place in 1918 the buildings opposite the rectory included looked similar to how they would look 100 years later. Looking back at the old records for the village, the first detailed mapping of families to village locations is in the tithe mapping from around 1720, referenced in detail… Read more
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Jaggard’s Cottage
The original Jaggard’s Cottage was built at the end of the 19th century, and has been a notable landmark in the village ever since. Although the property has been extensively revised, the name and the fact the cottage stood directly onto the road that became known as Church Road has been retained. The cottage was… 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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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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Village Shop
During the time that Church Lawford village had a Grocers Shop it was located in quite a variety of places. The first clear reference in nineteenth century records is in the 1835 Pigots Directory, when both Sarah Dalton and William Hirons (1788-1865) are listed as a Grocer. Both are also listed in the 1850 directory,… Read more
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1849 Tithe Review – Kings Newnham Smallholders and Cottagers
This is one of a number of reviews of the 1849 Tithe Registers, which look at the village layout and tenancies at that time, contrasting with the next main checkpoint of the 1918 Auction. The review is based on the tithe-holder name, looking at the various plots that make up their tithe commitment. The blue… Read more