Category: Village Locations
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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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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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The Rectory and Glebe Field
The history of the Rectory and the various Glebe Fields will be added here. An 18th Century plan of the Rectory has been retained in the set of maps collated by Lord John Scott and held at Boughton House. Read more
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Wheatfield / Veterinary Surgery
The history of this site will be added here Read more
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Village Bridges (River Bridge / Skew Bridge / Planks)
The history of this site will be added here Read more
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Sheffs Cafe
in the late 1950s, Rugby Taxi driver A T Sheffield bought the land on which the old village shop had stood, on the south side of the Rugby Road, just across from the Triangle Garage. Shortly afterwards he reopened it as Hilltop Cafe – which was commonly called Sheff’s Cafe. There was a notable dispute… Read more
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Gone But Not Forgotten
Nursery Post Office Village Shop (Link) Schools (Link) Old Reading Room(s) Cafe (Link) Read more
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Cottage Numbering in the Two Villages
Prior to the revisions in street naming and house numbering during the 1950s. the various cottages and houses in the two villages were allocated a manorial number. The farms and certain identifiable properties were known by their own names, most of which are still used today. The manorial numbers included other parts of the Manor… Read more