Category: Population and Profiles
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Kellys 1900 Directory – Church Lawford Entry
The Kelly’s Business Directory was a useful publication in its day, and remains so for Historians and Genealogists. This is the 1900 entry in the Warwickshire Directory for Church Lawford. Read more
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Kellys 1850 Business Directory
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Village Directory – White’s 1874
One of the most detailed of a range of village directories was the White’s Directory of 1874. There was the occasional error, such as the reference to St James church, but the other information is invaluable. The Entry for Kings Newnham was similarly detailed. Read more
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1931 Electoral Roll
The Electoral Roll from 1931 has been made available via various sources in a similar way to the 1921 census – noting that people who appear on the Electoral Roll would have been a minimum of 21 years old in those days, which were over 90 years ago. Also shown here are the comparable Business… Read more
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1921 Electoral Roll
Church Lawford Electoral Roll 1921 Read more
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1940 Business Directory
Although the Second World War had begun, the Kelly’s Business Directory for Warwickshire was still published. The local entries were as follows The entry for Kings Newnham was thus Read more
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Cottage History
During the 19th Century, and through to the Manorial sale in 1918 the various cottages and houses in the two villages were allocated a manorial number. Prior to the revisions in street naming and house numbering during the 1950s these numbers remained unless the cottage was developed. In some cases, especially in King’s Newnham the… Read more
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Arthur Woodward’s Life Story
Arthur Woodward (1902 – 1981) lived in Jaggard’s Cottage in Church Road for many years, and the tribute to him in the village magazine in 1981 paints a picture of village life in the mid-twentieth century. John Forsyth was the village magazine editor at the time. When someone like Arthur Woodward dies, who has been… Read more
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Alf Day – Village Blacksmith
During 2022 the old Blacksmith’s Shop at the top of School Street was demolished and a new residence built on the site. The Smithy had been built in the late 1920s by Blacksmith Alf Day, a veteran of the First World War. It followed in a sequence of Blacksmith’s Forges in the village, both at… Read more
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Street Naming and Numbering Changes in the 1950s
Until the early 20th Century the villages were owned by the Duke of Buccleuch, and the cottages in the village were numbered sequentially 145 to 214 rather than being given a street address – see here for a discussion on those numbers and their location. At that stage there was little development north of Smithy… Read more