Church Lawford and King’s Newnham Timeline

Category: Population and Profiles

  • Street Naming and Numbering Changes in the 1950s

    Antony Farmer

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    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

  • Village Directory 1960

    Antony Farmer

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    This directory was published with better alignment to the revised street naming and numbers. At this time Sheffs Cafe was located on the south side of Rugby Road (Number 2). The additional development in Church Road was starting to be seen. Note that it was recorded in the Parish Council minutes during 1960 that 3… Read more

  • Village Directory 1959

    Antony Farmer

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    The Village Directory in 1959 was the last one to be published with the “old” cottage numbering approach, although references to “School St” were used ahead of “King’s Newnham Road” or a full adoption of “Church Rd – see here for details of the change. In fact it was rather a composite affair, with some… Read more

  • Village Directory 1951

    Antony Farmer

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    This was the first directory to incorporate the Airey Houses, shown at the end as the block of 12 houses in “Newnham Lane”. Somewhat confusingly, the original Council House numbers are also used for Newnham Lane in the main body of the directory. The houses in what became Coronation Road some years later are numbered… Read more

  • Village Directory 1950

    Antony Farmer

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    At this stage in the post-war recovery the Airey Houses had started to be occupied in late 1949, but weren’t yet reflected in this version of the directory. Note that the properties that are located in the current Coronation Rd are renumbered in the opposite direction in a row called “Pleasant View”. Read more

  • Ron’s Recollections (Published 2002)

    Antony Farmer

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    In 2002 the Village Newsletter carried a series of articles written by Ron Hence (1924-2004) in collaboration with Sylvia, the magazine editor. They detailed his recollections of life in growing up in Church Lawford in the period between the two World Wars. The articles are reproduced here with minor amendments for context. My father and… Read more

  • A Walk Through The Village (Published 1988)

    Antony Farmer

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    Syd Cresswell (1916-2000), also known as Tucker Cresswell, provided a detailed set of recollections of how Church Lawford looked during his early years in the village, matching them with more contemporary observations at that time. It was produced to provide background information to an article written by Keith Sinfield in a previous magazine about the… Read more

  • Sale of Land and Property to Samuel Waring

    Antony Farmer

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    Ownership of much of the property and land Church Lawford and Kings Newnham had been with the Montagu family since 1688 and joined with the Buccleuch family since the third Duke in 1767 – with the remainder owned by the Church of England. At the start of the 20th Century a series of changes began… Read more

  • Transfer of Land and Property to the Earl of Dalkeith

    Antony Farmer

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    Ownership of much of the property and land Church Lawford and King’s Newnham had been with the Montagu family since 1688 and joined with the Buccleuch family since the third Duke in 1767 – with the remainder owned by the Church of England. At the start of the 20th Century a series of changes began… Read more

  • The Montagu and Buccleuch Family Era

    Antony Farmer

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    Following the period of ownership by the Leigh family discussed here, the estates of Sir Francis Leigh (1598-1653) were inherited by his eldest daughter, Lady Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Wrothesley, fourth Earl of Southampton, of Beaulieu Abbey, Hants, whose only surviving child, Lady Elizabeth, brought the estates to her second husband, Ralph Montagu, son of… Read more