Category: Church Festivals

The annual Remembrance Day service at both St Peters and at the War Memorial has been a fixture in the village for many years. This is a record of the service from the Village Magazine in 1980 Read more

In 1875 a Choral Festival was held at the recently newly opened St Peter’s Church The Rector, David Wauchope wrote to the local press to clarify the above article To the Editor.—Sir,—Will you kindly allow me to correct one particular in your notice of the Choral Festival held here last Wednesday. In stating that the… Read more

As would be expected, the Christmas period has been a busy one for the Church, and also a busy one for Christmas parties for the children. The church diary from 1970 highlights what would happen in the lead up to Christmas. Christmas services would include the Midnight Communion service, and the Bell Ringers would also… Read more

The Rugby Advertiser reported on the Easter festivities in 1938 Various traditions have been followed over the years at Easter. A sample report from the Rugby Advertiser in 1959 is thus Read more

The Harvest Festival remains an important event for an agricultural area such as Church Lawford and Kings Newnham, celebrated each year with a Church Service – the Parish Newsletter of 1903 records the event over 120 years ago. Harvest FestivalWe celebrated the in-gathering of harvest in St Peter’s Church on the Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity,… Read more

The Wake festival (also known as The Wakes) was an ancient event which survived into the 20th century. It coincided with the patron saint day of a parish church – so in St Peter’s case it began on the first Sunday after June 29th, and event continued through the following week. Two extracts from village… Read more