Category: Village History
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1909 King’s Newnham and Church Lawford Triennial Show
The Rugby Advertiser of 31st July 1909 carried a detailed report of the fourth triennial King’s Newnham and Church Lawford Show. The narrative has been transcribed below. FLOWER SHOW AND INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION AT KING’S NEWNHAМ. The fourth triennia! flower show and industrial exhibition, open to Church Lawford and Kings Newnham, was held at The Hall,… Read more
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1900 King’s Newnham and Church Lawford Triennial Show
The King’s Newnham and Church Lawford Triennial Show began in 1900, known as the “Flower Show and Industrial Exhibition” and as the name suggests it was to be held every three years, and featured village crafts as well as garden produce. The reports of each of the five pre-First World War Shows in the Rugby… Read more
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A Timeline to the Airport Threat For Church Lawford and King’s Newnham
The following pages contain various items of interest relating to the Airport Threat in 2002/03, complementing the initial story. The Airport Threat July 2002 – December 2003 Airport Consultation 2002 – Midlands Summary Document July 2002 Local Campaigning Begins July 2002 Public Meeting To Set Up Multi-Agency Coordinating Group August 2002 Questionnaire on Airport Consultation… Read more
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Extension of Consultation Deadline – December 2002
The original deadline for the Consulation Period to end was at the end of November 2002, with all parties gearing their campaigns towards that date, However, following a High Court Challenge by the Kent (Cliffe) campaign there was a ruling made that the situation with Gatwick Airport must form part of the overall review, and… Read more
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Updated ARAC Information – March 2003
In parallel with the campaign organised locally in the two villages, the Anti-Rugby Airport Committee and the Strategic Anti-Airport Co-Ordinating Group continued to campaign with direct reference to Rugby and other villages in the district who were not campaigning in their own right. By March 2003 they saw a need to bring fresh impetus to… Read more
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Airport Threat – Local Actions Begin
As soon as the threat to Church Lawford and King’s Newnham was announced the village community sprang into action. The first step was to hold a local meeting to brief people on the Government proposal. This was on 29th July 2002, and was originally due to be held in the Reading Room, but was moved… Read more
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Creation of Co-Ordination Committee August 2002
As well as the local efforts documented in this archive, there was also a campaign committee set up to bring together various agencies who would be affected by the airport proposal. This was established as the key action from a Public Meeting on 7th August 2002 – the minutes are detailed below. Minutes of Public… Read more
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Anti-Airport Action Group Response Document
In time for the November 2002 deadline, the Church Lawford and King’s Newnham Anti-Airport Action Group submitted their response document to the Government Proposals An extract from the first few pages is below, along with a link to the complete document. INTRODUCTION This document has been prepared and submitted on behalf of all the residents… Read more
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1918 Sale – Village Histories
As part of the introduction section of the calalogue for the 1918 Estate Sale an overview of the histories of the two villages was given. This provides a somewhat different overview, as it is presented from the viewpoint of the vendor and their agent, so includes much of the history of the two Manors and… Read more
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1918 Estate Sale Marketing and Conditions
The Sale Catalogue for the 1918 Auction of properties in the two villages detailed the conditions of sale along with detailing the overall merits of the properties and their location. This might normally be seen as “small-print”, but one or two of the paragraphs make for more interesting reading, giving some indication of what was… Read more