Category: Village History
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Missing Details – Can You Help ?
The Village Archive has been compiled using resources far and wide – as detailed here. However, there is still a need for additional information, much of which can be seen by browsing the archive. Any offers to provide additional written inputs, facts, memories, pictures etc are always welcome. In addition the list below highlights some… Read more
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RRDC Village Profiles
The Rugby Rural District Council published a guide to the 40 villages it administered. These profiles include a brief history of each village. The version of the profile from 1968 can be found below – with the understanding of village history of those times. NEWNHAM REGIS, Near Rugby (Area: 1,471 acres. Population : mid-1967, 100)… Read more
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Dedication of Memorial Tablet in St Peter’s – 1924
The following article appeared In the Rugby Advertiser on 29th February 1924. CHURCH LAWFORD AND THE WAR. TABLET IN THE PARISH CHURCH. UNVEILED BY MR. W. W. VAUGHAN. At last the memorial tablet to the boys of the villages of Church Lawford and King’s Newnham who fell in the war has been placed in the… Read more
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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 triennial 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