Category: Village History

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

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

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

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

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