Church Lawford and King’s Newnham Timeline

Category: Village History

  • 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

  • Subsequent Sale Activities Following 1918 Sale

    Antony Farmer

    Following the 1918 sale there were still a number of properties that were not sold, so remained with Samuel Waring, other properties were bought by investors, and some were sold on for other reasons. Some of the properties that changed hands between the two World Wars are summarised below. In 1921 there were around 140… Read more

  • Village Residents Following The Auction and The Great War

    Antony Farmer

    In addition to the housing details available on the auction page here, the pages below contain the Electoral Roll information for the villages in 1921. See here for details of the voting rights in this era, as well as the key to the abbreviations. See here for details of the 1921 census, or alternatively the… Read more

  • Property Valuations Following The Auction

    Antony Farmer

    To get an insight into properties and their ownership after the 1918 auction it is possible to look at the valuation of village properties from 1919. At this time each parish was responsible for looking after its own poor (the 1925 Rating and Valuation Act removed that responsibility). At regular intervals the properties in the… Read more

  • The Results From The 1918 Sale

    Antony Farmer

    The Coventry Evening Telegraph reported on the 1918 Estate Sale with details of the various transactions. SALE OF PROPERTY OF THE DUKE OR BUCCLEUCH. A feature of the first day’s sale at Rugby of 4,550 acres, comprising part of the estate formerly owned by the Duke of Buccleuch, was the number of farms that were… Read more

  • Church Lawford Village Lots

    Antony Farmer

    Keith Sinfield in his 2014 Village Newsletter history of Church Lawford notes that from the sale map of 1918 where particular businesses were located: ‘The Smithy’, at the bottom of what we now know as Smithy Lane; ‘The White Lion Inn’, occupying the same site as the present ‘The Old Smithy’ public house; Butcher’s Premises’,… Read more

  • Church Lawford Farm Lots

    Antony Farmer

    The following lots were listed on day one of the Auction relating to the various farm properties of Church Lawford See the related pages for other lots Church Lawford Village Lots Kings Newnham Sale Lots The six columns on the right show the acreage in the first three columns – in units of acres, roods… Read more

  • King’s Newnham Sale Lots

    Antony Farmer

    King’s Newnham Sale Lots are detailed here – see the related pages for other lots Church Lawford Farm Lots Church Lawford Village Lots. The lots were detailed in the coloured map below Lots 5 and 6 are next to the Fosse Way. Lot 5 is coloured yellow, and lot 6 (purple) is sandwiched between the… Read more

  • Properties In the 1918 Sale

    Antony Farmer

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    This list references the properties that were included in the 1918 sale. See a separate list here for details of the various existing tenants of these properties. The 1918 Sale Catalogue Indexed the Properties to be sold, thus: Within the above lots various cottages were included. More details are covered in the following linked pages… Read more