Category: Village History
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The “Peace Babies” of Church Lawford
In 2018 the Village remembered the end of the First World War 100 years earlier. Frank Hartley wrote an article for the village magazine to complement the various activities that went on to remember the events of that year, as well as other post-war events. Tis article is reproduced here as it appeared in the… Read more
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Silver Jubilee of George V – 1935
The reign of George V was from 1910 to 1936, and in 1935 his Silver Jubilee was celebrated throughout the Kingdom. Celebrations in the two villages were reported by the Rugby Advertiser in May 1935. Read more
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An Interim Review of the Airport Campaign
With the 2002 Airport Proposal gathering such a wide audience, and generating so much public interest, there were some excellent review articles written in various press outlets. Some of there are referenced as part of various articles in this archive, along with links to the full article, given copyright limitations, where the article still be… Read more
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An Online Angle To The Campaign
Although in 2002/03 the concept of personal websites was still rather in its infancy, many villages joined the published press in putting their messages online. A collage of some of the various pages is shown below (it was not possible to get samples of them all, as some were not held in the Internet Archive). Read more
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Airport Consultation 2002 – Background Information
The following pages contain various items of interest relating to the Airport Threat in 2002/03, complementing the initial story. Airport Consultation 2002 – Midlands Summary Document July 2002 Front Page News 2002 July – September 2002 An Online Angle to the Campaign July 2002 – December 2003 Campaign For Rural England / Friends of the… Read more
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Airport Threat – Headline News
Shown below are a selection of Newspaper Headlines from 2002. More details from the various local newspapers during 2002 and 2003 are in the Research section of the archive, including the various letters from villagers published at the time. Read more
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An Ancient Protest Poem
The following rather epic poem is entitled “Newnham Regis”, although it seems to have been part of a longer work called Horae Podagrinae, by Allesley Ward-Boughton-Leigh. The work reflects on the activities in the 1850s that uncovered various graves belonging to St Laurence’s Church which were of various members of the Leigh Family – discussed… Read more
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Newnham Regis References in 1795 Publication
In 1795 a book was published entitled Picturesque Views on the Warwickshire, or Upper Avon, written by Samuel Ireland. The book considers the various settlements alongside the River Avon from the source on the Warwickshire borders. Although it was personally illustrated by the author during the earlier part of that decade, the specific illustrations do… Read more
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Henry Beighton Map – 1725/9
In 1725 Henry Beighton carried out a survey of Warwickshire, and the resultant maps were published in 1729, including as an update to the “Antiquities of Warwickshire” work written by William Dugdale. The key to these maps indicates that the churches are drawn to their true shape and of four sizes as they bear proportion… Read more
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The King’s Newnham Monster Fish
In March 1802 the Coventry Standard reported on an unusual event in King’s Newnham. The words of the report have been transcribed below as they are rather tricky to read, but the creature found is described as the “greatest curiosity this country ever produced” – one which the British Museum would deem as “a valuable… Read more