Category: Village History
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Old Manor Maps
Early Mapping at a local level came via the Lord of the Manor. The Manor Map would show the breakdown of the area at a field level. Further old maps, at a County level to show the structure of the Knightlow Hundred, plus some more historic mapping from the 16th and 17th centuries can be… Read more
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Newnham Regis History by A E Treen
Rugby-born Compositor and local historian A Edward Treen produced a series of “Half-Holiday Rambles” for the Rugby Advertiser in the early 20th Century. Reproduced here is his essay on Kings Newnham. Half-Holiday Rambles Around Rugby By A. Edward TreenNewnham Regis, or to give it its modern title, Kings Newnham, is a hamlet situated on the… Read more
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Church Lawford Census 1921
The Church Lawford census recorded in 1921 is the latest to be released into the public domain under the terms of the census act. As the census from 1931 was destroyed during the war years, and it was not taken in 1941, there will not be another released in this way for many years when… Read more
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King’s Newnham Census 1921
The King’s Newnham census recorded in 1921 is the latest to be released into the public domain under the terms of the census act. As the census from 1931 was destroyed during the war years, and it was not taken in 1941, there will not be another released in this way for many years when… Read more
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Church Lawford Census 1911
The 1911 census for Church Lawford. The numbers shown in the location column are only to help to illustrate the size of households, and are not the actual cottage numbers. See the 1921 census for some ideas of how to gauge actual locations, or the 1918 Auction documents for details of who was living where… Read more
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King’s Newnham Census 1911
The 1911 King’s Newnham Census captured personal and family information as part of the 10-year cycle of censuses. See this category list for further census information. For more details on people living in the various cottages at that time the 1918 Auction Document for King’s Newnham will be useful, as will the 1921 Census. Name… Read more
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Kings Newnham History – A View in 1893
Back in 1893 a book was written by Rev Walter O Wait entitled “Rugby Past and Present” with the subtitle “With an Historical Account of Neighbouring Parishes”. The book was published by Albert Frost of Rugby (ISBN-13 978-1241508258). The section on Kings Newnham is comprehensive, especially regarding the excavations of St Laurence’s Tower which were… Read more
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Church Lawford History – A View in 1893
Back in 1893 a book was written by Rev Walter O Wait entitled “Rugby Past and Present” with the subtitle “With an Historical Account of Neighbouring Parishes”. The book was published by Albert Frost of Rugby (ISBN-13 978-1241508258). The section on Church Lawford is comprehensive, and was used in various discussions about the Village Stocks… Read more
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Great War Centenary Bells (2014-2018)
The Battle of the Somme started on 1 July 1916. By the end of the battle, in November, 420,000 British men had died. In that July four men from Church Lawford and King’s Newnham lost their lives. It is these four men, recorded on our village War Memorial, that Church Lawford Bellringers paid tribute to… Read more
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Final Census of 19th Century – 1891
The final census of the 19th Century was taken in 1891. Slightly less information was captured in the Kings Newnham version. 1891 Church Lawford Census 1891 Kings Newnham Census See this category list for further census information. Read more