Category: Village History
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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
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Dovecote at Newnham Hall
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King’s Newnham Census 1891
The 1891 Census for King’s Newnham Name Status Occupation Location Age DOB Birthplace John Brierly Head Farmer and Miller Newnham Hall 53 1838 Weldon, Northamptonshire Maria Brierly Wife Newnham Hall 46 1845 Cawston, Warwickshire Margaret M Brierly Daughter Newnham Hall 22 1869 Kings Newnham, Warwickshire Harry Lawrence Brierly Son Newnham Hall 13… Read more
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Church Lawford Census 1891
The 1891 Census for Church Lawford. The numbers shown in the location column are only to help to show the size of households, by giving each domicile a separate identifier, and are not the actual cottage numbers. See the 1921 census for some ideas of how to gauge actual locations. Name Status Occupation Location Age DOB Birthplace… Read more
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1940 Business Directory
Although the Second World War had begun, the Kelly’s Business Directory for Warwickshire was still published. The local entries were as follows The entry for Kings Newnham was thus Read more
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Church Lawford Census 1841
The first centrally recorded England and Wales census for the two villages was taken in 1841. Earlier records were kept by the Parish, but the only one to be traced is the version taken in 1801 detailed here. Location details were not readily available at this time – but see the next table for a… Read more
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1841 Census of Kings Newnham
The first centrally recorded England and Wales census for Kings Newnham was taken in 1841. Earlier records were kept by the Parish, but none have been traced. Location details were not readily available at this time – but see the next table for a village directory of the era to give an idea of the… Read more
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Cottage History
During the 19th Century, and through to the Manorial sale in 1918 the various cottages and houses in the two villages were allocated a manorial number. Prior to the revisions in street naming and house numbering during the 1950s these numbers remained unless the cottage was developed. In some cases, especially in King’s Newnham the… Read more