Category: Village History
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Highfield House
Liz Parvin in her 2014 Village Newsletter history of Kings Newnham notes that at the time of the 1918 village sale Highfield House was occupied by the Misses Townsend who were the generous donors of the money to build the original Church Lawford Reading Room. Although they based themselves at Church Walk in Rugby during the… Read more
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The Manor House Farm Kings Newnham
Liz Parvin in her 2014 Village Newsletter history of Kings Newnham notes that at the time of the 1918 village sale, Manor House farm and Highfields farm were both farmed by Mr. William Dunn, who stayed there until the 1930’s. In 1938 both Highfields and Manor House farms, and several cottages, were up for sale again.… Read more
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The Laurels Farm
The history of this farm will be added here. Read more
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Kings Newnham Hall
Kings Newnham Hall has a rich history. Additional research is needed to give full justice to the story of the Hall, but the Brierly family history is discussed here, along with an interview with John Brierly from the Rugby Advertiser here. There is a separate discussion on the history of St Laurence’s church in the… Read more
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Church Lawford Lodge Farm
The story of what became known as Lawford Lodge Farm in Church Lawford is traceable from the late 17th Century. The Elkington Family first arrived in the village in around 1690, and by the time of the tithe review in the 1720s were shown as farming the land in the area of where Lodge Farm… Read more
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Limestone Hall
The history of this farm will be added here. For details of lime workings in the combined parishes see here. Read more
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Maddest Merriest Day Springtime
Frank Hartley wrote an article for the Church Lawford and Kings Newnham Village Newsletter in 2018 regarding village May Day Celebrations. The Maddest Merriest Day Springtime is, at last, here in Church Lawford. All the familiar signs tell us that it is so. The sun rides higher in the sky; winter woollies are cast aside;… Read more
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The Peace Babies of Church Lawford
Frank Hartley looked back at the times of the First World War, how it affected the two villages, and the “Peace Babies” reporting in Church Lawford after the war. This article was published in the Church Lawford and Kings Newnham village newsletter of November 2018. The month of November is upon us and it is… Read more
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Parish Layout Changes
A series of articles published in the Church Lawford and Kings Newnham Parish Newsletter are referenced as details on the villages timeline here. The two parishes were separate entities until 1595. The British Histories Online page gives a detailed overview of Parish History based on a series of historic publications called Victoria County History, with… Read more