Cottage Numbering in the Two Villages

Prior to the revisions in street naming and house numbering during the 1950s. the various cottages and houses in the two villages were allocated a manorial number. The farms and certain identifiable properties were known by their own names, most of which are still used today.

The manorial numbers included other parts of the Manor in Dunchurch, Toft, Cawston and Thurlaston, so the numbering for Church Lawford started at 145, and were numbered through to 193 followed by the King’s Newnham numbers from 194 onwards.

The following chart attempts to map these cottages to an approximate location and identify the occupants either side of the 1918 sale. A separate document Cottage History looks at the further story of each of these cottages. Note that a clear reference for cottages 207, 209-211 in King’s Newnham has not yet been found, but they may have been on the Laurels Farm estate towards Fennis Fields and Bath Farm. It is subject to review. It uses “modern” street names to help locating these properties – but in many cases these did not come into official use until after the cottage had gone. Note that when the cottage numbers were allocated there were no properties where “King’s Newnham Road” or “Coronation Road” are now – nor in any of the newer roads. The original Council Houses and Airey Houses were initially given their own numbering scheme until the current road name was adopted. Similarly the houses in Coronation Road had separate numbers – originally in a line known as “Pleasant View”, numbered in the reverse order to that used today.

Cottages 152 and 153 were the two houses linked to the old school.

The Fog Cottages by the Skew Bridge, originally owned by the Railway Company, do not appear to have been part of the cottage numbering scheme.

Cottage 159 in Church Lawford has not been located – it may have been in the Smithy Lane area / bottom of School Street, and may have been associated with Kinver Farm.

Further information on the Cottages and their Lot numbers in the 1918 auction can be found in the linked references on the auction page here. That page also shows a link to the auction map via colour coding to help locating the properties.