Mid-Twentieth Century Detailed Maps

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The Ordnance Survey Maps of the area were updated during the middle of the twentieth century, and a set of detailed maps (1:2500 scale) were surveyed and published in the early 1960s, with ongoing reference to wartime features such as RAF Church Lawford, as well as detailing some of the new housing in King’s Newham Road in Church Lawford for the first time.

These maps have been published on the National Library of Scotland website, which is perhaps the main repository for maps from the 19th and 20th Century. They are best viewed on that website, as they can be zoomed to make the text and key more readable. Going from North to South the column of maps that reference much of the combined parish are:

All Oaks Area – https://maps.nls.uk/view/188673145

Newnham Village – https://maps.nls.uk/view/188673142

Lawford Village – https://maps.nls.uk/view/188673139

Mount Pleasant, Lodge Cottages and Limestone Hall – https://maps.nls.uk/view/188673136

Lawford Lodge Farm Area – https://maps.nls.uk/view/188673133

Ling Hall Area (RAF Church Lawford) – https://maps.nls.uk/view/188673130

Blue Boar and London Road – https://maps.nls.uk/view/188673124

As this column of maps focusses on the central areas, those interested in the western side of the parish can find maps in the column below (noting that quite a portion of other parishes are also included in these maps)

Goodes Farm and Abbey Hall Farm – https://maps.nls.uk/view/188672809

Newnham Lane to Bretford – https://maps.nls.uk/view/188672806

Grange Farm and Newnham Grounds – https://maps.nls.uk/view/188672803

Western-edge fields – https://maps.nls.uk/view/188672800

Rookery Hall Farm Area – https://maps.nls.uk/view/188672797

A useful page to look at in conjunction with these maps is the Twentieth Century Changes page where the various changes to the villages in the post-war era are discussed.