Any additions or amendments to this site are noted below to allow returning viewers to be aware of what might have changed since their last visit. There is also an option to search the text on this site, which can be found below, or on the archive categories page.
For a complete list of updates in 2024 see here. For the latest Village Newsletter see here.
03/01/25 – Details of Church Lawford dig in 1962 and subsequent review of King’s Newnham archaeological sites. Improvements made to Information Sources page with access to a full search of transcribed census data.
15/01/25 – Updates to the Village Stories page, with links to Potted Histories and local recollections.
19/01/25 – Tidy up of King’s Newnham information, notably on St Laurence’s Church, ahead of integration of information provided by the Rugby School Archive.
28/01/25 – Add detail to the St Peter’s Memorial Page with more content from the WI Project in the 1980s.
01/02/25 – Uploaded Village Newsletter – the first one of 2025. Remember the password now ends with 25 rather than 24.
03/02/25 – Further Improvements to top-level navigation
22/02/25 – Updates to Old Maps section
26/02/25 – Update to Village School article with additional reference to Long Lawford Middle School, along with an example of the “First School Guide“.
27/02/25 – Creation of Lost / Renamed Locations Map, highlighting places in the centre of Church Lawford Village that are no longer found on maps, or which have been renamed.
28/02/25 – Update to history of Manor Farm Church Lawford.
07/03/25 – Update to Newer Roads with approximate dates.
08/03/25 – Interview with Thomas Dumbleton in 1921 about Village Life in the 19th Century.
11/03/25 – Updates to history of the Second Village School
12/03/25 – Pictures from First Village School – with update to historic school pictures.
15/03/25 – Updates to 1918 Village Auction Documents, including transcribing of more parts of the Sale Catalogue, including the Marketing Section and Village / Manor History Section.
16/03/25 – Details of the Festival of the Choirs held after the Church Rebuild – transcribed and updated. Updates to Church Rebuild story with additional reports.
19/03/25 – Transcribed introduction to the Church Lawford and King’s Newnham Anti-Airport Action Group Response Document, along with a link to the full document and an updated timeline for the Airport Threat, with additional stories added.
20/03/25 – First of a series of updates to the stories surrounding the campaigns to save Church Lawford School, including details from the Thanksgiving Service, with the valedictory address which help to put events into overall context.
24/03/25 – Update to Cooke Family story to include details of the wide range of work done locally.
25/03/25 – Lengthy update to tell the story of the first closure threat to Church Lawford School in the 1988 to 1990 Period.
27/03/25 – Lengthy Update to tell the story of the second and final closure threat to the School in the 1993-1996 Period, with details of the background reasoning and the attempts to prevent closure.
28/03/25 – Updates to timeline to reflect latest Airport and Village School Stories.
30/03/25 – Example Exhibits from the Exhibition staged in the last days of the Village School.
31/03/25 – Update to Little End / Green Lane page with additional pictures.
04/04/25 – Update to May Queen Story to include a more recent ceremony.
05/04/25 – Details of Butlin’s Barn – perhaps a missing King’s Newnham entry in the Cottage List.
30/04/25 – Update to St Peter’s Timeline to include King’s Newnham Fundraising Concert.
03/05/25 – Details on the Great War Memorial Tablet dedication at St Peter’s in 1924
10/05/25 – William Whiteman (1848-1929) – A tribute to a Victorian Villager
13/05/25 – Details of May Parade around the two villages in early twentieth century.
14/05/25 – Update to the Charities page to refer to additional information about Miss Marriott.
21/05/25 – Village Profiles from 1968 RRDC Guide.
30/05/25 – Details of the Village Tributes Compilation
31/05/25 – Can you help with missing information?