There are a number of pages that review the maps of the two villages available from ancient times through to the present day.
The links in the following table will reference the pages in question:
Period | Link | Description |
11th Century onwards | From County to Village | Maps to show how the Villages fit into the history of Warwickshire |
1610-12 | John Speed County Map | From a series mapping each of the various counties. |
1675 | Britannia Maps | A collection of strip maps showing distances, including the route from Cambridge to Coventry which passed Church Lawford. |
Around 1720 | Lawford and Newnham Tithe Maps | 1720 Tithe Reviews for the two villages including detailed village map for Church Lawford |
1725 – 1729 | Henry Beighton Knightlow Hundred Map | Detailed map of the local area showing churches, windmills etc |
19th Century | Original Ordnance Survey Maps | Original Ordnance Survey Map From 1830s (Pre-Railway) and from 1860s – alongside Tithe Maps and OS Maps from early 20th Century, plus maps from 1918 Auction for comparison. |
1850 | White’s Warwickshire Map | Focussed Map linked to 1850 county directory. |
Mid 19th Century | 19th Century Tithe Maps | Tithe Maps from 1849 at Field Level. Village Map at Cottager Level |
1850-1970 | Lawford East Property Maps | 100 years of maps for the same location, including Church Road, Green Lane and Smithy Lane, to show how properties hove come and gone. |
1918 | Auction Maps | Various Colour Coded Maps Produced For the Village Land and Property Auction |
1960-62 | Detailed Strip Maps | A full set of detailed 1:2500 maps for the Parish with features from either side of the Second World War. |
Mid 1960 | Lost / Renamed Locations Map | Am indexed view of various village locations that are no longer found on maps, or which have been renamed. |
2019- | Modern Parish Map and Points of Interest | Map Produced For Display Board on Village Green |
Whole Period | Mapping Change | Sequences of Maps For a Particular Area |
20th Century | Street Allocations | A Review of Street Naming and Numbering |
Until a century or so ago, King’s Newnham was known as Newnham Regis – which Latin scholars will know translates to the more modern name. The village is correctly known as King’s Newnham in modern times, but please note the apostrophe is not used consistently – and indeed this archive is an example of such variable usage.
A study that considers some of the archaeological findings in the two villages was produced in 1973 by Albert Barnett of the Rugby Archaeological Society can be found here. It includes a hand drawn maps of the findings in the King’s Newnham area.