Towards a Sequel

We are delighted at the success of our first video, “Birth of a Spa Town”. We wish to build on this with a sequel following the life of...
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Birth of a Spa Town

A short film telling the story of Leamington’s transformation from a small village to a thriving spa town in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the origins of Leamington’s spa industry, the creation of the Pump Rooms and the demise of the original baths in Old Town.

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Our Walks Programme 2020 is POSTPONED

Our Free Guided Walks programme for 2020 was planned to start on Tuesday 16th June. However due to the Covid 19 pandemic and the Social...
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Sherbourne Villa

Sherbourne Villa Once a large, elegant and detached building, Sherbourne Villa, stood on the corner of Sherbourne Terrace, Clarendon...
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Coronavirus – All LHG Meetings Cancelled and a Project for YOU

All Meetings Cancelled but we have Projects for you . . . Please Note that all our Leamington History Group meetings at the Band Factory...
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Leamington Spa Water Toffee

It was particularly poignant that it was on VE Day that I should be researching the life and work of Martin Stothart Moore, elected Mayor...
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Towards a Sequel

We are delighted at the success of our first video, “Birth of a Spa Town”. We wish to build on this with a sequel following the life of...
Read More

Birth of a Spa Town

A short film telling the story of Leamington’s transformation from a small village to a thriving spa town in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the origins of Leamington’s spa industry, the creation of the Pump Rooms and the demise of the original baths in Old Town.

Read More

Our Walks Programme 2020 is POSTPONED

Our Free Guided Walks programme for 2020 was planned to start on Tuesday 16th June. However due to the Covid 19 pandemic and the Social...
Read More

Sherbourne Villa

Sherbourne Villa Once a large, elegant and detached building, Sherbourne Villa, stood on the corner of Sherbourne Terrace, Clarendon...
Read More

Coronavirus – All LHG Meetings Cancelled and a Project for YOU

All Meetings Cancelled but we have Projects for you . . . Please Note that all our Leamington History Group meetings at the Band Factory...
Read More

Leamington Spa Water Toffee

It was particularly poignant that it was on VE Day that I should be researching the life and work of Martin Stothart Moore, elected Mayor...
Read More

Eddie Hapgood

  Edris Albert "Eddie" Hapgood was an English footballer, who captained both Arsenal and England during the 1930s. Eddie was born in...
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Dr Edith Ara Huntley, medical pioneer, 1852-1917

Edith Ara Huntley was the older of two daughters of Arabella and Richard Huntley, born at Kings Langley, Hertfordshire in 1852, where her...
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Birth of a Spa Town

View our new short film about Leamington’s transformation from a small village to a thriving spa town in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the origins of Leamington’s spa industry, the creation of the Pump Rooms and the demise of the original baths in Old Town.

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