Apr 17, 2025 | People, Places
Samuel Shepheard Stanley was one of four sons and four daughters of John and Sarah Stanley of Sydenham Farm. He was born in 1848 and with his siblings was taught at home by a governess. His older brother Joseph later became the farm manager, and...
Jan 26, 2025 | Memories, People, Places, Uncategorized
Roma Alice WARR / BENNETT / BILLINGTON My grandmother, Alice WARR was born in Neithrop, on the edge of Banbury, in 1887. Her father, Jason John WARR, was a coachman and the WARR family had been living mainly in South Newington – indeed, they were back there by 1891....
Jun 15, 2024 | News, People
Composer, Conductor, Pianist, Organist and Music Critic (aka The Man Who Buried Rupert Brooke) We are pleased to announce that a Blue Plaque remembering William Browne was unveiled in June 2024 at 23 Lillington Road. Images are at the end of this article. Born in...
Apr 23, 2024 | People, Places
T T Earnshaw was born at Rochdale in 1870 and had 13 years’ experience in various policing roles in St Albans, Wakefield and Wigan, where he served as Chief Superintendent, before his appointment as Leamington Chief Constable in 1902. From that year until his death in...
Apr 12, 2024 | News, People, Places
Leamington College has long produced a well-known list of scientists, doctors, academic scholars, inventors and national-level sportsmen, but there are still one or two unsung heroes. Alongside luminaries such as Lytton Strachey, cricketer and biographer of Queen...
