The Streets of Leamington beginning with L Note. A typical entry lists the date of the street, the origin of the name and finally the location of the street. Please refer to the page entitled Streets of Leamington for more information. Lambourn Crescent. About 1975 to 1978. 26 addresses. Name of a centre for the … Read more
The Streets of Leamington beginning with N Note. A typical entry lists the date of the street, the origin of the name and finally the location of the street. Please refer to the page entitled Streets of Leamington for more information. Napton Drive. 1984. 60 addresses. Named for a local village. Off Whitacre Road. Nash’s … Read more
The Streets of Leamington beginning with Q Note. A typical entry lists the date of the street, the origin of the name and finally the location of the street. Please refer to the page entitled Streets of Leamington for more information. Quarry Street. 1894 and housing developed over a long period. 70 addresses. On the … Read more
The Streets of Leamington beginning with S Note 1. A typical entry lists the date of the street, the origin of the name and finally the location of the street. Please refer to the page entitled Streets of Leamington for more information. Note 2. As a trial, in this Section a capital letter indicates the … Read more
Note 1. A typical entry lists the date of the street, the origin of the name and finally the location of the street. Please refer to the page entitled Streets of Leamington for more information. Note 2. As a trial, in this Section a capital letter indicates the part of the town where the street … Read more
NOTE that we have not found any streets in the town beginning with X or Z. The Streets of Leamington beginning with W Note. A typical entry lists the date of the street, the origin of the name and finally the location of the street. Please refer to the page entitled Streets of Leamington for … Read more
The house I grew up in, which we know today as 59 Beauchamp Avenue has not always been No. 59, or even Beauchamp Avenue. When the first plans for the development of this part of Leamington’s ‘New Town’ were made in 1825, the street was going to be called Newbold Terrace. When it was … Read more
Perhaps you are vaguely aware of the shield for Leamington which has a chevron on top of a lion with two tails, three stars at the top and a border containing eight fleurs-de-lys. In an idle moment you may have wondered about its origins, what it all represents and if it tells you anything about … Read more
Here is the history of Leamington College for Boys, otherwise known as Binswood Hall, in Binswood Avenue. The story is told in 42 slides and was compiled by Alan Griffin. Click on the forward and back arrows on screen or on the keyboard to navigate through the presentation. Click on the two-headed arrow symbol in … Read more
This gallery provides images of some of the dates which appear on buildings in the town. Mick Jeffs, May 2017 All images by the author
The only remaining Almshouses left in Leamington are in Prospect Road. They were built by a bequest of William Riley who was born in 1815 and died in 1st May 1904 and a charity was set up called “William Riley Of Birmingham and Leamington Charity”. The charity would build Almshouses in both areas in the … Read more
When the last member of the Wise family died in 1924, and the handsome contents of Shrubland Hall had been sold at auction by Loveitts, a teacher by the name of Miss Nellie Gurney Callier came from Daventry to take the house and grounds to run as a “High Class Boarding School for Girls”. Miss … Read more
Contact the Secretary, Margaret Rushton: secretary@leamingtonhistory.co.uk
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