Mar 26, 2021 | Featured, News, People
Leamington History Group and local filmmaker Mark Ellis (Postmaster Media) are producing a series of short documentary films about the history of Leamington. Our objectives are to: • Inform and inspire local people to understand more about the town where they live;...
Mar 20, 2021 | Memories, News, People
Lockdown Living History Research Challenge Thank you to all contributors for the Leamington History Group’s Living History Lockdown Project. The ‘Leamington Scrubbers’ When the Covid pandemic took hold, Ashleigh Linsdell, a nurse from Cambridge, started a grass-roots...
Feb 4, 2021 | Featured, News, People
As members of a History Group, most of us clearly have a very serious interest in the information in Censuses collected and preserved for over 200 years. We believe that we must take the opportunity to emphasise to local people the importance of completing the Census...
Jan 1, 2021 | Featured, Memories, News, People, Places
Tachbrook Road was one of the early residential streets in Leamington, but it has changed character several times over the years. In 1893, Tachbrook Road included such smart addresses as Claremont Terrace, Eastnor Terrace and Park Place, where a Miss Collins ran her...
Nov 28, 2020 | Featured, News
When the 18-year-old Princess Victoria inherited the crown after the death of William IV in 1837, it marked the start of an unprecedented period of industrial, social and political change. But how did these seismic forces affect the town of Royal Leamington...
Nov 17, 2020 | News, People, Places, Uncategorized
The story of Leamington’s water supply, subtitled “History under your feet” is a presentation on the Warwickshire Industrial Archaeology website by Jeff Burgess, well known to many members for his talks on the water industry. Jeff encourages us to...
