Apr 9, 2024 | News, People, Uncategorized
“Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.” Thus wrote dramatist James Shirley in 1658, reiterating a motif in popular discourse that death renders all lives, irrespective of status, wealth or...
Mar 24, 2024 | News, People, Places
Introduction The design, construction and maintenance of the individual buildings in the town are obviously the backdrop to the town as we know it today. We have already addressed the architects who designed many of the buildings in other pages on this website and...
Feb 26, 2024 | Memories, News, People, Places
Now Royal Leamington Spa is well known for where Tennis was started and developed on the lawns of the Manor House Hotel, but how about this for a bit of history that few people appreciate took place. If you were to enter the Jephson Gardens through the main side gates...
Feb 2, 2024 | News, People, Places, Uncategorized
Great News – Leamington History Group are now in a position to start arranging for the Archive, containing over 5000 Photos, documents and maps, to be attached to this web site to enable anyone to access this fabulous collection which is growing monthly. Not only will...
Jan 16, 2024 | News, People
We are pleased to draw attention to this talk at 2.00 pm on Saturday 27th January 2024. (Click on poster to enlarge)
