Apr 16, 2025 | People, Places
This page is one of several pages which are based on articles in our book entitled Royal Leamington Spa, A History in 100 Buildings which was published in 2018 and is no longer in print. In response to an increasing demand for school places in the locality, Clapham...
Mar 26, 2025 | Featured, Memories, News, People, Places
It was a fine day in Royal Leamington Spa as Balraj Singh Dhesi and his wife, Palweet, rose from bed and made special preparations for the day. It was 24th March 1988 and this was the day that they would meet Queen Elizabeth II as representatives of the residents of...
Mar 25, 2025 | People, Places
This page is one of several pages which are based on articles in our book entitled Royal Leamington Spa, A History in 100 Buildings which was published in 2018 and is no longer in print. The Roman Catholic parish of Lillington gained its status as an independent body...
Mar 25, 2025 | People, Places, Schools
This page is one of several pages which are based on articles in our book entitled Royal Leamington Spa, A History in 100 Buildings which was published in 2018 and is no longer in print. In early Victorian England very few children from ordinary families attended...
Mar 10, 2025 | People, Places
This page is one of several pages which are based on articles in our book entitled Royal Leamington Spa, A History in 100 Buildings which was published in 2018 and is no longer in print. Lillington Parish Church is Anglo-Saxon in origin, and though the present...