Jan 1, 2021 | 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 | News, People, Places
https://youtu.be/fgEn4q0WY-4 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...
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...
Nov 12, 2020 | News, People, Places, Uncategorized
The Ambitious Stonemason (William Gascoyne’s rôle in the development of Royal Leamington Spa and a changing Construction Industry) This is a new book by LHG member Kevin Hunt, who lives in the Willes Road house built and owned by William Gascoyne. It is a novel based...
Sep 30, 2020 | Memories, People, Places
We are delighted at the success of our first video, “Birth of a Spa Town” We have commissioned a sequel following the life of the town in the second half of the nineteenth century. It will be entitled “Leamington’s Victorian Legacy” and we expect it...
Aug 17, 2020 | News, Places
A few years ago, Jim Dean, of 6 Woodbine Street, Leamington Spa, CV32 5BG, put together a collection of sources for the history of Woodbine Street and he has now turned it into a more user-friendly website called “WikiWoodbine”. You can find it at...
