Mar 18, 2015 | People, Places
In 1856, Mr JH Hawley of the Castle School Kenilworth, announced in the Leamington Courier his intention to set up a ‘Classical and Commercial School’ in Brunswick Place, Leamington. An advertisement in the Courier in November of that year referred to...
Nov 13, 2014 | People, Places
The Poppies or Barbed Poppies – The New Memorial in the Jephson Gardens At 11.00 am on 11th November 2014 a memorial was unveiled in the Jephson Gardens, between the Aviary and Willes Road entrance. The memorial will remember all those who played any part in World...
Oct 26, 2014 | People, Places
Take a look at the engraving of the Parade in this article and in particular take a close look at the classical portico on the left of this image, the Palladian style building with the Ionic columns. This engraving first appeared in Hopper’s History of Leamington...
Oct 16, 2014 | People, Places
Alan Griffin recently discovered that some of the recordings that members of the Leamington History Group made in the studio at the old Art Gallery several years ago are now on line. You may like to listen to them using this link – Community Arts Workshop:-...
Oct 13, 2014 | People, Places
Thomas Dawkes, parish clerk of the original All Saints church during the early nineteenth century was a close neighbour of Benjamin Satchwell and witnessed first hand the metamorphosis of Leamington from a small village into a town. His real importance to the...
