Articles with the tag: Places


St Albans Preparatory School

St Albans Preparatory School

 Jill Walters, now living in Norfolk, remembers her first school, St Albans Preparatory School, 28 Clarendon Square, (North side) Leamington Spa   My parents had a disagreement when I was a five-year old about to start school. My father wanted me to go to the local...
The Barracks, Clapham Terrace

The Barracks, Clapham Terrace

The Barracks of the 2nd Warwickshire Militia, Barrack Road, (now Clapham Terrace), Leamington Spa  With the exception of the years of the Crimean War and the Indian Mutiny Campaigns, the 2nd Warwickshire Militia were trained and billeted in the town from 1853 until...
The Maltings, William Street

The Maltings, William Street

A Detective Story  –  Last Orders in William Street  Strange how we often fail to pay much attention to buildings that we frequently walk past. I have often walked along William Street at the rear of Brandon Parade, but it wasn’t until I had passed that...
A guide to burial grounds in Leamington

A guide to burial grounds in Leamington

A presentation by Alan Griffin of Leamington History Group, about burial grounds in Leamington Spa. Click on the forward and back arrows to navigate through the presentation. Click on the two-headed arrow symbol in the bottom right to enter full-screen...
Blondin: A High time in the Pump Room Gardens

Blondin: A High time in the Pump Room Gardens

  The fashionable town of Leamington Spa attracted a host of big-name performers from all branches of the Victorian entertainment industry. One of those who came here was the world renowned tightrope walker Charles Blondin. Exactly 150 years ago the great Blondin...
Firefighting in the Village of Leamington Priors

Firefighting in the Village of Leamington Priors

    It is fairly certain that the eighteenth century village of Leamington Priors had only the most basic equipment for use in the event of fire. Although larger towns and cities might boast one of the early manual fire engines, in villages up and down the...