Feb 10, 2025 | Places, Uncategorized
This page is one of several which are based on articles in our book entitled A History of Royal Leamington Spa in 100 Buildings which was published in 2018 and is no longer in print. Now a thriving town centre hotel, the Angel Hotel (earlier Inn) once had a large set...
Feb 10, 2025 | Featured, News, Places, Uncategorized
We have decided that because the book Royal Leamington Spa, A History in 100 Buildings, is now out of print and out of stock we would begin to add articles from the book to this website. They tell the stories of buildings of all types in the town from simple houses to...
Jan 26, 2025 | Memories, People, Places, Uncategorized
Roma Alice WARR / BENNETT / BILLINGTON My grandmother, Alice WARR was born in Neithrop, on the edge of Banbury, in 1887. Her father, Jason John WARR, was a coachman and the WARR family had been living mainly in South Newington – indeed, they were back there by 1891....
Jan 26, 2025 | People, Places, Uncategorized
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. Abbotts’ Baths (or Well) were a key factor in the step-change in the...
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...
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...
