Leamington Police Pillar Telephone System
February 16, 2021
In the days before mobile phones, as far as I have been able to discover, this system for contacting police officers on the beat, or allowing them to contact the station, was in use in Leamington from 1941 to about 1956. I have managed to find the location of nine of the known pillars, and
The Shops on the Hill, Tachbrook Road (Gas Hill)
January 1, 2021
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 own school. Shrubland Hall (Home of Rev W G Wise, incumbent of
Leamington’s Victorian Legacy
November 28, 2020
The second in our series of videos about the history of Leamington tells the story of Leamington’s development during the Victorian Age, and reveals how many of Leamington’s most famous landmarks came into being.
History Under your Feet – The Story of Leamington’s Water Supply
November 17, 2020
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 look down as we stroll around town, and to appreciate what is there, under our feet,
The Ambitious Stonemason
November 12, 2020
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 on facts uncovered during Kevin’s extensive research into the
Video – Leamington’s Victorian Legacy
September 30, 2020
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 to be available before the end of October 2020. This
The Ironmen of Leamington – A Prize-Winning Book
July 5, 2020
On 6th July 2020 the Warwickshire Industrial Archaeology Society and the Leamington History Group are proud to announce that this is one of the two books chosen for a Publications Award by the Association for Industrial Archaeology. The Judges were all “very impressed by the amount of work involved and the great variety of illustrations
Sherbourne Villa
June 2, 2020
Sherbourne Villa Once a large, elegant and detached building, Sherbourne Villa, stood on the corner of Sherbourne Terrace, Clarendon Street and Villiers Street. In 1938, planning permission was obtained to demolish the villa and replace with 4 houses: 17 and 17a Sherbourne Terrace and 2 houses in Villiers Street. Originally, Sherbourne Villa (later known
Leamington Spa Water Toffee
May 12, 2020
It was particularly poignant that it was on VE Day that I should be researching the life and work of Martin Stothart Moore, elected Mayor of Leamington Spa in November 1939 soon after the start of the Second World War. At his acceptance speech he “hoped that Peace would be celebrated during his year of
Eddie Hapgood
April 22, 2020
Edris Albert “Eddie” Hapgood was an English footballer, who captained both Arsenal and England during the 1930s. Eddie was born in the humble working class district of East Bristol and started his footballing career in 1926 when he was driving a horse-drawn milk cart for a living and playing football for St. Philips Adult School
