Southam in 1920
Southam in 1920 - Bernard Cadogan - Dec 2025
Recently St James’ Church have been spring cleaning their admin offices and as a result have offered the Heritage Collection numerous copies of the Southam Rural Deanery Magazine
Seth Bond, Local Hero
Seth Bond, Local Hero - Bernard Cadogan - Sept 2024
“Into the valley of Death, Rode the six hundred” are perhaps two of the most memorable and famous lines in British poetry. The poem, “The Charge of the Light ...
Seth Bond, Southam’s Crimean War Hero
“Into the valley of Death, Rode the six hundred” are perhaps two of the most memorable and famous lines in British poetry. The poem, [...]
Old Road Names
Old Road Names - Linda Doyle - Aug 2024
As one researches through old Southam records, certain road and place names are easy to understand as they are quite logical. It is easy to follow ...
Southam Zoo
Southam Zoo - Linda Doyle - Oct 2023
I moved to Southam in October 1975 and was interested to find the Zoo on the Daventry Road on the edge of town. It had been open to the public since 1966 ...
The ‘Battle’ of Southam 1775
The 'Battle' of Southam 1775 - Dr Roland Raffell - Sept 2023
In 1774 the building of the Oxford Canal reached Napton. The canal was routed around three sides of Napton Hill to save building ...
Southam Heritage Collection: How it all began
Southam's Heritage Collection: How it all began - Bernard Cadogan - Aug 2023
On Friday 18 August the volunteers of the Southam Heritage Collection invite you to one of their regular coffee mornings at St James’ Church. For anyone who has not previously attended ...
Early Southam Medicine
Early Southam Medicine - Linda Doyle - June 2023
Of the many greatly acclaimed individuals in Southam’s history Dr Henry Lilley Smith, who developed the Eye and Ear Hospital in Warwick Road, was ...
Nuisances in Southam
Nuisances in Southam - April 2023 - Dr Roland Raffell
We have all doubtless suffered from ‘nuisances’ in our lives; however, we might like to spare a thought for our ancestors and neighbours living in Southam and the surrounding villages in the nineteenth ...
Civil War Loss Accounts in Warwickshire
Civil War Loss Accounts in Warwickshire - March 2023 - Linda Doyle
Much is known about the soldiers and battles of the 17th Century English Civil Wars, but far less is known about how the lives of ordinary people ...
Southam Union Workhouse
Southam Union Workhouse - Feb 2023 - Dr Roland Raffell
On the site of Southam Primary School in Welsh Road West, Southam, there once stood a red bricked and imposing Victorian building known at the time as Southam Union Workhouse. Built in 1837 ...
Were Your Ancestors Convicts?
Were Your Ancestors Convicts? - Jan 2023 - Linda Doyle
It has been said that when tracing information about your ancestors, it’s best if they were either aristocrats or convicts. For the average person there ...