Transportation for their Crimes (part 1) - Roland Raffell - March 2026
The transportation of criminals dates back to 1601, when they were first sent to the British colonies in America and the Caribbean islands ...
Summer 1847: Troubles in Harbury Continue - Roland Raffell - March 2026
In the spring of 1847, the new railway constructions brought further trouble to Harbury. While the Southam magistrates were able to ensure some protection ...
The Great Western Reaches Harbury - Roland Raffell - Feb 2026
With the coming of the Great Western Railway and its Oxford to Birmingham branch line – the planning and work of the famous engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel ...
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
George Potts, Fraudster - Roland Raffell - Nov 2025
On January 3, 1898, Inspector Thomas Hawkes travelled from Southam to Cardiff Docks to arrest George Potts, who had disembarked from the ship ‘Claverdon’ which had arrived ...
Southam School: the Early Days - Richard Clarke - Oct 2025
The need for a secondary school in Southam was acknowledged at least as early as 1936, when Headmaster Mr GW Linley announced to a school assembly that ...
200 Years of Railway History Bypass Southam - Roland Raffell - Sept 2025
On November 14, 1863, the Leamington Spa and Warwickshire Standard reported that the Daventry Railway Company had petitioned Parliament for a railway line commencing in Daventry and terminating ...
A Pint of Ale - Roland Raffell - March 2025
‘For a Quart of Ale is a Dish for a King.’ (Shakespeare, The Winter’s Tale IV: ii). For centuries, drinking ale has always been a ...
Growing Up in Long Itchington - Edna Beck - Feb 2025
My youngest sister, Amy, was born in the thatched cottage on the Green where Mum and Dad lived for fifty-two years. I remember ...
Pre-war and WW2 Memories - Edna Beck - Richard Clarke - January 2025
I was born in my Gran's back bedroom in Church Street, Marton, the second daughter of Louis and Violet Stevens. The Stevens family were residents of ...
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 ...
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 ...
