Leamington Spa
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Leamington Spa Town and City Memories
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George Goode
George Goode who was born at Wappenbury in the 1840s was one of the builders who worked constructing this church. He was my great grandfather on my father's side of the family. His daughter was Ellen Louisa Goode who married Thomas Pratt. He was once an officer at the Reformatory at Weston under Wetherley. He later became a master baker and became baker at Moreton Morrell.
Contributed by susan Dyke
Warwickshire memories
George Goode
George Goode who was born at Wappenbury in the 1840s was one of the builders who worked constructing this church. He was my great grandfather on my father's side of the family. His daughter was Ellen Louisa Goode who married Thomas Pratt. He was once an officer at the Reformatory at Weston under Wetherley. He later became a master baker and became baker at Moreton Morrell.
A memory of Leamington Spa contributed by susan Dyke
Waifs and Strays Society
From approximately 1939-1945 the house was taken over by the Waifs and Strays Society becoming a home for 40 boys. They had moved from Chislehurst, Kent. The house was also used as a landmark by German bombers during their attacks on Coventry.
A memory of Warwick contributed by Ronald Forrest
Markham's of Bascote
My husbands family were from Bascote. His ancestor Edwin Markham moved there as an ag labourer in the 1870s. His wife Maria died shortly after, and he married again. He had very many children, and used to drink at the Fox and Hen pub - the landlords were witnesses at his wedding! Sadly his cottage, by the pub, has been demolished, but his children all stayed local to Bascote when they grew up; one of his sons died in the Great War, and is named on the Bascote Heath memorial.
A memory of Bascote contributed by rebekah markham
Extracts From Leamington Spa & Warwickshire books
In 1836, Spencer Street was just a rough track when it was chosen as the site for a
Congregationalist chapel. The chapel, second left in this picture, cost £6,000 and is an
imposing neo-Classical structure. It was later used by the United Reformed Church,
and then as a saleroom. It appears disused today, and Spencer Street itself is noisy and congested.
An extract from from"Warwickshire Revisited Photographic Memories".
The town hall is built in the Renaissance style with
a campanile. The natural springs at Leamington were
known about in the 17th century, and were mentioned
by a number of writers. In 1656 Dugdale wrote of ‘a
spring of salt water (not a stone’s throw from the Leam)
whereof the inhabitants make much use for seasoning
their meats’. In 1801 the population was just 315;
during the 1820s it rose to around 6,000 and by 1840
it was nearly 12,000.
An extract from from"Warwickshire Pocket Album".
Horse-drawn cabs were fairly expensive. The fare per mile for
1-2 persons was 1s, for 3-4 persons, 1s 6d, and each additional
half-hour was 1s. Each article of luggage carried on the outside
cost 2d.
An extract from from"Warwickshire Pocket Album".
The picnicking children in this scene would find the site less peaceful today, blighted as it is by incessant traffic noise.
Nevertheless, it is popular with dog walkers and joggers, and provides a green corridor along which people can walk to
school, work or shops. It is part of a longer riverside path linking Leamington with Warwick, and part also of the 100-mile
Centenary Way.
An extract from from"Warwickshire Revisited Photographic Memories".
A quiet moment on the banks of the Leam. Jephson Gardens
were laid out on land leased from Edward Willes of Newbold
Comyn. Willes charged a rent of just one peppercorn, on the
understanding that the ground would never be built on or
the trees destroyed.
An extract from from"Warwickshire Pocket Album".