LH1 List of documents referring to Warwickshire held in the National Archives (TNA), the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Library and Archive (SBT) and the Warwick County Record Office (WCRO) and index of books and articles on Warwickshire

 

LH14 Notes on the Royal Warks. Regiment and the Warks. Fusiliers

 

LH15 “Domesday Lighthorne” by Peter Hinman (2000) and notes

 

LH16 Photocopy of transcript of Lay Subsidy Roll of 6 Edward III, Hundred of Kineton

 

LH18 Extract from transcript of “Feet of Fines for the County of Warwick”, detailing land holdings in Lighthorne from the 13th to the 15th centuries

 

LH19(E) Extract from “The Antiquities of Warwickshire Illustrated” by Dugdale

 

LH20 Extract from “Victoria County Histories”, volume 5, Kington Hundred

 

LH21 Extracts about Lighthorne from various books on Warwickshire

 

LH22 Extract from “The Journal of the Diocese of Worcester”, circa 1850

 

LH23 Extracts from directories: West’s 1830; Kelly’s 1896 and 1926; White’s 1850, 1874; Spennell’s 1883, 1926; Morris’s 1866

 

LH39 Photocopies of various maps:

LH39.1 Victorian topographical

LH39.2 Soil types of Warwickshire

LH39.3 Jurassic Way and triple ditch system

LH39.4 Avon Valley in Roman period

LH39.5 Celtic coin distribution in the Midlands

LH39.6 Early settlement in the Burton Dassett area

LH39.7 Medieval settlement in the Burton Dassett area

LH39.8 Lay subsidy tax in Warwickshire

LH 39.9 Various maps of Lighthorne and south Warks.

 

LH50 Photocopy of map of Warwickshire parish boundaries

 

LH55 “A Topographical Glossary”, being the photocopied appendix of an unknown book, also photocopied glossary from “History of Warwickshire”

 

LH56 Extract from “Woods, Wolds and Groves, the Woodland of Medieval Warwickshire” by Sarah J. Wager (1998), with appendix of list of records of Lighthorne

 

LH65(E) Peter Hinman's research notes, correspondence, photos, 1998-2006, prior to the publication of his booklet "Lighthorne, a Short History", incl. the church buildings, stained glass, houses, residents

 

LH84 Various newspaper clippings re Lighthorne, 1968-2017

 

LH87(E) “Origin and Explanation of the name Lighthorne”, by Peter Hinmam (1998)

 

LH88(E) “Woodland, Park and Warren in relation to Lighthorne”, by Peter Hinman (2000)

 

LH89(E) "Peter Smart, Puritan Divine, born in Lighthorne", by Peter Hinman (2000), also correspondence and notes

 

LH91(E) “Anglo-Saxon Settlements of Lighthorne”, by Peter Hinman (1999)

 

LH92(E) "Black Death and Tenants' Charter" by Peter Hinman (2000)

 

LH92.1(E) Extracts concerning the 1398 tenants’ revolt, from “The English Peasantry in the late Middle Ages” by R.H.Hilton, with with extracts from SBT DR98 - 676a and 685 and comments from Peter Hinman (1999)

 

LH94(E) “Abednigo Mitchell and Local Highwaymen”, by Peter Hinmam (1998).

 

LH97(E) “Domesday Lighthorne, How the Village was assessed in 1087 AD”, by Peter Hinman (2000)

 

LH98(E) “Lighthorne Time Line”, by Peter Hinman (2006)

 

LH103 Notes on the history of Lighthorne from the Norman Conquest to 1870, by George Smith. (Folder returned to George Smith - see e-mails. Loose notes retained in error.)

 

LH107 Photocopies and a few negatives of photos of postcards of Lighthorne, also photocopies of Lighthorne groups of people with identifications

 

LH108 Reproductions of sketches and paintings of Lighthorne buildings

 

LH112(E) “Lighthorne Village Sign”, by Peter Amis, supplement to parish magazine, April 2001[See also LH194]

 

LH112.1(E) Folder of village sign photos, including 2001 construction, opening, scan of invitation to opening ceremony, also article LH112(E) and time capsule text LH112.2(E) [See also LH194]

 

LH112.2(E) Text of time capsule buried at base of village sign (2001)

 

LH114(E) Notes on the geology of Lighthorne, by Colin Such, circa 2000

 

LH115 Village Design Statement reports and correspondence, 1997 – 2000.

 

LH116 Lighthorne Conservation Area leaflet, by Stratford District Council.

 

LH117(E) “Lighthorne, 1900 – 2000, a Century in Images” edited by Colin Such (2010), DVD, captions, Powerpoint presentation, photos, notes

 

LH117.1 DVD "Lighthorne, 1900-2000, A Century in Images" edited by Colin Such (2010)

 

LH117.2 Warks. Community Awards 2011 History & Heritage gold award certificate for DVD "Lighthorne 1900-2000, a Century in Images", also correspondence

 

LH118 List of trade directories at Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Library and Archive (SBT) and brochures about SBT and WCRO

 

LH121 Lighthorne Community Post Office 1990-1 awards and photos.

 

LH123 “Joe, the Story of a South Warwickshire Countryman”, by Peter Johnson (2000), also 2016 research notes and correspondence for 2nd edition - see LH123.1

 

LH123.1 "Joe's Story, a Century of Change in the South Warwickshire Countryside", by Peter Johnson (2022)

 

LH123.2 "My Working Life" by Joe Gerring, a CD recorded in September 1975, concerning his work as a farm labourer and woodsman in south Warwickshire

 

LH123.3 Focus Life magazine, Dec 2023, containing article about "Joe's Story, a Century of Change in the South Warwickshire Countryside"

 

LH130(E) Exercise book recording building work done by Lighthorne resident George Humphriss, between 1904 and 1911, also containing details of 1906 Moreton Morrell Cup football match results, also scans

 

LH131(E) Minute book of the Lighthorne 1952-3 Coronation Committee, also scans

 

LH132(E) Invitation card to the Lighthorne festivities to mark the 1953 coronation and scan

 

LH133(E) Parish magazines for May 1905 (photocopy of Lighthorne and Chesterton extract only), 1919 (3 different, photocopy of Lighthorne & Chesterton extract only), Jan 1932, Feb 1933, July 1933, Mar 1937 (photocopy of Lighthorne and Chesterton extract only), May 1937, Dec 1937, Jan 1938 – July 1938, Dec 1938, Jan 1940 – Dec 1942, May – July 1943, Jan – Mar 1946, May 1946, June 1946, Feb 1948, May – Dec 1948, Jan – Apr 1949, July – Sept 1949, Nov 1949 – Apr 1950, June - Oct 1950, Dec 1950 – Apr 1951, June 1983, Nov 1989 - Jan 1990, Nov 1992 - Sep 2000 (missing Dec 1998/ Jan 1999), Feb 2001 - Nov 2012 (missing Jun 2011, Apr 2012), range Apr 2013 - Nov 2024.

 

LH133.1 Parish magazine distribution details and cover design artwork, circa 2008

 

LH135 Collection of documents relating to the design, construction and use of the Village Hall from 1959 to 1966, including accounts

 

LH136(E) 1960s brochure relating to hiring of the Village Hall and photocopy and scan

 

LH136.1(E) Lighthorne Village Hall - An Irreverent History, by Russell Douglas (2000)

 

LH139(E) “Origins of the Working Population of Lighthorne in the C19th”, by Peter Hinman (1999)

 

LH143 Photocopy of 1933 abstract of 1856 conveyance of a messuage and farm in Lighthorne, from Lord Willoughby de Broke to Rev. Edward Golding and Matthew Malcolm

 

LH144(E) 1940s Weekend programme and photos and scan of flyer, May 2005

 

LH151 Ordnance Survey 1:10,650 (6 inches to 1 mile) sheet SP 35 NW, including Newbold Pacey, Chesterton, Moreton Morrell and Lighthorne, dated 1955, also photocopies

 

LH151.1 Ordnance Survey 1:2500 (25 inches to 1 mile) sheet XLV4 (Lighthorne), dated 1886, also photocopies

 

LH151.2 Ditto, 2nd edition (1905), mounted on cloth, also photocopies

 

LH151.3 Ordnance Survey 1:25000 (25 inches to 1 mile) sheet XLV7 (Lighthorne Rough), 2nd edition (1905), mounted on cloth

 

LH151.4 Ordnance Survey 6 inches to 1 mile sheet XLV NE, (Lighthorne and Moreton Morrell), 2nd edition (1906), marked with details of artesian wells, also 3 further S. Warks. sheets

 

LH153(E) “The Lighthorne Evacuation Experience” by David Amery (2011)

 

LH157 Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Weekend souvenir programme (2012)

 

LH159(E) Anglo Saxon Lighthorne and the Norman Conquest by Peter Hinman (1999)

 

LH166 Index and explanation of the registers of baptisms, marriages and burials held at the Warwick County Record Office (WCRO) and notes on documents referring to Lighthorne held at the WCRO and at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Library and Archive (SBT)

 

LH182(E) "World War 1 Soldiers commemorated on the Lighthorne War Memorial", by Ann Such (2014, with amendments 2018), also sources

 

LH182.1(E) Lighthorne war memorial and military gravestones photos also incl. LH182(E)

 

LH189(E) Parish Council minutes April 1997, August 2000–April 2008 and January 2013 onwards, Parish Council Annual reviews and Newsletters 2001–2009

 

LH190(E) Residents’ Reminiscences – Wendy Heaney (2012)

 

LH191(E) Residents’ Reminiscences – Betty Bywater (2015)

 

LH194 The Lighthorne village sign 2000 - 2001: correspondence, designer’s artwork, plans and impressions, opening ceremony documentation and photographs [See also e-folder LH112.1(E)]

 

LH196 1856 embroidered sampler made by 14 year old Lighthorne resident Sarah Wilkins

 

LH198 Eleven picture postcards of Lighthorne dating from 1900 to 1925.

 

LH206 Minute book of minutes of the meetings of Lighthorne Parish Council, between May 26 1952 and January 14 1964

 

LH207 Sports ground planting project, 2003-4, correspondence, plans and photographs and award certificates

 

LH208 Lighthorne Parish Council 1999 – 2002 correspondence concerning boundary changes and the splitting of Lighthorne and Lighthorne Heath parishes

 

LH209 2008 copy of the agreement for the purchase of the telephone kiosk from BT

 

LH210 Electoral boundary review correspondence, minutes and maps, 1995 – 2003

 

LH211 Parish Council correspondence re Countryside Right of Way Act 2000 in relation to remaining heath land in parish and CRoW brochures and local maps showing rights of way, also Parish Paths Partnership correspondence, 1998 – 2002

 

LH212 Correspondence concerning the gift to the Parish Council of the Goode land in Church Lane, 1993

 

LH213 1997 agreement between John Boom and Parish Council re land on village green

 

LH214 Lighthorne Sports Club leases, correspondence and agreements, 1975–1997

 

LH220(E) Residents’ Reminiscences – Barbara Townsend (late 1990s)

 

LH221 Map of proposed route of M40 between Banbury and Warwick, published by the Department of Transport (1985)

 

LH222 Various photographs of Lighthorne, taken by Keith Sheppard, also aerial views, ca. 1995

 

LH223 Boundary review material: Stratford District Council Electoral Review 1999; correspondence concerning review of Lighthorne / Lighthorne Heath parish boundary 2001; map of Warwickshire re electoral boundary review 2003

 

LH224 1995-7 correspondence between Keith Sheppard and various bodies re inaccurate mapping of Lighthorne

 

LH225 Lighthorne Conservation Area report by Shankland Cox for Stratford District Council (1994), also a photocopy including appendices and photocopied maps

 

LH226(E) Lighthorne Parish Plan (2012) also correspondence and draft of plan (2011)

 

LH228 Residents’ Reminiscences of the 1950s – Betty Bywater and John Pearce (2012)

 

LH229 DVD of Lighthorne village hall construction, 1960

 

LH230 DVD “The Top End of Lighthorne” by Jock Adams (2012)

 

LH231 DVD “Kart-racing in Lighthorne” by Jock Adams (2012)

 

LH232 Residents’ Reminiscences of the 1950s – author unknown

 

LH233 Photocopies and copy photographs and a few negatives of groups of Lighthorne schoolchildren, some captioned, circa 1906 – 1940s

 

LH235(E) "The Lighthorne Loss Accounts of the English Civil Wars" by Ann Such with contributions by Colin Such (2020)

 

LH235.1(E) The Lighthorne Loss Accounts of the English Civil Wars Powerpoint talk by Ann and Colin Such (2020)

 

LH235.2(E) Lighthorne Loss Accounts of the English Civil Wars folder containing extensive notes, Powerpoint presentations, LH235(E), LH235.1(E), photos transcriptions of wills

 

LH236(E) Scan of 1960 conveyance of village hall site from Miss K. Mountford to Lighthorne P.C.

 

LH237(E) Scan of 1963 and 1967 conveyances and agreements re sports field

 

LH238(E) Scans of Land Registry entries of Lighthorne P.C. land

 

LH241(E) Lighthorne Celebrates VE Day at Home, May 8th 2020 by Penny Amis (2020) with photos by Katie McCullough

 

LH245 “Lighthorne 2000 Story Board” by Martin Thornton (2000) and correspondence concerning the Lighthorne history display boards (1998–2000)

 

LH246 Photographs and negatives of the Broadwell and weeping willow, circa 2000

 

LH247 Photographs of tree planting on the Goode land, circa 2000

 

LH248 Photographs of the ancient shrew ash, in the field adjacent to Dark Lane, blown down 7-8 May 2011

 

LH249 Photograph of the coal store on The Bank, circa 2000

 

LH250 Sports Ground rehabilitation project 2003-5, including photographs taken August 2003 and of tree planting in January 2004

 

LH251(E) Copy of 2004 letter from Peter Hinman to Lighthorne Parish Council with details of the conduit carrying Thelsford Brook under Church Lane

 

LH255(E) Printed notices and ephemera concerning the Coronavirus pandemic, commencing March 2020

 

LH257(E) "Lighthorne Christmas Card Scheme for the Benefit of Myton Hospice" by Jane Rigby (2023) and scheme Christmas cards from1999 to 2023.

 

LH261 2022 Platinum Jubilee celebration ephemera

 

LH265(E) Aerial photograph of Lighthorne taken by the RAF on 15 October 1945 (raf_106g_uk_921_rs_4009)

 

LH267(E) Scans of various local newspaper clippings re Lighthorne and residents, 1900 - 1969

 

LH270 2023 Burns Night programme

 

LH271(E) The Walter Robert Verney Scrapbooks, 1873-1913, scans of the pages and details

 

LH272(E) Programme of an 1887 concert in the Lighthorne school room, with manuscript alterations, also scans

 

LH273(E) Programme of the 1898 Lighthorne Flower Show and Village Festival, also scans

 

LH275(E) "Entertainment in Lighthorne from the 1870s to the 1940s" by Colin Such (2023), also Powerpoint presentation and notes

 

LH276 Scrapbook of 1977 royal silver jubilee celebrations in Lighthorne, compiled by Sandra Knapton

 

LH277 Crown China ceramic mugs commemorating 2022 platinum jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II and 2023 coronation of King Charles III

 

LH278 Photographs taken 1947 of Bishops Hill, Broadwell (2), camping at Westfield , etc., by Gilliatt family of Warwick

 

LH281(E) 2023, 2024 Village Show flyers and entry forms

 

LH303 1977 Diocese of Coventry Educational Endowment Order, listing Lighthorne C. of E. school and teacher's house

 

LH307 Receipts for diocesan documents deposited at the WCRO under references DR0018, DR220, DR672, DR1344, DR1499 for Lighthorne and list of receipts for Chesterton and Moreton Morrell

 

LH309 1947 - 1954 minutes of the committee of the Lighthorne and Chesterton Flower and Produce Show, incl. 1950 letter from Clare Verney to Major Warlow-Harry

 

LH316 Photos and details of village events held between 2002 and 2009, including 2002 children's games in the churchyard, 2002 Alton Towers visit flyer, 2003 Family Fun Day details, 2003 Harvest Supper, 2004 Walk for Water, 2005 and 2006 cream teas in the churchyard, 2005 and 2006 Christmas anthologies, 2007 and 2008 cricket tournaments, 2009 Village Show details, undated hedge planting in the graveyard

 

LH319 Warks. County Council 2009 plan showing proposed extension of 30 mph speed limit zone

 

LH326 Programme of the 2014 6th Annual Village Show

 

LH334(E) Village Walk and Talk by Colin Such (2023) Powerpoint presentation and speaker's notes

 

LH335(E) "Lighthorne, A Short History" by Peter Hinman (2006) [for notes and text see LH336(E)]

 

LH336(E) "Lighthorne, A Short History" by Peter Hinman (2006) text, notes [for published booklet see LH335]

 

LH337(E) Scans of newspaper clippings re Lighthorne entertainments, 1892-1946

 

LH338(E) "Yes, We Remember It Well", a Lighthorne anthology of reminiscences of the 1940s, edited by Keith Sheppard (2008)

 

LH338.1(E) "Yes, We Remember It Well", production notes, word documents, including LH338(E), scans of photos

 

LH340(E) Scans of key and Lighthorne area of Henry Beighton's 1730 map of Warwickshire

 

LH341(E) Scan of Lighthorne 1662 Hearth Tax list

 

LH343(E) 2008 Midlands Today TV clip of phone box purchase

 

LH344(E) Photos taken in 2000 by Martin Thornton, including Easter bicycle ride and children's treasure hunt, removal of church windows for restoration, 2000 millennium celebrations, Lighthorne views and houses, Cinderella, also 2 Powerpoint presentations

 

LH345(E) Scans of Lighthorne picture postcards from 1900s to 1950s

 

LH347(E) Lighthorne scans and photos 1900 - 2000, including street views, individual houses, groups including school, family, sports teams, drama productions, 1990 snow, 2000 millennium

 

LH348(E) Lighthorne photos 2000 onwards, including residential developments, royal event celebrations, 2007 floods, 2018 snow, maintenance volunteering

 

LH350(E) "Lighthorne Now and Then - A Personal Reflection" by Wendy Heaney (2024)

 

LH351 "Lighthorne Village a look at the history", notes on the history by Irene Proudman, prepared for the Village Design Statement (1997)

 

LH352(E) Digital photos of 2024 D Day commemoration

 

LH353(E) Digital photos of 2024 opening of refurbished bus shelter

 

LH357(E) Extract from a Warwickshire Newspaper of 1837, describing the Lighthorne Coronation Celebrations for Queen Victoria and details of the Wilkins Family by Colin Such (2024), also Wilkins family genealogy notes

 

LH358 Prints from digital photos, taken by Nelson Watkins, of the flooded Lighthorne stream in his garden, on 23 September 2004

 

LH367(E) 2025 May VE Day Lighthorne celebrations, details and photos

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LH372(E) "Lighthorne Life", April 2026 onwards