Welcome!
Thank you for visiting the website of Stoneleigh History Society! We hope you will enjoy looking through it. Perhaps you might like to become a member, or come along to our meetings. You will always be made very welcome.
Our next talk on Tuesday 25th November, will be by Chris Kirby of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Museum (Royal Warwickshire). Hannah Snell, an 18th century Female Icon. Her extraordinary story includes how disguised as a man she signed up to the Warwickshire Sixth of Foot and fought in the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745.
This our last talk of 2025.
Please do come and join us at 7.30pm in Stoneleigh Village Hall to find out more. Visitors are very welcome. There is a small charge for non-members of £3 to include refreshments.
See our very own Chairman on BBC iplayer, Bargain Hunt Series 72: Stoneleigh 10. Sheila Woolf talks to Eric Knowles when he presents Bargain Hunt from Stoneleigh in Warwickshire. He learns about Cordelia Leigh, a local woman who made a real difference to the lives of young soldiers during the First World War. Historian Sheila shows Eric some of Cordelia's poignant personal diaries and shares a selection of the many letters and gifts, such as clothing, chocolate and bibles, that she sent to soldiers serving on the front line.
• A new booklet about Mary Dormer Harris is available in booklet publications
• Stoneleigh and Ashow News - our village magazine - from 2010 onwards
A Moment of Celebration - Stoneleigh through World War II, in the Leigh Chapel, Stoneleigh Church. Please go along and have a look. It will only be available until mid November.
There are also other research materials and previous displays in folders to look at.
The 1939 register has also been updated to include some names which were originally redacted. A paper copy of this can also be found in the Leigh Chapel, alongside the display. Were any of your relatives A.R.P wardens, land girls or "doing their bit" for Stoneleigh? The 1939 register may show if they were.
NEW!
See our very own Chairman on BBC iplayer, Bargain Hunt Series 72: Stoneleigh 10. Sheila Woolf talks to Eric Knowles when he presents Bargain Hunt from Stoneleigh in Warwickshire. He learns about Cordelia Leigh, a local woman who made a real difference to the lives of young soldiers during the First World War. Historian Sheila shows Eric some of Cordelia's poignant personal diaries and shares a selection of the many letters and gifts, such as clothing, chocolate and bibles, that she sent to soldiers serving on the front line.
• A new booklet about Mary Dormer Harris is available in booklet publications
• Stoneleigh and Ashow News - our village magazine - from 2010 onwards
A Moment of Celebration - Stoneleigh through World War II, in the Leigh Chapel, Stoneleigh Church. Please go along and have a look. It will only be available until mid November.
There are also other research materials and previous displays in folders to look at.
The 1939 register has also been updated to include some names which were originally redacted. A paper copy of this can also be found in the Leigh Chapel, alongside the display. Were any of your relatives A.R.P wardens, land girls or "doing their bit" for Stoneleigh? The 1939 register may show if they were.
Are you a member of a local society who would welcome a speaker? Please contact chair@stoneleighhistorysociety.org.uk for a brochure/further details.
