Exhibitions

All exhibitions have been held in the Leigh Chapel of St Mary the Virgin Church, Stoneleigh. 2025: A Moment of Celebration - Stoneleigh through World War II 2024: The Forge - a model of the village smithy was installed together with booklets celebrating the unveiling of a blue plaque to Edward Langley Fardon. 2023: King Charles' Coronation - what Stoneleigh was doing during key moments in the life of the King. 2022: It's Your Story. For Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee - villagers' stories of Stoneleigh over the 70 years of her reign 2020-2021: During the pandemic the church was closed, and so we were unable to mount an exhibition. 2019: The watercolours of William Roseblade, 1882-1967 2017-2018: "Stoneleigh Church - Centuries of Change and Renewal" A comprehensive history of the church building and the people associated with it 2016: The churchyard project - "Remembering our neighbours past" - a display revealing our researches into the churchyard burials. Stones have been transcribed, photographed, mapped; a fully searchable database can be found on our webpage Burials Database. Some photographs from the launch of the churchyard project: 2015: To mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Sir Henry Parkes, an extensive display about his life and contribution to Australian politics, accompanied by a new booklet (see Booklets page) and a commemorative plaque. Read our Order of Service here: Parkes order of service For newspaper coverage (local) see https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/ . . . and international: Australian Article Some pictures from our preview evening of 2014's WW1 display: Previous exhibitions have included: 2014: To mark the centenary of the start of Great War in 2014, an overview of the lives of the 80 men from Stoneleigh who served and returned, together with a display about those fourteen who lost their lives. 2013: A major display to include a timeline of village history since Saxon times, a collection of old photographs (and identification of those depicted), and other finished printed booklets. 2012: Coronation Christenings - to mark the Diamond Jubilee * see below 2011: The 160^th anniversary of The Forge - "Blacksmiths of Stoneleigh" (see Booklet Publications" page)