Sheila Woolf's six-part Jane Austen reading marathon for Myton Hospices opened with Northanger Abbey at 9am on Tuesday 3 November in the Leigh Chapel of Stoneleigh Church. Many enjoyed the reading.

In the Leigh Chapel of Stoneleigh Church on Tuesday 10 November, from 9am to 3pm. Do drop in to join her and listen to a page or two and support this great cause. Sheila has already exceeded her £1000 target for The Myton Hospices through her challenge to read Jane Austen's complete works over 36 hours. A massive thank you to everyone who has donated so generously!

The November edition of the Stoneleigh and Ashow News is now available and the minutes from the October meeting. There is further information about Mary Dormer Harris on our booklets page or if you would like to purchase a copy of the book Jean Field wrote about Mary's life please contact info@stoneleighhistorysociety.org.uk for further details. Another interesting read is The Stoneleigh Village Club booklet. This 5 November marks 170 years since William Henry, Lord Leigh opened the Stoneleigh Village Club and Reading Room, a building that would become an important part of village life for generations. There is a new Monthly Memory. This month, Shirley Ball shares her childhood memories. Also available in the booklet section is her father Harry Edmunds' Diary, which recalls life in Stoneleigh during the first half of the twentieth century. Two new sections have been added. First, directories are now available under the Burial and Census tab, complementing the census records. Second, the Parish Maps section shows the original Stoneleigh Estate, which included Westwood Heath until it became a separate ecclesiastical parish in 1846. The area changed significantly in 1926, when it was incorporated into the City of Coventry under the Coventry Corporation (Boundary Extension) Act following the sale of the Stoneleigh Estate lands. Both of these sections will be added to over the coming months.