Royal Leamington Spa (GB)

Attractive illustrated cover from Leamington to London on 7th January 1880. Artist unknown.

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Leamington Spa and its Town and Outer Sub-Offices c.1919

Royal Leamington Spa, commonly known as Leamington Spa or Leamington, is a spa town in central Warwickshire, England.

Leamington Spa was issued with the 444 Post Office numeral in 1844

Originally a small village called Leamington Priors, it grew into a spa town in the 18th century following the popularisation of its water which was reputed to have medicinal qualities. In the 19th century, the town experienced one of the most rapid expansions in England. It is named after the River Leam, which flows through the town.

The town contains especially fine ensembles of Regency architecture, particularly in parts of the Parade, Clarendon Square and Lansdowne Circus.

Formerly known as Leamington Priors, Leamington began to develop as a town at the start of the 19th century. It was first mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Lamintone. For 400 years, the settlement was under the control of Kenilworth Priory, from which the older suffix derived. Its name came from Anglo-Saxon Leman-tūn or Lemen-tūn = "farm on the River Leam". The spa waters had been known in Roman times, and the rediscovery in 1784 by William Abbotts and Benjamin Satchwell led to their commercialisation. Six of the seven wells were drilled for; only the original spring at the site of the Aylesford Well, adjacent to the Parish Church, occurred naturally.

The old village of Leamington Priors was on the southern bank of the River Leam, and early development was based around this. During the 1820s and 1830s, builders began concentrating the town's expansion on the land north of the river, resulting in the Georgian centre of New Town with the Leam flowing between the two. In 1840 the Victoria Bridge was opened, connecting the old and new towns, replacing an old, narrow, and inconvenient bridge.

Leamington Spa

Original Office at High Street, Leamington Spa.

1904 Leamington Spa local use.

Leamington-Spa in 1905.

Leamington Spa squared circle

1858 1d Red with 444 sideways duplex code C	1d lilac QV Inland Revenue stamp on cover to Leamington with sharp "33" 3VOD duplex of Atherstone. Late usage 1905 - unusual postal use.
Leamington 'Spoon' in green ink used on 9th February 1857 to Deptford. Green ink only in use from 28th January to 13th March 1857.	1877 cover 8d Leamington via Brindisi to Mhow (Now known as Dr. Ambedkar Nagar)

Town Sub-Offices

Bath Street

Now permanently closed

Clarendon Street

Telegraph Code Leamington A

Lillington

Telegraph Code Leamington B

Milverton

Warwick Place, Telegraph Code Leamington C

Upper Parade

Telegraph Code Leamington D

Victoria Terrace

No longer operating as a Post Office, the building is now owned by Royal Mail for Delivery and Sorting operations for the town.

Warwick Place

Warwick Place/Woodbine Street.

Willes Road

Willes Road / Northcote Street. Telegraph Code Leamington F

Outer Sub-Offices

Weston

Now called Weston under Wetherley