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- Simon Wright on Warwickshire Red Kites Are On the IncreaseEnjoying the sunshine on Monday and sitting with the family, socially distancing, in our back garden we saw a pair...
- Margaret Henley on Site of Stiper’s Hill Castle, PolesworthWell I have read some drivel in my time but this is priceless. Site of an old meeting place, the...
- David Malin on Alcester. Military GroupLikely to be Church Lads Brigade, not military.
- Gary Stocker on Leek Wootton. Gaveston Monument, Blacklow HillDismal bells jingling have been heard here. They are thought to be the ghostly bell jingles of the ones on...
- Gary Stocker on Findspot – Neolithic to Bronze Age flintOne stretch of Woodcote Lane, which dips to an old stone bridge which crosses Cattle Brook, was known locally as...
- Gary Stocker on Warwick. Blacklow Hill, Gaveston’s CrossWhen Piers Gaveston was beheaded, his head was said to have rolled under a furze bush, where it was retrieved...
- Gary Stocker on Leek Wootton. Gaveston Monument, Blacklow HillThe inscription was composed by Dr Samuel Parr, vicar of Hatton. He was asked to do it by Mr Bertie...
- Gary Stocker on Warwick. St Mary’s Church, interiorIn olden times there used to be a feast provided for the Dean and Canons on Ascension Day, which principally...
- Gary Stocker on Wootton Wawen HallThere are said to be two secret tunnels going out from the cellars. One of them is brick lined and...
- Gary Stocker on Church of St Peter, Wootton WawenThe church was originally dedicated to St Mary. A plot at the northern end of the churchyard is called, "Coventry...
- Gary Stocker on Wootton Wawen. The Bulls HeadThe maypole used to be erected outside here on 1st May and was taken down again on Wake Day 29th...
- Gary Stocker on Wootton Wawen HallHauntings have been reported around here. In the twentieth century people reported rappings, door slammings and have seen and smelt...
- Gary Stocker on Church of St Peter, Wootton WawenChurch ale festivals used to be a regular event here. The ale was brewed in the Church House, where the...
- Gary Stocker on Parish Church of St Leonard, WroxallUntil the end of the twentieth century, when the school at Wroxall Abbey closed, the school choir sang the hymn,...
- Gary Stocker on Remains of Buildings at Wroxall PriorySaid to have been founded by Sir Hugh de Hatton in about 1141. He was captured during the Crusades. After...
- Gary Stocker on Wolvey. St John the Baptist ChurchIt is said that every July, the ghosts of two young appear in the churchyard. One is a priest and...
- Gary Stocker on Wellesbourne. King’s Head HotelA game called, "kick-shins" used to played here, as it did at a lot of Warwickshire pubs. Here it was...
- Gary Stocker on Welford on Avon. Binton Bridges and The Four AllsThe Four Alls is said to be named after, "A king who rules over all; a parson who prays for...
- Gary Stocker on St. Nicholas Park, WarwickOn Good Friday morning an annual game of tip-cat used to be played between two local sides on St Nicholas...
- Gary Stocker on Warwick. Coten EndUp until the early eighteenth century, cherry wakes (fairs) were held down Coten End. On three successive Sundays stalls selling...
- Gary Stocker on Warwick. St Mary’s Church exteriorUp until the 1870's, the beating of the bounds of the parish of St Mary's used to be in October....
- Malcolm on Leamington Spa. Llewellyn Road, bomb damageAs per the other comments, this is definitely The Close. I'm currently living in the central house in the picture,...
- Colin Clarke on Nuneaton. Gipsy Lane, old canal bridgeThis is the Canal bridge of my youth before we started working. Swimming in the canal in the summertime holidays...
- Elizabeth Harvey on Lost Street Furniture of LeamingtonI badly miss the Peacock Clock as do so many others, where is it??
- Gary Stocker on Radford Semele. Manor HouseIt is claimed that the first piece of tarmacadam was laid down in front of the Manor House in 1908....
