On a cold and wintry December morning at the tail-end of “Storm Darragh”, more than 30 brave souls gathered at The Forge in the centre of Stoneleigh village to witness ...
RSM E.J Pratt (my Great Uncle) was born in Stoneleigh in 1875, his parents were Thomas Edwin Pratt and Ann Lee. Edward joined the 1st Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment in ...
(Continued from part three)
Life came back to normal in the village after the war. But men who had seen Gay Paree found it hard to settle down. Bishop’s never had a ...
(Continued from part four)
In 1939 came the second world war. Jimmy was very busy taking workers to AP (Lockeed), Flavel’s, Tachbrook Aero, Ford’s and other factories. One day, two gunners came ...
1 The original almshouses were in High Street but were pulled down to make way for the Town Hall (WA 3625).
2 The present ones were built in 1885 and consist ...
Elborough Almshouses, houses built for poor people to live in during the Imperial period. They are situated on St. John Street, Rugby. Earlier spelling Elborow(e)
Elephant Wash
The wonderful picture of elephants outside Woolworths in Nuneaton (on the home page of ‘Our Warwickshire’) reminds me of the connection between Leamington and elephants. Did you know that ...
When we are honoured by a Royal visit nowadays, we await with confidence a punctual arrival by helicopter or Rolls Royce, and there is often a great deal of preparation ...
You may have read about the Countess of Warwick’s artistic maids, but during the project to catalogue the Greville Family of Warwick Castle collection, we discovered a new servant story. ...
After searching for a servant to teach Scottish Gaelic to Lady Eva Greville (1860-1940), Ella Urquhart was now safely in the Countess of Warwick’s employ, Ella started her working life ...
In recent decades, the focus of archivists and conservators has moved beyond the text alone and we have begun to realise the importance and historical value of the book as ...
1 This site has previously been described as a Neolithic henge (see WA 4652). Excavation between 1980-85 found no evidence to support this view. However an alternative interpretation ...
An enclosure of Neolithic or Iron Age date was found during an archaeological excavation. Its function is unknown. The site is located 500m south east of the church, Wasperton.
2 Three sides of a sub-rectilinear cropmark enclosure can be identified on air photographs.
The site of an undated enclosure which is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. It is located 950m south of Clifford Chambers.
1 Part of a possible double ditched enclosure is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. It is of unknown date and is located to the south of ...
Part of a possible double ditched enclosure is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. The enclosure is of unknown date. It is located to the south of Meon Hill Iron Age hillfort.
2 Complex of undated linear features and enclosures show on aerial photographs. The irregular nature of many of the marks indicates that much of the complex is geological rather than ...
A series of enclosures and linear features are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. The features may be of archaeological origin but are of unknown date. They are situated 500m north east of Priors Hardwick.
1 Two sub circular enclosures and linear features of unknown date. They are visible on an aerial photograph as cropmarks. The features are located to the south ...
Two sub circular enclosures and linear features are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. They are of unknown date and are situated to the south east of Snowford Bridge.
After his service in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment during World War One, Ernest returned to his work as a master printer and partner with his father in the family business, A. ...
In the early 20th century, Ernest Carl Maisey was a well-known and popular figure around Warwick and Leamington. He was born in Leamington Spa on 5 February 1879, the son ...
Violent conduct of runaways
The …Courier reports that on Sunday evening there was an “extraordinary and unprecedented occurrences at the Warwickshire Reformatory School for Boys at Weston under Wetherley, with 41 ...
The experience of being bombed in Birmingham during World War Two was something we all wanted to escape from.
Escape to Heronfield, near Knowle
Clarice & Richard Usher, my paternal grandparents, ...
1 Ettington Grange (Foss Hill) garden, Ettington.
Lovie reports a drive, formal terrace garden, mixed planting, kitchen garden and orchard.
House was converted to management centre with large extension N. over much ...
Formal garden with mixed planting; kitchen garden. When converted to management centre, extension to house over much of garden.
1 A deerpark is mentioned in Ettington in a lease of 1653, the park is also marked on a map of 1738. It was restocked with deer in 1762 and ...
Ettington Park, a deer park dating from the Post Medieval period to the Imperial period. The deer park appears on a number of historic maps. It was situated to the south west of Ettington.
1 Architecturally significant gothic revival house by Pritchard remodelling earlier manor house for E.P. Shirley.
2 The earliest parts of the present house were probably built for the Underhill family (tenants ...
Ettington Park House, a Post Medieval house which was remodelled in the 19th century. It is situated 400m south of Wards Hill and is now a hotel.
1 The site of Prisoner of War Camp identified from an aerial photograph from 1946 reproduced in an English Heritage Conservation Bulletin. The enclosed Camp can be seen in ...
The site of Ettington Park Prisoner of War Camp from the Second World War, identified from aerial photographs and from documentary evidence. It was located 500m northeast of Ettington Park.
