1 A wharf is shown adjacent to the Fosse Road bridge on the Warwick and Napton (Grand Union) canal at the above grid reference on the 1886 OS map.
2 There ...
Fosse Wharf, the site of a canal wharf, where vessels would have loaded and unloaded their goods. It dates to the Imperial period and is located to the west side of the Fosse Road Bridge at Offchurch. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886.
A fossil Nautilus shell from the Blue Lias of the Lower Jurassic. Found in South Warwickshire in 2012 at a temporary exposure, now covered up with new housing. Nautilus still ...
In 1939, a farmhouse at Four Ashes in Dorridge was home to a few rather interesting individuals, including John Hampson, the gay/bisexual novelist, and Wolfgang von Einsiedel, a refugee from ...
This is a photo of my grandfather, Jack Bubb, in his career as a horse breaker. He followed his father and grandfather before him as horse breakers. Although he owned ...
1 Inscribed merestones or boundary markers of two types which still survive in woodland in Alveston pasture. The stones identify the ownership of four leys in Rucksley Gate Furlong, part ...
Four merestones or ownership markers which survive in Alveston Pasture. They date from the 19th century.
1 Foxcote House marked on OS Map.
2 Foxcote is an early 18th century mansion of two storeys and attics in stone. It is divided into five bays by Roman Doric ...
Foxcote House is a Post Medieval mansion or country house that it is attributed to Edward Woodward. It is located in Foxcote.
The Warwickshire newspapers of 1936 bear witness to a saddening tale of love and heartbreak in the long aftermath of war.
The tale revolves around Francis Arthur Roughead, occupant of Wasperton ...
Francis Willughby was born at Middleton Hall, Warwickshire, and is known for his Ornithologia libri tres in 1676 (the English edition, The Ornithology of Francis Willoughby. In three books wherein all the Birds ...
Frank Whittle’s achievements in both inventing and developing the jet engine are well-known and well-documented. Indeed, it is not unreasonable to call him one of Warwickshire’s more famous sons, especially ...
1 Two large fishponds SW of the village.
2 Two fishponds connected by a stream, apparently formed by the damming of a small valley. Both in use and stocked with fish. ...
Frankton fishponds, used for the breeding and storing of fish. They are of unknown date, and are still in use. They are situated 400m southwest of the church at Frankton.
1 Manor house and attached wall and outbuilding. Remodelled late 17th century, but with earlier origins. 18th century and 19th century alterations. Additions and alterations dated 1926 on rainwater head. ...
Frankton Manor House, a house that was built during the Post Medieval period. Alterations were made to it at a later date. The manor house is situated to the north east of the church.
