The postman’s just been, and in among them is a pile of model cars – I really must stop browsing auction sites! In this set, however, is an Alvis TD21 ...
Amington Colliery was sunk in 1862 by Gibbs and Canning of Glascote down to the Seven Feet seam. By 1892, they had extracted all the coal immediately to the north ...
We asked baker Saffron Butcher of Caking and Baking, for her views as to how she found the whole experience of recreating old recipes for an afternoon tea.
In April 1987, builders were working on 16 Augusta Place and broke through a bricked up wall to a cellar. It was highly unlikely that they expected to find what ...
Labour shortages caused by men joining the Armed Forces during the First World War led to many companies seeking help from overseas. One such organisation was Rugby-based engineering firm Willans ...
I started a five year student apprenticeship at Rugby, straight from school and home in Sussex in 1956. Competition for a place was strong. I believe there were 1,200 apprentices ...
The Edge Hill ridge in southern Warwickshire is capped by a thin layer of sedimentary ironstone, known locally as the Hornton Stone. This was quarried on the ridge until quite ...
Mary Elizabeth Throckmorton was born in 1832, the daughter of Sir Robert George Throckmorton and Elizabeth Acton. She held the office of Lady-in-Waiting to Elizabeth, Empress of Austria and travelled ...
Within the collections of the Warwickshire Museum, is an exceedingly rare 16th century lute. Not only is this instrument of incredibly high quality, but it was made by one of ...
The animals you see displayed at Warwickshire Museum are the result of taxidermy and the majority are of species that occur in the British Isles and, in particular, Warwickshire itself. ...
Warwickshire Museum hosts a collection of fascinating objects amongst which you can find an Iron Age miniature bronze shield. This item continues to baffle archaeologists, curators and historians alike as to its ...
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Burial – 11th September 1783
Mary Allen, 10 years of age; murdered by her Mistress, Ann Pratt, a farmer’s wife of Leather-Iron in this parish, where she lived in the capacity ...
The Midland Colliery Owners’ Mutual Indemnity Company (MCOMIC) database was compiled from a series of 26 compensation registers held at Warwickshire County Record Office.
1 A Gothic structure in C15 style, built in brick. Opened in 1926, it was attached to St Michael’s Home next door and used by a group of Anglican nuns. ...
An Anglican Chapel of modern date which is situated on Charlotte Street, Leamington Spa.
