In the 17th Century the Puritans swept away flowery instruments like organs. This was ‘enforced’ by the Long Parliament in an act of 16441 called ‘Further Ordinance for the demolition of ...
1 A decorated brooch of penannular type dating to the 9th to 10th centuries reported by metal detectorists.
2 Illustration in FI file.
3 Description of the brooch.
4 Illustration.
Findspot - an Anglo Saxon brooch, dating to the Migration or Early Medieval period, found 250m east of Nethercote.
1 During a survey of the parish of Whitchurch a section of Anglo-Saxon cross shaft (or arm) of possible 10th or 11th century date was discovered in the flower bed ...
Findspot - a fragment of an Anglo Saxon cross shaft, of Early Medieval date, was found at Park House, Whitchurch.
1 In Mill Field, near the Rectory, some curious Roman and Druidical antiquities have been found. Skeletons, coins and beads have been found in various parts of the parish.
2 A ...
The possible site of an Anglo Saxon cemetery, dating to the Migration or Early Medieval period. Two skeletons, one of a woman and one a child, were found to the north of the church at Lighthorne.
1 Routeway identified in charter of AD 985 where it crosses the parish boundary between Alveston and Loxley.
2 Map showing located route.
An Anglo Saxon trackway dating to the Early Medieval period. It is mentioned in a 10th century charter. The trackway runs between Stratford and Loxley.
This handwritten book of notes on flowers and gardens was compiled by Anne Greville (1829-1903), née Charteris, 4th Countess of Warwick. It records, with a phenomenal attention to detail, the ...
William Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway in 1582 at Temple Grafton Church. He was 18 years old whilst she was 25 and three months’ pregnant, quite common in those days. Her ...
Mrs. Annie Elizabeth Saunders is remembered with affection, as the first nurse in the Northern Ontario town of Cobalt. She was also the first person to open a hospital in ...
Annie Saunders was three years into her move from Warwickshire to Cobalt in Northern Ontario, when in 1909 a fire destroyed a large portion of the town. Buildings were mostly ...
Annie Saunders had left Leamington with her family for the mining town of Cobalt, Northern Ontario. Life had been tough up until now, and illness and injury were prevalent. Having ...
Owned by the Phillips family of Ansley Hall
1–3 Late 16th to 19th century: An irregular mansion with wings of varying period, enclosing a courtyard. The northern range is a brick gatehouse, built during 18th century. ...
Ansley Hall, a house which was built during the Post Medieval period. It is situated 500m north of Bull Barn Farm.
Ansley Hall Colliery was sunk in 1874 by William Garside Philips of Oldbury Grange, the great grandfather of Captain Mark Philips, the first husband of Princess Anne. It had three ...
The former Ansley Hall, home of William Garside Phillips (great grandfather to Princess Anne’s first husband Captain Mark Phillips). Photos taken 1975
12 Park associated with Ansley Hall.
Appears to have developed in late 18th century following expansion and acquisition of adjacent Bretts Hall. Bretts Hall was demolished c.1750. Lovie mentions that its ...
Designed park associated with Ansley Hall developed in eary 18th century. Elements include a Hermitage, Chinese Temple and other garden structures, none of which appear to exist today. Lovie recommended adding to the Local List.
