Geological paintings by John Durham and ceramics by his sister Janet Halligan linked, not only as siblings, but by the connection to the earth as both raw material and source ...
John Sandford (1801-1873) came from a typical upper-middle class family which included university professors, bishops, archdeacons, military men and holders of civil posts in government and education at home and ...
John Walkington Newcomen was a tea dealer and grocer. As his business grew, he moved his family to different addresses around Warwick. They settled at 17 Market Place where they ...
This is the curious case of a gentleman who had seemingly chosen to live a life of squalor, despite having the wherewithal to do otherwise. The occasion of his death ...
One of my earliest Formula One memories was seeing Nigel Mansell’s spectacular tyre blowout in 1986 while chasing the world title. A dramatic end to a dramatic season, the sparks ...
The minutes of the Quarter Sessions held in Warwick and Coventry are currently being indexed and they turn out to contain all sorts of surprising snippets of information. For example, ...
Having rented a summer home in Lochs, she called together a group of girls in the Scottish Highlands, and started her first troop of Girl Guides. When she returned to ...
Daisy had a very compassionate heart, but Willy tried to dissuade her from doing charitable work. However, Daisy unobtrusively carried on with her kindhearted ways and contributed greatly to Warwickshire ...
Although Daisy was thoroughly devoted to her husband, it cannot be said the same for him. Willy had a roving eye and was very keen on women. In 1901, Anna ...
It may seem curious to discover that the woman who eventually founded the Girl Scouts of the United States of America spent a good portion of her life in Wellesbourne. ...
When Willy returned to England in 1881, the impetuous couple continued to correspond, disregarding parental objections. Daisy was given the opportunity to see Willy at Beauchamp Hall in Leamington when ...
The Junior Leaders Regiment Royal Artillery came to occupy Gamecock Barracks near the village of Bramcote, Nuneaton in April 1959 and were disbanded in 1993. The regiment was the army training establishment for ...
The age of criminal responsibility in England has always been low. In the 18th century it was seven years old (and even today it is only 10, whilst in almost ...
Sweet Lady, can your weeping eye behold
A paper, sadly offer’d, where ‘tis told
Your Lord is Dead? And so untimely too?
Treble to you, us a double woe.
Tis sad to say; sadder ...
I noticed that Ken Dodd is coming to the Spa Centre again this month to perform his ‘Happiness Show’, which is amazing as he is in his late 80s.
I went ...
1 A 14th century gatehouse near the NW corner of Kenilworth Abbey precincts facing N. It is of local red sandstone and consists of two vaulted compartments – the inner ...
Kenilworth Abbey Gatehouse was built during the Medieval period and is constructed of red sandstone. It consists of two compartments and the gateway runs between them with a single large arch. The remains still stand and are situated in Abbey Fields.
1 The Guest House is a building of two stories, which formerly had an outside stair and a porch over the S door. The upper storey has two-light ogee-headed windows. ...
Kenilworth Abbey Guesthouse was built as a two storey building during the Medieval period. It has not been definitely proved to have been the guest house. In its later history it was used as a cowshed. It is situated in Abbey Fields.
There was one small almshouse in Kenilworth, known as the ‘Widow’s Charity Houses’. It was founded in 1644 for poor widows by George Denton of Warwick, though later it was ...
1 The stone castle is built on the remains of an earlier mount and court fort, some of the earth foundations of which are still traceable. The spot where the ...
Phase one of the building of Kenilworth Castle shows that it was originally built as a motte and bailey castle from 1122 onwards . The motte is still visible as an earthwork, inside the later great keep.
1 The Norman keep could have been preceded by a motte and bailey castle (PRN 3200), although Chatwin thinks that this is unlikely. Chatwin suggests that the keep was constructed ...
Phase two in the building of Kenilworth castle included the a great keep and a curtain wall with towers that were built during the mid to late 1100s and early 1200s.
1 Under the wealthy and ostentatious John of Gaunt the castle was first repaired and then, from 1391 onwards, converted from a feudal stronghold into a palace. To this period ...
Phase three of the building of Kenilworth castle included the Great Hall with cellars below, the 'Strong Tower' which housed the treasury, and the 'Saintlow Tower'. This phase of building began in about 1391 and continued into the 1570s.
It’s been done many times before; legitimate a royal dynasty, or a hereditary right to power by piggybacking on one of Britain’s most lasting myths. Geoffrey of Monmouth featured Arthur ...
Restoration
In September 2015, Kenilworth’s Pound was officially opened following restoration driven by Councillors Gordon and Pat Cain and the Kenilworth Civic Society. A campaign involving local residents raised interest and ...
Fancott Drive
This was first recorded in 1987 and was developed by the High Street bakers A.S. Fancott (established 1825) at the rear of the bakery, over an existing lane generally ...
