“I think this accursed war will soon be over now, and that will settle all those worries for you, once and for all.” This was a line written by 19 year ...
1 Single rows of pimples lining both sides of the road north of the Oxford Canal forming a tank trap. There are 11 on the west side and 9 ...
The site of a Second World War tank trap formed by eleven anti tank pimples. They were situated on the north side of the aquaduct carrying the Oxford Canal over the Old Leicester Road at Rugby.
1 Two brick shuttered mass concrete walls built to close Bridge 29 on the Warwick & Napton Canal. This may have been part of the Oxford/Birmingham defence line.
2 Description, sketch ...
The site of a anti tank road block which formed part of the defences during the Second World War. Some of the thick concrete walls of the road block still partially stand. They are situated 300m west of Bascote Locks.
1 Pair of incomplete anti tank road blocks on the western approach to Bridge 114 of the Oxford Canal. These may have been deployed as part of the Oxford/ Birmingham ...
The remains of a Second World War tank trap. It comprises two octagonal concrete blocks that were used as road block. They are situated to the west of Chapel Green and were used to defend the bridge over the Grand Union Canal.
1 World War II Anti Aircraft Battery in good state of preservation at this location.
2 1948 AP shows 4 gun emplacements, central command post and two unidentified structures. Accommodation to ...
A ruined building which was formerly a Second World War anti aircraft battery. It lies 100 metres to the south of Rouncil Lane, near Goodrest Cottages.
This striking figure was unveiled on 16th May 2015 and is only here for a year so make sure you go and see it before May 2016. It is part ...
William Bolt, Apprentice
This indenture records the binding by the Overseers of the Poor, in Binton, of ten-year-old William Bolt as an apprentice to one William Jerome Millward, a needle maker ...
1 Arbury House is on the site of an Augustinian priory of canons which was granted to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, after the Dissolution.
2 Country House. Built in ...
Arbury Hall, a country house which was built during the Post Medieval period. It is situated on the site of Arbury Priory, 700m south west of Dennis Farm.
1 Arbury Mill. Much of the present mill building appears to date from the construction of the Arbury Park canal system from 1764 onwards but there are vestiges of an ...
Arbury Mill, a watermill which was built during the Imperial period. It is situated 100m south of Coventry Wood.
