Near Kenilworth Castle, just off Castle Hill, is a charming group of thatched cottages called ‘Little Virginia’. The name is said to derive from Sir Walter Raleigh’s introduction of potatoes ...
1 House platforms and holloway earthworks are evidence for shrunken Medieval settlement at Little Wolford.
2 Plan and discussion of village form.
3 Sketch map of location of earthworks.
The site of a shrunken village at Little Wolford. The village dates from the Medieval to the Post Medieval period. Its remains are visible as an earthwork in and around the modern settlement.
After VE day and VJ day at the end of WW2, the Royal Navy had staff stationed in India. My dad, Chief Petty Officer Percy John (PJ) Hodges was stationed ...
1 LNWR Kenilworth-Berskwell branch marked on 1886 map.
The site of the Kenilworth to Berkswell branch of the LNWR railway, in use during the Imperial period. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886.
This charming cottage stands beside Ned’s lock on the Stratford-upon-Avon canal. It was built around 1812 for a former lock-keeper, or lengthsman, who would have been responsible for operating the ...
1 Possibly the earliest of a small number of known model farms in county, dating to early C19. On Marquis of Hertford’s estate. Consists of quadrangle with house in centre ...
Lodge Farm, a model farm which was established during the Imperial period. It is situated 600m north west of Red Hill.
It's been another busy year with projects, articles, photos a-plenty, and favourites to choose. Not forgetting a tinselled cat.
