I volunteer at Warwickshire County Record Office and my current volunteer project, which I have now been working on for about a year, involves CR2028, a collection received in 1980. Bundles ...
I stayed up to view the eclipse and took some photos (though it was difficult to get it in focus). This ‘supermoon’ (larger than normal because it was nearer the earth ...
A rare, 16th century Hans Frei lute is held in the Market Hall Museum collections, and whilst this lute did not arrive in Warwickshire until the 20th century, the lute ...
I’m very sorry to tell you that Lyndon F. (Toby) Cave, the noted Warwickshire historian and campaigner for historic buildings has died, aged 90.
Amongst many other positions in other local ...
Even when on holiday it’s difficult to escape…
Anyway, the pictures are of Lyeden New Bield, Northamptonshire. Unusual inasmuch as what you see is not a ruin, this is the state ...
If these cards look somehow familiar, it is because they are the same trick that you will find in many cheap Christmas crackers today – ‘The Mystery Calculator.’ These are ...
Organisation is everything, be it closing down a strongroom for the night, or publishing an article.
Following my posting about my time at Henry Griffith and Sons, there have been a number of comments added asking about the marks inside HG&S rings.
The answer to most of ...
1 Site of a malthouse at Honiley marked on OS 25″ 1st ed. map.
A malt house dating to the Imperial period. It was used for malting grain for the brewing process. The malt house was situated 100m west of the church at Honiley.
There are two sets of almshouses in Mancetter.
Cramer’s Almshouses
These were founded by James Cramer, a local man who made his fortune in London as a goldsmith. The building was erected ...
1 The Manor House is a timber-framed building dating from about 1330 and preserving a great deal of the original structure despite many later alterations. The original plan consisted of ...
Mancetter Manor House, a timber framed building which was built during the Medieval period. It is situated 150m north of Manor Farm, Mancetter.
