A small private lunatic asylum was founded in Knowle in 1866 by Miss Ann Darke; in 1867 it was licensed for 20 female private patients.1 The asylum was located in ...
1 Midland Home, Tachbrook Street, Leamington Spa.
Large site with formal gardens, walks, pool, coniferous planting.
House used as Royal Midland Countires Hosptial. Demolished. Site redeveloped (1996/7).
Mature tree planting survives.
Large site with formal garens. Site redeveloped as housing, some matrue tree planting survives.Recommended for inclusion on Local List by Lovie
It was news that sent shockwaves through the motor racing community; Mike Hailwood was dead at the age of 40, killed in a car crash near his home at Tanworth-in-Arden ...
1 The manor house has a mid 18th century frontage (south). Re-used stonework (reputedly from Ludovic Grevell’s house – WA 1331) surmounted by 17th century timber framing occupied the ...
Milcote manor house, dating from the Medieval to the Post Medieval period. It is located 400m south east of the church, Luddington.
1 Mile Post marked.
2 One of a series of cast iron mile markers placed exactly one mile apart on the Stratford on Avon to Oxford turnpike road, the first being ...
The site of a milepost dating to the Imperial period. It is located 400m north east of the church at Tredington.
1 Milepost noted on the A3400. (Can be seen on Google Street View) Gaslamp type. See digital archive MWA12624 for an image of a similar post.
Gaslamp type mile marker on the A3400 near Little wolford
1 At the road junction in Dunchurch village is a cross with a square tapered shaft with an inscription stating that it was erected in 1813 as a milestone; the ...
A milestone that dates to the Imperial period. The milestone stands on a Medieval cross base. It is situated on Daventry Road, Dunchurch.
1 Milestone dated 1748 and inscribed ‘from London CII miles, from Stratford VIII, from Birmingham XIV’. Set into front wall of house 19th century house. Visible on Google ...
The site of a milestone dating to the Post Medieval period. It is situated 100m south of the church, Henley in Arden.
1 Plan locating the milestone/mounting block.
2 Photographs.
3 The milestone/mounting block was removed prior to road works.
A stone block that is either a milestone or a mounting block. It probably dates to the Imperial period. It was situated on Coventry Road, 1km west of Dunchurch.
1 Said to have been designed by Telford.
2 Photographed in 1977.
The site of a milestone dating to the Post Medieval or Imperial period. It is situated on Long Street, Atherstone.
The fight for votes for women involved militants who were prepared to break the law – often called ‘suffragettes’ – in contrast to the law-abiding suffragists. Most suffragettes belonged to ...
1 Barn complex, arranged around a regular courtyard. The complex dates to the 18th century, and part of it is listed. Subject to a basic photographic record.
Barn complex, arranged around a regular courtyard. The complex dates to the 18th century, and part of it is listed.
1 Maps of 1722-5 and 1793 show a windmill in approximately this location. An artificial mound, with an average height of 2.0m and an average diameter of 30m was located ...
A windmill mound, still visible as an earthwork, which was the base for a windmill during the Post Medieval period. Some 18th century maps show a windmill at this location, 300m north west of Claverdon Station.
Living in Chicago, I am a long way from my family’s roots, but my quest to find out about their past leads me to Warwickshire, and a search for any ...
