On 6th & 7th of July 1910, at an “Olde English Faire” in the North Warwickshire mining village of Polesworth, a troupe of Morris dancers performed for the first time. ...
It dawned on me that I hadn’t seen the traditional Morris dancers in the village where I grew up lately – funny the things you miss that you took for ...
Where the Motoring Centre in Leamington High Street is now, was a company called Moss Agencies. They were a Riley-Morris car dealership. The original building (since gone) was apparently art ...
The title is not strictly true, “Moths near the Archive” would be more strictly accurate.
The Feathered Thorn
(Colotois pennaria) had found it’s way in to the reception area, probably after coming to ...
John Moultrie is probably Rugby’s most gifted and prolific 19th century poet, though now rarely read and to most not even a vaguely remembered name. He was an upholder of ...
(Continued from part one)
The disagreement between Rhoades and Moultrie came out of the blue on Christmas morning 1872 when the rector wrote a peremptory note to his curate:
Dear Rhoades, I ...
1 A lofty erection (the Rotunda) stood on a mound of earth still remaining to the E of the footpath across the park leading to Atherstone. It had an octagonal ...
A mound is visible as an earthwork within Alscot Park. It has been suggested that an octagonal tower or rotunda of Post Medieval date stood on the mound. It is situated 600m south west of the church at Atherstone on Stour.
1 Stone mound to S of church, evidently old. Between house and church a bank, part of a moat?
2 The mound has steep sides, is about 2m high with a ...
A mound of unknown date which survives as an earthwork. It is situated 75m south of St. Cuthbert's Church, Church End.
Mourning rings date back from the Middle Ages and continued to be used until the early 20th century. It was in the 17th century that they became more defined from ...
1 Plans and elevations of the house are shown in Sharpe’s (or Shape’s) survey.
2 The house was altered extensively and enlarged on two occasions in the 19th century. The site ...
Moxhull Old Hall, a house which was built during the Medieval period and which later became an inn. It is situated 900m to the west of Cuttle Mill Farm.
White’s 1874 Trade Directory for Dunchurch records:
This parish has produced an ingenious and remarkable character in the person of the late Mr. Thomas Maycock, a farmer and native, who lost ...
