One of a set of aerial photos supplied to Nuneaton Memories by Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council. The council commissioned these photographs but no information was with these. Why were ...
J C Smiths – or “Smiths On The Bridge” to many Nuneatonians, was located in the town centre (it is now Debenhams). It changed name around 1976.
Entrances were Newdegate Street, ...
1 A small ‘unpretending’ edifice of brick, plastered over, consisting of a nave with four pointed arched windows on each side, a bell turret at the W end, under which ...
A mortuary chapel dating to the Imperial period. It was built on the site of a Medieval chapel, and is situated 300m south east of Little Spring Coppice.
Warwickshire County Record Office holds a couple of dozen Compensation Registers from the Midland Colliery Owners’ Mutual Indemnity Company (MCOMIC), the pre-nationalisation employers’ insurance company. These registers list payments for occupational illness or injuries ...
1 An entrenchment in good preservation and of considerable size. It is on fairly level ground. The camp, roughly triangular in form, encloses an area of about 3.75 ha. The ...
Oakley Wood Camp, the possible site of an Iron Age hillfort. Substantial banks are visible as earthworks within the wood. An alternative suggestion is that the banks are connected to the management of the woodland. The site is located 1km north of Ashorne Hill.
1 The obelisk was erected in 1749 by Thomas Archer (1695-1768), the first Lord of Umberslade. No records remain to show why it was built, but it is generally believed ...
The site of an obelisk dating to the Post Medieval period and believed to form a feature of Umberslade Park.
1 Listed building Grade II. Obelisk . 1848 with earlier work. Cornish granite on ashlar
slabs. 2 ashlar slabs cap entrance to vault; granite plinth on 4 ...
Obelisk dating from 1848 located in the grounds of Compton Verney approximately 45 metres south-east of the house towards the lake.
1 Obelisk. Dated 1880. Sandstone base, with pinkish-grey granite obelisk and plaque. Base square on plan with water bowl to front and surmounted by pedestal and obelisk. 2 steps ...
Obelisk in pink granite on a sandstone pedestal erected in 1875 (on the east side facing the Parade between Regent Grove and Hamilton Terrace) to honour Henry Bright for his contribution to the supply of pure water for public use in 1878.
