2 A crop mark of a rectilinear enclosure appears on air photographs. The enclosure appears to contain several circular features.
3 First edition OS map 39NE (1886) shows a sewage ...
A rectangular enclosure of unknown date which is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. It is situated 200m north of Harbury Lane. The 'enclosure' is most probably a sewage tank shown on the 1st edition OS map.
1 Late 17th/ early 18th century with more recent additions. A plain, but somehow attractive house of stone with stone gable ends, and a projecting gabled wing surmounted by ...
A vicarage that was built during the Post Medieval period. It is situated in Church Road, Baginton.
1 2 3 Red Lion Inn, High Street, Coleshill.
Historic inn recorded on Pigot’s, F. White and Co.’s, and Victuallers’ databases. The latter shows it was in existence in 1806.
Situated on ...
Historic inn on the east side of the High Street.
As you may have noticed, the museum is now open, and it’s bedding in now, nicely! It seemed appropriate, then, to reflect on the opening itself.
Produced by Heritage & Culture Warwickshire and supported by Warwick District Council, the Reframing Sheldon project aims to explore how digital arts and creative technologies can be used to shed new ...
Reginald Foort holds a key place in the role of cinema organist, having been a pioneer of organ broadcasting and recording. He began by accompanying silent movies in 1926, and ...
1 There was a mill in Kingsbury in 1086, valued at 9s 4d. In the 12th century it was granted to Polesworth Abbey and remained a possession of the Abbey ...
The remains of Hemlingford Watermill. Documentary evidence indicates that it was built in the Medieval period and went out of use during the Imperial period. The site lies 150m south east of Hemlingford Bridge.
1 The roofless remains of two buildings exist S of the church. The smaller is about 4.9m square and 11.4m from the church. It has a W doorway similar ...
The remains of Wroxall Priory, a nunnery founded in the Medieval period. The remains of two buildings exist on the site; the refectory or dining room; and the chapter house, where the nuns met to carry out business transactions. The site is 700m southwest of Wroxall Village.
1 Cotswold Archaeological Trust (CAT) was commissioned to undertake an archaeological evaluation on land to the E of Harbury Lane, Ufton. The evaluation indicated that Medieval and Post Medieval deposits, ...
Archaeological investigation revealed the remains of buildings and ridge and furrow dating to the Medieval period. The site is located 500m south of the church, Ufton.
1 Hospital of St Michael, on the N of town, near St Michael’s Church. Founded by Roger Earl of Warwick about the end of the reign of Henry I (1100-1135). ...
The remains of a Medieval hospital founded by Roger Earl of Warwick. The remains lie to the north of Saltisford Road 100m north west of the Vittle Drive / Ansell Road cross roads. Upstanding buildings include the 15th century chapel and 15th/16th century Master's House.
1 The parish church of St Leonard was originally part of the priory (PRN 2609), but it is probable that this part was always assigned to the parishioners and that ...
The remains of Wroxall Priory Church, of Medieval origin. The church is now used as the Parish Church. It is likely that this part of the church was always used by parishoners, and that the portion of the building to the south, which is now destroyed, was used by the nuns.
Browsing the Calendar of Prisoners Index, as you do, I came across an entry which intrigued me. The crime was listed as ‘Assault and Rescue of a Prisoner’.1 Now, I ...
When records at risk of decay are discovered by someone who has an inkling of their worth and contacts the record office, it can be all hands on deck for our archivist and conservation teams.
Soon after I had started writing up the story of Ann Tennant, I received a telephone call from a freelance newspaper reporter who had been commissioned to write a series ...
I first became aware of the First World War tribunals whilst on an Access to Higher Education course in 2000. My history dissertation was going to be on how the ...
1 Small underground reservoir supplied the village from 1930s onwards supplemented by water from the Alcester Waterworks Company.
The site of a small underground reservoir which was built during the Imperial period. It is situated 500m south east of Alne Hills.
Once scarcely seen, polecats are expanding their territory back to Warwickshire according to Dr Johnny Birks, an experienced ecologist and chairman of the Mammal Society. He presented a fascinating talk ...
We can't be sure how long the Wilmcote plesiosaur skeleton has been on display at the Market Hall Museum, but it's certainly been for at least a hundred years. As part of the 'Our Warwickshire' refurbishment, we had the skeleton taken down from its mount, in October 2015.
In January 1747 the Reverend Cotterell, vicar of Polesworth, died at Polesworth, aged 77. Some kindly person decided that ‘it would be injustice to the memory of so valuable a person’ ...
Being born in London in 1809, the Rev’d William Wight had seen first hand the conditions its inhabitants had to live in. He viewed London as an example of what was ...
Reverend Sir Henry Dryden was one of the three men who instigated the setting up of the Warwickshire Natural History and Archaeological Society (WNHAS) in 1836, which led to the ...
Rhynchosaurs were reptiles that were widespread in the Triassic Period, their fossil remains have been found in North and South America, Europe, Africa, Madagascar, and India. The Warwickshire Museum has ...
November 11th doesn’t seem to be a very popular day for Ricardian “happenings.” Besides a receipt signed in 1471 by Richard to one of the king’s “commisaries,” & appointments to ...
As well as the ongoing rivalries and development of the game on the field throughout the 1860s, there was another important area where progress was being made. This is an ...
