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 ...
1 Ridge and furrow cultivation transcribed from air photographs.
2 Portable Antiquities Scheme find provenance information:
Methods of discovery: Metal detector
Ridge and furrow cultivation in the parish of Clifford Chambers. It is probably of Medieval or Post Medieval date. In some areas the ridge and furrow survives as an earthwork. In other areas it is visible on aerial photographs.
2 Ridge and furrow cultivation transcribed from air photographs.
The extent of ridge and furrow in Henley in Arden parish which dates from the Medieval period onwards. In some areas the ridge and furrow survives as an earthwork, whilst in other areas it is visible on aerial photographs.
1 SP 34566 63600 Area of Ridge and Furrow 200m south east of Hill Farm visible on Aerial Millenium Mapping.
2 SP 33874 63175 Area of Ridge and Furrow identified of ...
Medieval ridge and furrow cultivation in the parish of Radford Semele. In some areas is is visible as an earthwork. Elsewhere it is visible on aerial photographs.
2 Ridge and furrow transcribed from air photographs.
Medieval/Post Medieval ridge and furrow cultivation in Avon Dassett Parish. The remains are visible on aerial photographs. Elsewhere in the parish some remains are visible as earthworks.
1 Ridge and furrow cultivation in the Medieval period.
Medieval ridge and furrow cultivation in the parish of Lower and Upper Shuckburgh. The remains are visible as aerial photographs.
2 Ridge and furrow cultivation transcribed from air photographs.
Medieval/Post Medieval ridge and furrow cultivation in Warmington Parish. The remains are visible on aerial photographs. In some areas of the parish the remains survive as earthworks.
1 An area of well surviving ridge and furrow earthworks were recorded during a site visit by Ed Wilson at Cubbington Primary School, including a headland and river channel earthwork. ...
An area of ridge and furrow cultivation which survives as extant earthworks around Cubbington Primary School.
1 Ridge and furrow ploughing evident as cropmarks on aerial photographs in an area to the east of Brinklow between Lutterworth Road and the Oxford Canal was mapped as part ...
Ridge and furrow ploughing is evident as cropmarks on aerial photographs in an area to the east of Brinklow between Lutterworth Road and the Oxford Canal
1 Ridge and furrow ploughing to the north of Cherrington apparent as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1996 was mapped as part of the English Heritage National Mapping ...
Ridge and furrow ploughing to the north of Cherrington is apparent as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1996
1 Ridge and furrow ploughing to the north of Cherrington apparent as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1996 was mapped as part of the English Heritage National Mapping ...
Ridge and furrow ploughing to the north of Cherrington is apparent as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1996
1 Air photograph.
2 Ridge and furrow cultivation and a headland or possible hollow way observed on site visit (Also see WA 3185).
3 On the very edge of ridge and furrow ...
An area of ridge and furrow cultivation of Medieval date and a possible hollow way. The remains are visible as earthworks and are situated at the north end of Marton.
Coventry and Nuneaton, alongside Bedworth, were great hubs of ribbon weaving in the 18th century. However, the life of a ribbon weaver was not all roses, particularly in the early 19th century.
While ...
In Part one, I looked at the interaction between ribbon weaving in Coventry and Nuneaton and the unrest which arose with the onset of industrialisation in the early 19th century .
However, ...
From about 1938 until March 1944 my Mum and Dad, Vera and Bill Gregory, ran the pub part of RM Bird and Co the wine merchants, at 32 Bridge Street; ...
Robert Spennell is remembered for the Spennell’s Directory, written and printed in the late Victorian period. Spennell’s Directory listed trades, businesses and addresses in Warwick, Leamington and Kenilworth. Before the ...
1 There was a mill in 1086. It is also recorded in 1560. The present building dates from 1792 when a cotton spinning mill was built on the site. For ...
Rock Mills, the remains of a watermill, for which there is documentary evidence from the Medieval period. The present building is late 18th century when a cotton mill operated. A chimney and some machinery survive. It is 100m west of Highcroft Crescent, Leamington Spa.
What was life like as a teenager 60 years ago in the mid 1950s?
We have a Technicolor image of post-war 50s, but whilst America experienced fast-rising rates of prosperity and ...
(Continued from part one)
Rock around the clock
Before the birth of Rock ‘n’ Roll and its arrival in Britain, the most popular form of music amongst young people was Skiffle. Influenced ...
