When Atherstone Civic Society announced that it was going to Save the Pound, local people thought that it had joined the Eurosceptics. It was understandable because no-one had seen Bentley ...
When I was younger my family frequently went on day trips down to Lulworth Cove, and I remember my Dad pointing out some very small, blue butterflies that would occasionally rise ...
The Saxon Mill originally belonged to the Augustinian St Mary’s Abbey in Kenilworth and then formed part of the Guy’s Cliffe estate. It was rebuilt in 1822 and appears to ...
1 A Saxon origin is claimed. The mill was the property of Kenilworth Priory in the 12th century. There are many references in the 16th century relating to two, and ...
The Saxon Mill at Guy's Cliffe, a watermill which may be Saxon in origin.There is documentary evidence for a mill at this site from the Medieval onwards. In 1952 the stone buildings were converted into a restaurant. A small waterwheel survives.
1 Evidence relating to the settlement of Warwick during late Saxon times. Several pits and a beam slot dating from the early 11th century were found. Waste disposal ...
Late Anglo Saxon pits and a timber slot were found under the Woolpack Hotel. This shows that Warwick was occupied in Early Medieval (Saxon) times. Other evidence supports a typical Medieval urban property.
Our new Collection & Development Manager Richard Lewis has been with Heritage & Culture Warwickshire for nearly a month, so it's time to find out what he thinks, and where he's come from!
We are celebrating the bicentenary year of George Eliot’s birth! Join us to illuminate the places that made and inspired her. From rural life and places of poverty, to urban ...
1 School founded by Sir Francis Nethersole 1638, first built in 1655 and completely rebuilt in 1818. Built, chequered red and black bricks with stone dressings, of half H-shaped ...
A building constructed during the Imperial period as a school. It is built of red and black bricks that are arranged in a chequered pattern. The building is situated on the corner of Bridge Street and High Street in Polesworth.
An annual event in Warwick, Stratford upon Avon and some Warwickshire villages was ‘The Mop’ (Mop Fair) a fair which takes place in October and was originally a hiring fair, ...
The main aim of attaching a seal to a document is to prove the authenticity of a document by proving a relationship between the document and the seal itself. Seals ...
In 1877, a Miss Cameron donated several items to the Warwickshire Natural History and Archaeological Society. We do not have any more information about her or who she was.
There were ...
1 An archaeological observation for new construction works in 1995 at the Health Centre, High Street, Bedworth discovered the remains of a Second World War air raid shelter.
The remains of a Second World War Air Raid Shelter at the Health Centre, High Street Bedworth.
1 Recording of the anti aircraft battery prior to conversion to stables. The site survey included recording the surviving features, entrance gateway, gun pits and visible earthworks. A photographic survey ...
The site of a Second World War anti aircraft battery, west of Beckfield Lodge Farm, Fillongley.
1 A Second World War ammunition store. The remains of the building are partially visible as a cropmark near Radway.
The site of a Second World War ammunition store. The outline of the building is partly visible as a cropmark. It is situated 250m north west of the church at Radway.
1 A gas pipeline was scheduled to cut a 24m swathe through a ‘triple ring ditch and henge monument’ at the above grid reference.
2 Excavation proved the features to be ...
The site of a Second World War searchlight battery. It was discovered during the excavation of a pipeline. It was situated 1km north west of Wellesbourne Wood, near Loxley.
The sketchbook containing these drawings1 is one of very few documents held at the Warwickshire County Record Office relating to George Francis Alexander Seymour, 7th Marquess of Hertford and Earl of ...
Angela is looking for help in tracking down servants.
1 Undated settlement, consisting of a subrectangular enclosure and linear features, shows on aerial photographs.
2 In advance of the laying of a gas pipeline, a 20m wide section of the ...
The site of a settlement, possibly of Iron Age or Romano-British date. It is visible as a series of cropmarks on aerial photographs. The settlement is situated 800m north west of Newnham Hall.
I first arrived in the village of Princethorpe in the summer of 1954 as a seven year old. My Late father had just finished his career in the Royal Navy ...
