This is sometimes called the Camden Well and sometime the Aylesford Well but it actually pre-dates both these gentleman.
It is generally accepted that the well was first recorded by the ...
We at Warwickshire County Record Office are very fortunate to work in the middle of Priory Park, Warwick. We see quite a bit of wildlife. Generally it is of the ...
I have been prompted to revisit the book ‘Exploring Shakespeare Country 100 years ago’ by Stuart Ludlum. This was published in 1985 and so I was surprised to see the ...
Mr Alfred Jordan was a lengthman at the beginning of World War 2, and so was exempt from having to serve in the war because of this...
1 The Keep dates from the replacement in stone of the original motte and bailey construction, and dates from the late 12th century. It is rectangular with square angle turrets ...
The stone Keep dates from the late 12th century with alterations and additions in the 14th. Most of the windows were widened or replaced in the 16th century. The north wall was destroyed after the Civil War.
These keys were “rescued” by my father when the Workhouse, by this time renamed Lakin House, was demolished in September 1974. Although I have no recollection of the workhouse its ...
A story says that a farmer called Humphrey Boffin took took the King Stone to either build a footbridge or dam a water course in his farm yard. It took ...
1 A large standing stone, 2.43m high and 1.52m wide, with a large semicircular notch on its E edge.
4 Various interpretations for the stone include: 1. Outlier of the stone ...
The King Stone is a standing stone dating from between the Early Neolithic and the Late Bronze Age periods. It is located 850m south of The Hollows.
Dated 1911 – money raised to train a Chinese boy for missionary work.
Maybe this Christmas afternoon you’ll be sitting at home in Honington, or relaxing with relatives in Ryton and, as is often the tradition, you’ll pop on the Queen’s speech and ...
This striking sculpture, at the time of writing, stands outside Coventry Cathedral. The British Ironwork Centre started a campaign ‘Save a Life, Surrender your Knife’ in 2014 and commissioned this ...
I was one of the last students at Ashorne School. Sadly though the school closed for the last time at the end of Trinity term 1975. this was despite the ...
The Dugdale Arms in Nuneaton had been in my family since 1911. My mum and dad took over as landlords in 1957, having lived next door to The Dug (as ...
The Standard Triumph Competition Department was situated within the same building as the service division, on the Birmingham Road, Allesley, Coventry. The competition shop occupied roughly a third of the ...
David is looking for a colour picture.
St Fremund
St Fremund was reputedly a relative of King Offa of Mercia. He became a hermit and lived at Prescote near Cropredy (or Caerlon on Wye, or on an island ...
(Continued from part one)
The family were chapel goers. They all went to the Wesley Chapel at Bishops Itchington. Years ago there were three chapels as well as the church, but there ...
Jimmy Edwards was born February 5th 1895, the only son of Tom Edwards, Blacksmith of Bishop’s Itchington. Tom and his wife Elizabeth had four girls before they had young Jimmy. Jim ...
(Continued from part two)
When the war broke out in 1914, Jim was in a reserved job, farm worker, at first (he wore an armband to show that the was in ...
To people who don’t know me, they probably see a fairly ordinary 20-something woman. I doubt that they see a hardened sword-wielding Anglo-Saxon, a crackshot Scythian archer, or a competitive ...
Drama! Excitement! Derring-do!
We take air travel pretty much for-granted nowadays, but it’s not so long since the exploits of magnificent men in their flying machines could capture the public’s imagination. ...
This famous Hospital was founded by Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, a favourite of Queen Elizabeth the First (who gave him Kenilworth Castle). The magnificent buildings were in fact not ...
The manor of Pillerton Priors, sometimes called “Over Pillerton,” has been a recognisable unit of landholding for nearly a millennium. Its story reflects the wider changes in English society – ...
1 `The Lunt’ is an almost vertical wooded escarpment above the River Sowe. An ideal location for a Roman fort. In 1960-1 an excavation on the E and W slopes ...
The Lunt, a fort that was rebuilt several times throughout the Roman period. A section of the defences, the barracks and a granary have been found from the earliest phase of fort during archaeological excavations. The Roman fort is situated north of Coventry Road, Baginton.
1 Excavation in 1966-7 indicated a second period of occupation within the late Neronian-early Flavian period (cAD 60-79). Period 2 is c70-90. Evidence was found for the W, E and ...
The Lunt, a fort that was rebuilt several times throughout the Roman period. During an excavation the remains of the defences, ovens, a gatehouse, granary and barracks were found from the second phase of occupation. It is situated north of Coventry Road, Baginton.
