People are broadly aware of the historic criminalisation of male homosexual activity – cases of certain famous individuals like Oscar Wilde and Alan Turing spring to mind. Until the Sexual ...
In part one, we learnt that Samuel Butler and Harry Sidwell had a sexual encounter in 1888. It was a time when homosexuality was illegal, and these two men were caught ...
Sharon (and others) are looking for a pike to create a heritage recipe.
Geraldine has a question about what happened to some plaques once Grandborough School closed.
Patricia would like some help identifying a church.
I’ve always been interested in why streets have certain names, yet my interest hasn’t been the etymological background to names, nor even the history of streets that have existed in ...
In Anglo-Saxon times (broadly 410 AD to 1066 AD), what we know as ‘Warwickshire’ was gradually taking shape. Over a thousand years ago, our county would have looked very different. ...
1 Described as a ‘Moat’ on the OS map this represents a manor-house or castle probably built by Reginald Mohun, lord of the manor, 1204-13.
2 An approximate square enclosing an ...
Whichford Castle Moat, a wide ditch surrounding a building, which dates to the Medieval period. It is probably of a later date than the inner building of which traces survive. It is visible as an earthwork, and is situated 200m west of the church at Whichford.
1 Wesleyan chapel built of red brick and dating from 1816.
2 The chapel was deconsecrated c1950 and in 1983 was up for sale with planning consent for conversion into a ...
Whichford Methodist Chapel which was built during the Imperial period. It is situated on the road between Whichford and Ascott.
