1 Canal basin marked on 1904 map.
A canal basin, an open area of water surrounded by wharves and warehouses, which was in use during the Imperial period. It was situated on St. Mary's Road, Leamington Spa, and is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1904.
1 The OS 25″ shows a small basin and two wharves close to Clapham Terrace bridge.
2 On the 6″ (1971) this appears merely as a small indentation in the canal ...
Documentary evidence suggests that a small canal basin and two canal wharves, where vessels would have loaded and unloaded goods, existed on the Grand Union Canal to the north west of Clapham Terrace, Leamington Spa. The features date from the Imperial period.
1 Canal lock houses marked on OS map of 1886.
The site of canal lock houses which were built during the Imperial period and which are marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. They were situated 100m south west of Butt Bridge.
1 Canal wharf marked on OS map of 1886.
The site of a canal wharf, where vessels would have loaded and unloaded goods during the Imperial period. It was situated east of Gainsborough Drive, Leamington Spa, and is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886.
You may not be aware that Warwick was visited on at least two occasions by one of the most famous painters of the 18th century. Giovanni Antonio Canal (1697-1768) was ...
To identify exactly what inspires great works of art is an impossible task. However, when presented with the ideal subject artists often flock to paint, draw or sculpt it.
Warwick Castle, ...
1 Existence of the canal caused the growth of a small industrial area at One Elm where a short canal arm was built parallel to the Birmingham Road. This ...
The site of a canal wharf, where vessels would have loaded and unloaded during the Imperial period. It was located between the canal and the eastern end of Western Road, and is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886.
I was intrigued by accounts of candle auctions in the Rugby Advertiser.
A candle auction at Leamington Hastings in 1912
Fourteen acres of winter keeping, the property of the Charity Trustees, was ...
1 Look out point with cannon. Six civil war cannon and one naval cannon.
Cannon Bank, the site of a Post Medieval battery, where several cannon were situated during the English Civil War. The remains of the battery are visible as an earthwork. The site is located at Upper Shuckburgh.
2016 sees the three hundredth anniversary of the birth of Capability Brown (CB300).
He was baptised on 30 August 1716 at Kirkharle, Northumberland, the son of a yeoman farmer and a ...
A previous article has described the former Warwick Prison on Cape Road, with a photograph of the Governor’s House that still survives. A little further down Cape Road, on the left just ...
From the 17th century up until the mid 19th century people were being hanged for stealing as little as 5 shillings in value, this law was later referred to as ...
Good Morning, I collect ocean liner ephemera and I have a few items with a Warwickshire interest which you may not be aware of or even interested about but I ...
A photographic exhibition of the journey from battlefield to hospital using Imperial War Museum and Southam Heritage Collection photographs, and a DVD of the Battle of the Somme.
Admission: Free
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Southam Heritage ...
In the 1970s I was able to spend 18 months in Port of Spain, Trinidad so that I could get to know my Trinidad relations. My family background had seen ...
1 Eight in situ graves were located clustered together in the east corner of the burial ground. The burials were all in coffins and the graves were aligned on the ...
During archeological work at Castle Hill Baptist Church eight burials were discovered. These burials date to the Post Medieval and Imperial periods.
Castle Hill placename.
1 A field adjacent to the holy well (WA 7390) was known locally as Castle Hill field.
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1 The earliest reference to mills attached to the castle is in 1150. These stood about 100m downstream from the present site and were totally destroyed by floods in the ...
Castle Mill, the site of several watermills dating from the Medieval to the Imperial period. The present building dates from the 18th century. The main waterwheel survives at the southern end of Mill Street, Warwick, but no machinery is left.
On the 9th March 1829 the inhabitants of Halford petitioned Parliament in protest at the plans for one of the most radically transformative constitutional measures of the 19th century, Catholic ...
Today, geological collecting at the Warwickshire Museum focuses upon specimens either from Warwickshire, or collectors with close links to the county. In the past however, the museum collected much more ...
The air raid shelter referred to on the historic record ‘may’ have been used by the Bedworth Central C.E. Junior School which was demolished in late 1960s / early 1970s ...
1 A savings hoard of Celtic gold coins or staters has been found near Bedworth. 11 coins were recovered all issued by the Corieltauvi, they range in date from c50 ...
Findspot - a coin hoard of Iron Age gold coins or staters was found in Bedworth.
The exhibition tells the story of lime and cement production and its impact on the town and surrounding villages. Production was based around a number of quarries and works all ...
1 The Cesters Over corn mill on the River Swift is doubtless the successor to the mill attached to the manor in 1086. Both a watermill and windmill belonged to ...
The site of Cesters Over Mill, a corn mill that dates back to the Medieval period. It continued in use until the 1930s. The ruins of the building are still visible. The mill was situated 300m west of Ryehill Spinney.
