Churchwardens are lay officials who have been in charge of the routine running and maintenance of parish churches in perpetuity. Their records account for income and expenditure and there are some ...
1 The ancient steps of the churchyard cross are surmounted by a round shaft and an 18th century sundial.
2 Situated SE from S porch. Square socket stone ...
A Medieval cross. The steps and socket stone are probably original, with a column square sundial and ball finial which are 17th or 18th century. It stands in the churchyard of St Peter's Church, Coughton.
1 Very little remains. Would appear to have been a square socket stone, but impossible to state with any degree of certainty details of shaft. The whole ...
The remains of a Medieval cross. Only the socket stone and a small part of the shaft survive. It is situated in the churchyard of St Lawrence's Church, Lighthorne.
Tombstones are not a permanent record; they become worn with the weather and pollution, vandalised and removed for the landscaping of the churchyards and for ease of maintenance. Time, therefore, ...
Cicely (pronounced Size-ly) Lucas’s story is the fascinating record of a woman who overcame a troubled childhood, stood up for women’s rights, and achieved her ambition to become a teacher ...
Cicely was now safe with her brother, but all her money was in France and she couldn’t access it. The answer was to find teaching work again and soon Cicely ...
Cicely Lucas was, by this time, a fierce and outspoken suffragette, taking part in marches and attending meetings. As she ‘possessed the schoolmistress’s voice, a carrying rather than a shouting ...
The document taking the spotlight this month is quite unique and particularly fascinating. It is a coded letter written by Lord Feilding of Newnham Paddox, alongside the cipher with which ...
During the war the pupils had to go over the Ladder Bridge to Shrubland Street for cookery and woodwork.
All railings were removed to be melted down for ammunitions. Some householders ...
1 2 Clarendon Crescent gardens, Clarendon Crescent, Leamington Spa.
Lovie reports that the 9 villas arranged in a semi-circle have segment-shaped gardens running down to a communal space known as ...
9 segment-shaped gardens running down to a communal grassy area planted with trees (the Dell).Recommended for inclusion on Local List by Lovie.
1 2 Clarendon Square gardens, Clarendon Square, Leamington Spa.
Lovie states that the square was laid out in 1825 with paths and shrubberies and mixed planting. Lovie reports that some trees ...
Square gardens with walks, mixed planting, shrubberies and trees.Recommended for inclusion on Local List by Lovie.
Although the fall of the Roman Empire was centuries ago, its cultural legacy has always provided inspiration for politicians, philosophers, historians, artists, architects, poets, and romantics. Despite the Saxon origins ...
The smithy at Claverdon is a grade II listed building dating from the late 17th century. It was still in use as a smithy during the 20th century. The building ...
