Our aim will be to integrate urban growth into our natural habitat in a way that is sustainable to our natural ecosystems.
Many of us indulge in an alcoholic beverage or two over the festive period (and beyond!), but this curious document, discovered in the Greswold family of Malvern Hall collection at ...
1 Cuttle mill (disused). Building and millponds shown.
2 Elevation of the mill in 1763 showing a timber framed building.
3 Little is known of the history of the mill, although ...
Cuttle Mill, a watermill and associated mill ponds and buildings dating from the Post Medieval period. It is situated at Cuttle Mill Farm.
Frances Evelyn “Daisy” Greville, Countess of Warwick (1861-1938), was perhaps most famous for her socialist views, her political dabblings, and her affair with the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII), ...
1 A probable mill-bay. Up to 2.3m high on both sides with roughly squared blocks visible where the dam has been breached.
2 Fishpond marked on a map of 1845.
3 The ...
The remains of a dam associated with a probable mill pond. The dam and the pond survive as earthworks. They date to the Medieval/Post Medieval period and are situated 350m south west of Fox Covert, Leek Wootton.
1 2 Danby Cottage (Denby Cottage/Villa), Leamington Spa.
Lovie reports that originally this was a Gothic villa with extensive gardens, trees, walks, lawns and shrubberies.
Demolished and site developed as Town Hall, ...
Villa garden with lawns, trees, shrubbery and walks. Demolished and site redeveloped in 19th century.
There have always been memorable shows and dances to entertain the people of Southam, and some residents have had their reminiscences recorded by Southam Heritage Collection.
The Sparklets
Doreen Smith remembered that her ...
I enjoy all types of dancing, including quickstep, bopping, foxtrot, tango, however my favourite was always waltz. I had dancing lessons from young age, with Silvia Atkinson who taught ballroom ...
For a small village, Church Lawford certainly had its fair share of clock makers, of which Daniel Dalton was one. There is an intriguing record that may explain how the ...
The windmill was built on Hill Farm in Danzey Green, near Tanworth in Arden in about 1830 by Robert Summers a millwright. The Midland type brick round house was to ...
There’s something irresistibly intriguing about old paths and highways that were once well trodden but are now more often than not forgotten or overgrown. Across the years, they’ve attracted the ...
1 House with late 17th century/ early 18th century forecourt walls and corner pavilions, similar to those at Arlescote. House Grade II* Listed, pavilions and forecourt walls Grade II Listed.
Recommended ...
Dassett Field Farmhouse, a Post Medieval house with forecourt walls and corner pavilions.
1 The figures in the Lay Subsidy returns of 1327 and 1332 suggest that Southend was more than half as large again as any of the other hamlets in ...
The Medieval deserted settlement of Dassett Southend. In some areas the remains of the settlement are visible as earthworks and there is good documentary evidence for the settlement. The site is located between Temple Herdewyke and Little Dassett.
