(Continued from part three)
Life came back to normal in the village after the war. But men who had seen Gay Paree found it hard to settle down. Bishop’s never had a ...
(Continued from part four)
In 1939 came the second world war. Jimmy was very busy taking workers to AP (Lockeed), Flavel’s, Tachbrook Aero, Ford’s and other factories. One day, two gunners came ...
1 The original almshouses were in High Street but were pulled down to make way for the Town Hall (WA 3625).
2 The present ones were built in 1885 and consist ...
Elborough Almshouses, houses built for poor people to live in during the Imperial period. They are situated on St. John Street, Rugby. Earlier spelling Elborow(e)
1 Electrical engineering works marked on the second edition Ordnance Survey Map. The site expanded north of the River Avon in the 1930s.
2 Site visit undertaken 19 Feb 2007 ...
The site of an electrical engineering works dating to the Imperial period. It is marked on the second edition Ordnance Survey map. The site is bounded by Leicester Road, Boughton Road, Mill Road and the railway line.
1 Probably an early Tudor house. It has a large external chimney at the rear, now rendered, and a wide open hearth. The house was previously an Inn. ...
A house dating from the Post Medieval period which was once an Inn known as the 'Elephant and Castle'. There was a timber framed barn also dating from the Post Medieval period, but this collapsed around the year 1914. It is situated 500m north west of Rowington church.
Wanting something to pass the hours during this time? Try solving some of our jigsaw puzzles of photos on our website. We used Jigsaw Explorer to create these puzzles, and hope you ...
Elephant Wash
The wonderful picture of elephants outside Woolworths in Nuneaton (on the home page of ‘Our Warwickshire’) reminds me of the connection between Leamington and elephants. Did you know that ...
When we are honoured by a Royal visit nowadays, we await with confidence a punctual arrival by helicopter or Rolls Royce, and there is often a great deal of preparation ...
You may have read about the Countess of Warwick’s artistic maids, but during the project to catalogue the Greville Family of Warwick Castle collection, we discovered a new servant story. ...
After searching for a servant to teach Scottish Gaelic to Lady Eva Greville (1860-1940), Ella Urquhart was now safely in the Countess of Warwick’s employ, Ella started her working life ...
In recent decades, the focus of archivists and conservators has moved beyond the text alone and we have begun to realise the importance and historical value of the book as ...
1 Emscote was not the same as the present suburb of the same name. It is in Rous and Dugdale as depopulated. It stood near the Avon at the above ...
The site of the deserted settlement of Emscote which dates to the Medieval period. Documentary evidence from 1730 states that it was depopulated at that time and only the manor house remained. It was located 600m south of Brookhurst Primary School.
1 This site has previously been described as a Neolithic henge (see WA 4652). Excavation between 1980-85 found no evidence to support this view. However an alternative interpretation ...
An enclosure of Neolithic or Iron Age date was found during an archaeological excavation. Its function is unknown. The site is located 500m south east of the church, Wasperton.
2 Three sides of a sub-rectilinear cropmark enclosure can be identified on air photographs.
The site of an undated enclosure which is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. It is located 950m south of Clifford Chambers.
1 Appears to be a small oval enclosure with entrances on the north and south sides.
2 Aerial photograph shows this feature. There is no obvious explanation for this feature which ...
A small enclosure of unknown date is visible as a crop mark on aerial photographs. It is situated 100m south of Maxtoke Lane, Coleshill.
1 Part of a possible double ditched enclosure is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. It is of unknown date and is located to the south of ...
Part of a possible double ditched enclosure is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. The enclosure is of unknown date. It is located to the south of Meon Hill Iron Age hillfort.
2 Complex of undated linear features and enclosures show on aerial photographs. The irregular nature of many of the marks indicates that much of the complex is geological rather than ...
A series of enclosures and linear features are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. The features may be of archaeological origin but are of unknown date. They are situated 500m north east of Priors Hardwick.
1 Two sub circular enclosures and linear features of unknown date. They are visible on an aerial photograph as cropmarks. The features are located to the south ...
Two sub circular enclosures and linear features are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. They are of unknown date and are situated to the south east of Snowford Bridge.
1 Engine Inn, Stoneleigh road, Mill End, Kenilworth.
Historic inn recorded on F. White and Co.’s database which shows it to be in existence in 1874. Situated on the south side ...
Historic inn situated on the south side of Stoneleigh road.
After his service in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment during World War One, Ernest returned to his work as a master printer and partner with his father in the family business, A. ...
In the early 20th century, Ernest Carl Maisey was a well-known and popular figure around Warwick and Leamington. He was born in Leamington Spa on 5 February 1879, the son ...
Community art and wellbeing in Stratford upon Avon and Nuneaton. Permanent exhibitions at Escape Arts and Heritage Centre in Stratford.
Violent conduct of runaways
The …Courier reports that on Sunday evening there was an “extraordinary and unprecedented occurrences at the Warwickshire Reformatory School for Boys at Weston under Wetherley, with 41 ...
