Bonfire Night is one custom that has featured consistently over the centuries since the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. On occasion a focus for religious tension, and waxing and waning in ...
The bear has now been moved to his new place at the entrance to the museum, so that he can welcome all our visitors.
The first Original Levi Store in the UK opened at 51 the Parade (now the Vodaphone shop) Leamington in 1987. I was 17 at the time and had a Saturday ...
The said William Dilke hath been pleased to forbear any further Prosecution, upon his being become bound not to offend in ye like manner for ye future.
The bond dates from ...
1 Fishpond shown.
2 The fishpond is now under modern housing.
The site of a fishpond, used for the breeding and storage of fish. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886, but is of unknown date. It now lies under housing 100m northeast of the church of St Mark, Bilton.
1 The landscaping of the Hall (PRN 6196) included a rectangular fishpond, with a V-shaped feeder running down the hill side.
2 Plan.
A Post Medieval fishpond, used for the breeding and storage of fish. It is visible as an earthwork, and is situated on the east side of Fenny Compton.
1 There is a waterfilled pond on the E side of the deserted settlement. Earthworks on the N and W side of the pond may suggest that it was once ...
A fishpond used for the breeding and storage of fish which dates from the Medieval/Post Medieval period. It is visible as an earthwork and is situated to the west of Watergall Bridge.
1 Pond marked.
2 This was restored in the 20th century and is now used for breeding carp. The weir to the fishpond is original.
3 Photographed in 1977.
A fishpond that originally dated from the Medieval period and survives as an earthwork. It would have been used for the breeding and storage of fish. The fishpond is situated 700m north west of Monwode Lea.
1 A pond marked.
2 The fishpond is thought to be of Post Medieval date.
A fishpond, used for the breeding and storage of fish, which dates to the Post Medieval period. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886 and is visible as an earthwork. It is situated at Icehouse Spinney, Churchover.
1 The pond to the east of the road at the north end of Barford Bridge is shown on maps of 1729 and 1785.
2 Map of 1729.
3 Map of 1785.
4 ...
A Post Medieval fishpond, used for the breeding and storage of fish. It is marked on several eighteenth century maps. It survives as a pond and is situated 200m north of Barford Bridge.
1 Fishpond marked.
2 S of Butlers Marston Rectory. Dog-leg shaped. The main part is about 60m x 15m, is rectangular and runs roughly N-S. A sluice in the W bank ...
A Medieval fishpond, used for the breeding and storage of fish, and marked on an estate map of 1732. It survives as an earthwork, and is situated 200m south of the church at Butlers Marston.
1 A fishpond complex centred at the above grid reference.
3 1976: An exploratory excavation confirmed the existence of a moat under one of the ponds (PRN 5305).
Medieval fishponds used for the breeding and storage of fish. They are visible as earthworks and part excavation has shown that a moat lies beneath one of the ponds. They are situated 100m north east of the church at Ilmington.
1 Remains of a major fishpond complex associated with a moated site (PRN 3318).
3 Remains consist of three fishponds separated by a 0.6m bank. One of these is flooded and ...
A Medieval bank and fishponds, used for the breeding and storage of fish. They are visible as earthworks, and are situated on the west side of Draycote.
1 At the foot of the natural slope to the N of the castle lies a fishpond, almost certainly associated with a castle.
2 The fishponds have been surveyed.
4 The upper ...
Fishponds, used for the breeding and storage of fish, which date to the Medieval period, and would have been associated with Beaudesert castle. They are still visible as earthworks and are situated 100m north of the Mount, at Henley in Arden.
1 Three fishponds marked.
2 Photograph.
3 An archaeological evaluation including documentary research and ground investigation was undertaken prior to housing development. The fishponds probably belonged to the manor of Brownsover. ...
The site of a Medieval or Post Medieval bank and three fishponds, used for the breeding and storage of fish. They are marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1926. They are situated 100m west of Blaeberry Street, Brownsover.
1 Fishponds marked.
2 Fishponds marked.
3 The area centred in the above grid reference contains a series of three fishponds on the hillslope just above the river. Presumably they belonged to ...
Three fishponds, used for breeding and storing fish, are visible as earthworks. They date back to at least the Imperial period. The fishponds are situated 300m south east of Baginton Castle.
1 Two fishponds marked.
2 Situated in a small steep-sided valley to the SW of the church. One of these ponds (SP3355) is now silted up and marshy. The other (SP3356) ...
Medieval/Post Medieval fishponds, used for the breeding and storage of fish. They are still visible as earthworks and are situated 200m west of the church at Lighthorne.
1 It is probable that these fishponds can be associated with Combe Abbey in its early stages.
2 Beighton shows them on his map from 1725 so they definately predate “The ...
A Medieval/Post Medieval fishpond used for the breeding and storage of fish, for which there is documentary evidence. It survives as an earthwork, and part excavation has uncovered pits and building debris. It is situated at the north east end of Coombe Abbey Park.
1 The ponds to the north of the moat, published as fishponds, are duckponds of a later period of construction.
2 The owner suggests that these were small Medieval ...
Possible fishponds, used for breeding and storaging fish, of Medieval date, survive as earthworks. They are situated 100m north east of Whitacre Hall, Nether Whitacre.
1 Five 3 foot tall concrete roadblock cylinders, on a now disused stretch of the road from Rugby to Lutterworth. This was the site of a roadblock. A ...
Five 3 foot tall road block cylinders, forming a Second World War tank trap. They are situated on a disused stretch of the road from Rugby to Lutterworth.
John Bland is a member of the Our Warwickshire Steering Group and Chairman of the Warwickshire Local History Society.
Workhaus is a museum exhibition fitting company; they started up in 2001 and are based near Leeds. They had heard the name Redman Design for years, knew of them as ...
Specialising in Archaeology, Sara has worked for the museum for 17 years and now manages all of the collections relating to Human History, from the earliest archaeological evidence showing the presence of hominids through to the present day.
1 Late 17th century brick and stone dressings of H-shape and two storeys. Tall narrow windows of brick with wooden casement frames. Hipped, old tile roof. The ...
Flander's Hall, a house built of brick with stone dressings which was constructed during the Post Medieval period. It is situated 1km west of Foul End.
