From 26th July until 2nd August 1979 there was an international scout jamboree in Priory Park in Warwick. I was in Newbold-on-Stour Sea Scouts at the time. The name of ...
Greetings from the Warwickshire half of the Mining the Seams project team! Katie and Beck have just finished their first few weeks on the project. Here are their experiences so far,
1 Temple, along the terrace walk. Portico of four columns.
2 c1750, probably designed by Sanderson Miller and built by William Hiorns for William Holbech. Limestone ashlar and imitation ashlar render. ...
An Ionic Temple, a structure associated with the landscape park at Farnborough Hall. It was built at the beginning of the Imperial period.
1 Archaeological evaluation undertaken by Warwickshire Museum. Excavation of trench 5 revealed a steep-sided, V-shaped ditch, about 7m deep, aligned roughly E-W. The ditch had also been re-cut on its ...
Two ditches and a fragment of pottery, dating to the Iron Age, were discovered during an excavation. Two post holes were found which may also date to the Iron Age. The ditches may represent a boundary feature. The site is located 200m north of Wellesbourne church.
1 At an elevation of 194m on the flat top of a hill conspicuous for miles around. Originally the hill was encircled by a double line of defences. In 1906 ...
An Iron Age hillfort on Meon Hill, the remains of which are visible as earthworks. Excavation and site surveys have recorded the layout of the ramparts and internal features as well as producing a variety of finds.
1 An Iron Age Pit, dated by a single sherd of pottery, was recorded during evaluation at Tiddington Fields, Tiddington. It could represent the proximity of an occupation site dating ...
An Iron Age Pit, dated by a single sherd of pottery, was recorded during evaluation at Tiddington Fields, Tiddington.
1 An enclosure, trackway and a potential semi-circular feature are evident on aerial photographs.
2 These features were investigated during evaluation ahead of construction of a football pitch at Bilton High ...
A trackway and enclosure, first seem on aerial photographs, was investigated as part of an archaeological evaluation; Iron Age pottery was recovered from the dithes of the features, suggesting occupation in the later part of the first millennium BC.
The Market Hall Museum displays include a large slab of ironstone, collected a good few years ago from the now disused Edge Hill quarries in the south of the county. ...
Located at approximately sp 343 628 this “imperial barn” though unexceptional is not typical of Warwickshire barns. It appears to be for animal use with a hay loft above and ...
We’re getting more and more excited here about our top 10 objects at the museum. Tomorrow (10th January), we’re starting the countdown on social media of the objects themselves, so keep an eye on our social media channels.
Recently, two marble topped tables were sold at Sotheby’s which originally came from the Warwick Castle collection. These were made by the Grimani family in Italy between 1600 and 1620 ...
Ivo Eagle was the stage name of a man who spent most of his life as a travelling performer, and was also a photographer in the 1920s. When he retired, ...
James Mansell inherited his business from his father and mother in 1862. He supplied fruit, seeds, plants and vegetables to the people of Warwick and to Warwick Castle. James sold ...
Early years
James Speight was born on 25th February 1879, the youngest son of Edward Hall Speight and Louisa Gulliver (m.1861). Edward Hall Speight was originally from Ambleside in Cumbria; he ...
James’ story continues with a series of letters he wrote to family and friends during his time on active service in the First World War. These letters were all returned ...
In 1883 James Styles opened a furnisher and ironmongers shop at 7 Smith Street. He sold furniture and metal goods, like nails and tools. This was not the first, or ...
James William Foxwell made, sold and repaired carriages and carts. Records show James’s business did work for Warwick Castle, with the Earl of Warwick even having his own account book. ...
The Mann Family ran an ironmongers in Warwick for several generations. Thomas Mann took over the shop from his mother, Elizabeth, in the middle of the Victorian period. It was ...
Interviewee: I remember seeing other big blockbusters at other cinemas. The Ritz particularly was the last one to close in Nuneaton, wasn’t it?
Interviewer 1: Yeah
Interviewee: I remember going to see Jaws ...
Interview with Paul Stanforth on the partnership with Jensen and Tony Marshall on what went wrong with the Jensen Healey.
Paul Stanforth was an apprentice mechanic and part of Healey Le ...
I remember as child travelling from Banbury to Jephson Gardens in about 1950 to see the famous illuminations. Each year’s illumination had a different theme, the theme for my visit ...
1 Public gardens, established 1836 as Newbold Gardens, laid out in 1846-48 and renamed after Dr Henry Jephson, 6ha. Site runs NE from Victoria Bridge to Willes Bridge, on N ...
Jephson Gardens, established as a public garden in the Imperial period, were first known as Newbold Gardens. They are now named after Dr. Henry Jephson. Garden features include pathways, a lake and ornamental trees. They are situtated in Leamington Spa.Review of Register entry recommended by Lovie with view to expanding it to include those other parks and designed urban landscapes which form the 19th century landscape setting of the Spa.
By the principle of utility is meant that principle which approves or disapproves of every action whatsoever, according to the tendency it appears to have to augment or diminish the ...
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Bentham’s first recorded visit was in late October 1789, when he intended to stay there for three days. A surviving letter to a member of the Vernon ...
Jessamine Victoria Bradley was born in Derby on 25th May 1897. She was the daughter of William Edge Bradley, a clerk for the Midland Railway, and Louise Violet Squirrell, who ...
