I used to paint with five other painters, and I’m the only one of the five left – the others passed away quite some time ago. They called us the ...
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The Palace Cinema stood at the corner of Victoria Street and Queens Road. It was designed by R Pitcher architect and opened on December 10th 1928. The cinema was damaged ...
1 Handaxe of flint, lower Palaeolithic, Priory Park, previously held by Borough School and transferred 1970. In good condition and complete; length 87 mm, width 55 mm max and 5 ...
Findspot - a Palaeolithic stone handaxe was found in Priory Park, Warwick.
1 A Palaeolithic axe found at Bilton is now in Rugby Library.
2 Drawing of the handaxe.
Findspot - a Palaeolithic handaxe was found in the area of Bilton.
Even in 1885 the subjects of pantomimes were similar to today. The Theatre Royal, Leamington, saw a version of Robin Hood performed. Some of the characters are familiar; we have ...
The review and performance may have been written 160 years ago, many of the stylistic presentations of the story may have altered but, ultimately, what actually changes in 160 years?
Mrs Delany was born Mary Granville in Coulston, Wiltshire, in 1700. At the age of 17, she was married off to the nearly 60 year old Alexander Pendarves, a wealthy ...
Taxation like death is one of life’s certainties. As one would expect, Warwickshire County Record Office has numerous tax records within our holdings from copies of the earliest subsidy rolls ...
1 Apsidal chancel, nave, N and S aisles, and W tower. The tower is an unusual example of a rebuilding in the 15th century on older foundations with the re-use ...
The Parish Church of All Saints dating to the Medieval period. The church was largely rebuilt in the Post Medieval period. The church is located 300m north west of Honington.
1 The parish church of St Leonard was originally part of the Priory (PRN 2609), but it is probable that this part was always assigned to the parishioners and that ...
The Parish Church of St Leonard was built during the Medieval period. It was originally part of Wroxall Priory church but may always have been used by parishoners rather than by the nuns. The church is situated 600m south west of Wroxall.
1 On the 1886 OS map a building at this grid reference is labelled as “Presbytery”.
2 Also referred to as “Presbytery” on the 1905 OS map.
3 On the 1968 OS ...
Park Cottage which was built during the Imperial period. The Ordnance Survey map of 1905 suggests that this may once have been a priests house associated with the chapel at Newnham Paddox. The cottage is situated west of Newnham Paddox Park.
One of the best-known features of the little church of St Milburga in the scattered hamlet of Wixford near Alcester, is the enormous yew tree outside the south porch. In ...
The state of the weather has always been a crucial consideration for farmers, preoccupied as they are with crop yields and livestock husbandry. Both the length and the content of ...
As we look forward to Christmas celebrations this year, it’s maybe worth looking back on previous years’ celebrations. For no other reason than it allows me to make a bad ...
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