Our new Collection & Development Manager Richard Lewis has been with Heritage & Culture Warwickshire for nearly a month, so it's time to find out what he thinks, and where he's come from!
We are celebrating the bicentenary year of George Eliot’s birth! Join us to illuminate the places that made and inspired her. From rural life and places of poverty, to urban ...
1 School founded by Sir Francis Nethersole 1638, first built in 1655 and completely rebuilt in 1818. Built, chequered red and black bricks with stone dressings, of half H-shaped ...
A building constructed during the Imperial period as a school. It is built of red and black bricks that are arranged in a chequered pattern. The building is situated on the corner of Bridge Street and High Street in Polesworth.
An annual event in Warwick, Stratford upon Avon and some Warwickshire villages was ‘The Mop’ (Mop Fair) a fair which takes place in October and was originally a hiring fair, ...
1 A silver seal matrix with the central portion and handle missing weas discovered in a ploughed field c. 3 inches below ground near the Saltway Road in Alcester.
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In 1877, a Miss Cameron donated several items to the Warwickshire Natural History and Archaeological Society. We do not have any more information about her or who she was.
There were ...
1 An archaeological observation for new construction works in 1995 at the Health Centre, High Street, Bedworth discovered the remains of a Second World War air raid shelter.
The remains of a Second World War Air Raid Shelter at the Health Centre, High Street Bedworth.
1 Recording of the anti aircraft battery prior to conversion to stables. The site survey included recording the surviving features, entrance gateway, gun pits and visible earthworks. A photographic survey ...
The site of a Second World War anti aircraft battery, west of Beckfield Lodge Farm, Fillongley.
1 A Second World War ammunition store. The remains of the building are partially visible as a cropmark near Radway.
The site of a Second World War ammunition store. The outline of the building is partly visible as a cropmark. It is situated 250m north west of the church at Radway.
1 A gas pipeline was scheduled to cut a 24m swathe through a ‘triple ring ditch and henge monument’ at the above grid reference.
2 Excavation proved the features to be ...
The site of a Second World War searchlight battery. It was discovered during the excavation of a pipeline. It was situated 1km north west of Wellesbourne Wood, near Loxley.
The sketchbook containing these drawings1 is one of very few documents held at the Warwickshire County Record Office relating to George Francis Alexander Seymour, 7th Marquess of Hertford and Earl of ...
Angela is looking for help in tracking down servants.
1 Earthworks are reported by Ben Morton (2012) to be visible from the lane in the former orchard to the west of Manor Farmhouse, and are clearly visible on Google ...
Earthworks visible from road and on Google Earth probably part of the site of a medieval settlement
1 Undated settlement, consisting of a subrectangular enclosure and linear features, shows on aerial photographs.
2 In advance of the laying of a gas pipeline, a 20m wide section of the ...
The site of a settlement, possibly of Iron Age or Romano-British date. It is visible as a series of cropmarks on aerial photographs. The settlement is situated 800m north west of Newnham Hall.
I first arrived in the village of Princethorpe in the summer of 1954 as a seven year old. My Late father had just finished his career in the Royal Navy ...
Last February, the notion came into my head to research if any new information had come to light about the wartime Wellington bomber crash in Warwickshire in which “Cousin Reg,” ...
The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust is situated in the centre of Stratford-upon-Avon, the home town of William Shakespeare. The Shakespeare Centre on Henley Street is home to our library, archive and museum collections which have been designated as world class. As well as caring for the largest collection of Shakespeare related material in the UK, the Trust holds an extensive local history archive of the Stratford-upon-Avon and South Warwickshire areas, with records dating back to the 12th century.
After four years of the Transformation project, the Royal Shakespeare Theatre opened its doors once more in 2010 after substantial redevelopment. Much of the art deco detailing of Elisabeth Scott’s ...
Summer 2016 sees the return of one of the most important original documents relating to William Shakespeare to his home town, where it was written 400 years ago.
Working together with ...
