As a child I lived in Rugby, and my sister and I loved our mother to take us to visit Southam Zoo.
When in work, until about ten years ago, Southam Quarry was a fantastic resource for geological investigations. The ‘Blue Lias’ clay and limestone layers were a rich source of fossils, ...
When Prince George of Cambridge was christened in a replica of a gown first used for a royal baby 172 years ago, it was a commemoration of eight generations of ...
When excavations for the Orbit Homes development in Southam started in 2013, strange foundations were discovered under the former Victor Hodges Home site. Orbit brought in a team of archaeologists ...
I was around 10 years old when, on one particular weekend, there was a church fete which I visited with a group of friends from the area. We looked round ...
The Middle Jurassic period, roughly 170 million years ago, saw a time when tropical waters made their mark on what is now central England. Shallow, clear seas spread over the ...
1 Southfield House garden, Horton crescent, Rugby.
Lovie reports pleasure grounds with formal area of coniferous planting to E. Large range of glass/conservatory. At time of this survey (1996/7) some good ...
Pleasure grounds; formal area of coniferous planting. Recommended for inclusion on Local List by Lovie.
Edward Hall Speight, Photographer
The Speights were a family of talented photographers. Edward Hall Speight (originally a Wesleyan schoolmaster) set up his photography business in Rugby around 1872. All of his ...
1 First recorded in 1258. The park was held with the manor of Spernall in 1328 and recurs in the manorial rolls of the C17, in 1640 being described as ...
Spernall Park, the site of a deer park dating from the Medieval to the Post Medieval period. Part of the park pale is visible as an earthwork. It is situated east of Shelfield.Recommended for inclusion on Local List by Lovie.
1 1195-1361 the village was largely depopulated by pestilence, so that many villein tenements came into the hands of freemen.
2 The village consists of the church (PRN 549) ...
The site of an area of shrunken village at Spernall dating from the Medieval to the Post Medieval period. The remains of the village are visible as earthworks. Medieval pottery has been found at the site during archaeological work.
The Spicer family were successful and well-known Warwickshire taxidermists during the 19th and early 20th centuries. The Warwickshire Museum collection includes many examples of their taxidermy, especially the work of ...
Most of this has been told to me by my Dad who lived in Stockton, and has been passed down via his parents, grandparents and other ancestors. My uncle (Mr. Syd ...
1 Spread Eagle Inn, Polesworth.
Historic inn recorded on Victuallers database which shows it was in existence by 1801. Situated in the High Street opposite the gateway to Polesworth Abbey, in ...
Historic inn opposite gate house to Polesworth Abbey.
Spring has come and with it the wonderful sight of bluebells in the ancient woodlands of Warwickshire. A few are in the path of HS2, but most will survive to ...
1A square cropmark feature, measuring 25m by 25m approx. is visible on several aerial photographs. Not observable on the ground.
2 Visible on AP.
A square cropmark feature, measuring 25m by 25m approx. is visible on several aerial photographs. Not observable on the ground.
