1 An early 17th century coaching inn. Inscribed 1613 above the door of the old brew house. Marked on the map of 1675 by Ogilvy as a coaching ...
Sunrising House, a Post Medieval coaching inn. It is situated on Sunrising Hill in Tysoe parish.
This map (by James Fish, dated 1691) outlines the lands owned by the Greville family in Cesters Over, located in the parish of Monks Kirkby, Warwickshire. The map indicates the ...
I married Ken Ashford on 23rd December 1939. He was a Coventry kid. We met at my Grandmother’s house. I moved to Coventry where we lived with Ken’s father and ...
1 The possible extent of the Medieval settlement based on the 1st edition 6″ map of 1884, 57NW.
2 Listed in Domesday under Gloucestershire. The Phillimore edition has a grid reference ...
The extent of the Medieval settlement of Sutton-under-Brailes is suggested by documentary evidence.
1 Lay within the topsoil at a depth fo approximatley 0.20m
Sword found at Tachbrook Court.
Built around 1777, this was a four storey brick tower mill with four common sails and two pairs of stones. In about 1886, it was fitted with new gearing, sails, steam ...
This extraordinary contraption appears to be a portable photographic darkroom belonging to James Green (on the left). At the time he lived at Goodrick Street in Birmingham and later moved ...
Verity Fincher wrote down reminiscences of her childhood holidays. Her recollections of the Hollands Pleasure Gardens and taking the Steamer up the river offer an insight into childhood in Bidford in the ...
Local manufacturer the Rootes Group owned some of the outstanding names in British motor sport heritage, Sunbeam and Talbot in particular. Like most British manufactures Rootes and its successor, Chrysler ...
Meon Hill was said to have been caused by Old Nick himself: he was watching the construction of Evesham Abbey from Ilmington Hill when, in a fit of annoyance, he ...
Featuring extracts from the 1431 Household Account Book of Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, Archivist Amanda Williams explains how these extracts shed light on Richard’s famous prisoner, Joan of Arc, ...
Charlie wrote many letters home to his family. In this letter he talks wistfully of coming home. He died in action in November 1917.
The letter is performed by Kieron Attwood, ...
Find out how the residents and authorities of Leamington coped with an outbreak of cholera in the 19th century by viewing the video clip.
This article is part of a series ...
Curator of Natural Sciences, Jon Radley, introduces us to the county’s Jurassic past through the story of particular dinosaur, Cruxicheiros, who roamed the shallow seas of southern Warwickshire around 170 ...
This article is part of a series of online Show and Tells first created by Warwickshire County Record Office during the Covid 19 crisis in 2020 to help provide access to their collections whilst ...
It’s 1616. Shakespeare has died – and he’s coming home to be mourned. Now, as ever, you can’t take Stratford out of the man. For amongst neighbours, who is Shakespeare ...
The Tame Valley Wetlands is a landscape partnership scheme, led by Warwickshire Wildlife Trust and supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund and a partnership of local and national organisations. Our vision is to create a wetland landscape, rich in wildlife and accessible to all.
