Jimmy Edwards was born February 5th 1895, the only son of Tom Edwards, Blacksmith of Bishop’s Itchington. Tom and his wife Elizabeth had four girls before they had young Jimmy. Jim ...
(Continued from part two)
When the war broke out in 1914, Jim was in a reserved job, farm worker, at first (he wore an armband to show that the was in ...
To people who don’t know me, they probably see a fairly ordinary 20-something woman. I doubt that they see a hardened sword-wielding Anglo-Saxon, a crackshot Scythian archer, or a competitive ...
Drama! Excitement! Derring-do!
We take air travel pretty much for-granted nowadays, but it’s not so long since the exploits of magnificent men in their flying machines could capture the public’s imagination. ...
This famous Hospital was founded by Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, a favourite of Queen Elizabeth the First (who gave him Kenilworth Castle). The magnificent buildings were in fact not ...
The manor of Pillerton Priors, sometimes called “Over Pillerton,” has been a recognisable unit of landholding for nearly a millennium. Its story reflects the wider changes in English society – ...
1 `The Lunt’ is an almost vertical wooded escarpment above the River Sowe. An ideal location for a Roman fort. In 1960-1 an excavation on the E and W slopes ...
The Lunt, a fort that was rebuilt several times throughout the Roman period. A section of the defences, the barracks and a granary have been found from the earliest phase of fort during archaeological excavations. The Roman fort is situated north of Coventry Road, Baginton.
1 Excavation in 1966-7 indicated a second period of occupation within the late Neronian-early Flavian period (cAD 60-79). Period 2 is c70-90. Evidence was found for the W, E and ...
The Lunt, a fort that was rebuilt several times throughout the Roman period. During an excavation the remains of the defences, ovens, a gatehouse, granary and barracks were found from the second phase of occupation. It is situated north of Coventry Road, Baginton.
2 Excavation in 1968-71 demonstrated a Period 3 at the fort dating to cAD70-74. Proven structural evidence is confined to a twin-ditch system and a twin-portalled gateway at the S. ...
The Lunt, a fort that was rebuilt several times throughout the Roman period. During an excavation the remains of defensive ramparts, a gatehouse and other buildings were found from the third phase of the fort's occupation. It is situated north of Coventry Road, Baginton.
3 Excavation after 1971 revealed a further Period, Period 4, which consisted of a ditched fort on a similar alignment but slightly larger than that of Period 2. A coin ...
The Lunt, a fort that was rebuilt several times throughout the Roman period. During an excavation the remains of defensive ramparts from the fourth phase of the fort's occupation were found. It is situated north of Coventry Road, Baginton.
There are quite a few months to go before the glittering and glamorous ball season begins in Vienna. A city famous for its art, architecture and music, Vienna lays claim ...
Amongst the varied trees of Priory Park, Warwick, there is a particular species that greatly interests me as someone with a vested interest in our ancient geological past. This is ...
1 The Malthouse, 17th century, of stone.
2 This is a 17th century stone building in Mill Street. It is two storeyed with five windows. The four centered arched, ...
A malt house which was built during the Post Medieval period. It is now a domestic dwelling. It is situated in Mill Street, Warwick.
1 Probably late 17th century but may embody earlier fabric, an irregular 2 storey house in stone with dressed angles and stone surrounds on windows. Older core to the ...
The Manor House, a stone house that was built during the Post Medieval period. One of the doorways dates to the Imperial period. The house is located in Butlers Marston.
1 This is not the original Manor House (see WA 3133) but a fine building of the 16th century to 17th century, altered in early 19th century. Of two storeys, ...
The site of a manor house dating to the Medieval or Post Medieval period with later alterations. It is situated at Church Hill, Stretton on Dunsmore.
1 Farmhouse. Early/mid 18th century, probably with earlier origins, with early/mid 19th century alterations. Flemish bond brick with limestone string course and rusticated alternating quoins; return sides have brick dentil ...
The Manor House, a farmhouse which was built during the Imperial period. It is situated 100m south west of the church at Willoughby.
The Manor of Hunningham has a history going back a thousand years. This characteristic makes it of great historical and scientific interest in the context of studies on the history ...
1 Historical research indicates this area is one of medieval settlement. Place-name and cartographic evidence points to this land being in the ownership of the Nunnery of Nuneaton, sometime before ...
Historical research indicates this area is one of medieval settlement. Place-name and cartographic evidence points to this land being in the ownership of the Nunnery of Nuneaton, sometime before 1592. Additional research indicates the changing 17th century settlement at Galley Common.
The Jurassic rocks of southern and eastern Warwickshire have yielded many fossils over the last two hundred years, including the skeletons of ichthyosaurs – dolphin-like ‘fish-lizards’ made famous by Mary ...
On browsing through the minutes of the Coventry & District Master Bakers Association, which are kept in the City Archives, I found many interesting items relating to the bakery trade ...
A number of accounts of Warwickshire folklore include tales of a strange booming sound heard in the vicinity of the village of Mickleton. The source of this noise was reputed ...
Does anyone else remember looking over the Mill Suspension Bridge at all the money that had been thrown on to the steps of the weir below?
A pre-decimal practice
This was in ...
After reading the article Hillmorton in the 1880s, I thought I’d share what I have found out by using the censuses – a real trip back in time ! I’ve ...
(continued from part one)
The trial of James Hayward for the murder of Ann Tennant was held three months after the inquest, at Warwick Crown Court on Tuesday 14th and Wednesday ...
The Murder of Charles Pinchback and the subsequent bringing to justice of the two criminals who murdered him has been recorded in the Burial Register for the Parish of St ...
