1 No 52 Bath Street. The Royal Assembly Rooms were erected. The upper part consisted of a luxurious ballroom and the lower rooms were fitted up as a ...
A Civic Centre, that comprised a dance hall, was built in the Imperial period and has been used for various purposes including a Music Hall. By 1873 it was used as the reference library and in 1979 the lower floor housed a supermarket. It is situated on Bath Street.
The massacre at St Peter’s Field, Manchester, occurred on 16th August 1819, at a meeting of 60,000 people gathered to hear the orator Henry Hunt talk on electoral reform. The meeting ...
On the A45 Fletchamstead Highway in Coventry is the Phantom Coach pub – one of my grandfather’s drinking places back in the 1930s. Curious as to how it got its ...
The A45 London Road passes through Ryton on Dunsmore and past Knightlow Hill, where the ancient Wroth Silver ceremony takes place each St Martin’s Eve. There is, however, a phenomena ...
In January 2016 Leek Wootton History Group received an email from a book and photograph dealer that read:
I have recently acquired an album of photographs with a dedication in the ...
My grandfather Henry Robbins, 1863-1950 lived in Bishops Itchington all of his life. Following his marriage to my grandmother Amy Hemmings in 1891, they lived in the old mansion buildings. ...
The Plough and Harrow was built as a timber frame building in the 17th century. It became a Grade II listed building on 23rd January 1987.
The public house was refurbished ...
I was born February 25th 1937 at 2, The Common, Polesworth, which was also the birthplace of my dad Ernie. The house is still there, over the road from the ...
Were you there, when on May 30th 1982 Pope John Paul II visited Baginton Airfield in Warwickshire? Many were, and this was certainly an event like no other.
Clearly the visit ...
In the early 1970s a new department was set up within the service department for press cars. We worked under Mike Brooks, who was also with Austin-Morris Press Cars in ...
In 1932, Brailes Primitive Methodist Chapel became part of the Banbury Circuit of the Methodist Church. In Lower Brailes, the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel also became part of the Methodist Church ...
It has been a very theatre-friendly year, what with the 400 year anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, and having discovered this treasure at the Warwickshire County Record Office I thought it would be ...
In the first part of this article I discussed the history of the Prince of Wales theatre, Nuneaton, from its opening night to its demolition. Now we shall have a ...
1 2 The Priory gardens, Priory Terrace, Leamington Spa.
Town garden with steps from house to riverside garden. Terrace, lawns, shrubberies.
House and gardens demolished 1870 and new Post Office built on ...
Town house with steps down to riverside garden with terrace, lawns and shrubs. House and garden demoilshed 1870.
A.W.N. (Augustus Welby Northmore) Pugin (1812-1852) was a famous English architect, most recognised for his signature Gothic style. In 1834, Pugin converted to Roman Catholicism, and this was reflected in ...
On this day, Warwick had shined its shoes and brushed itself down to welcome Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother as she came to open the completed Shire Hall ...
The story of R101 is one of the great disasters in British aviation history. A flagship for Britain’s airship programme, intended to make the Empire more accessible, the ship met ...
The Falconer’s Quest is the latest attraction at Warwick Castle. The tagline, “join Warwick’s Falconer on an epic quest of discovery to find the finest Birds in all the land,” ...
The loss of the old church
Between 1888 and 1890 the parishioners of Bedworth undertook a colossal task, to rebuild their parish church. The previous building had been completed in 1606, ...
Unlike the County Gaol and the House of Correction which adjoined it, as well as St. Mary’s Church nearby, the Shire Hall suffered little damage in the Warwick great fire ...
Chalk horses carved into hill sides, whether they are ancient like the one at Uffington or more modern, like some others in the locality. However, there was a red horse ...
1 One of a group of villa gardens consisting of pleasure grounds, walks and mixed planting. Recommended for inclusion on Local List.
2 OS 1:10560 1886 Sht Warks 44NE shows garden ...
A villa garden created in the Imperial period and associated with The Red House (previously called the Vicarage). The garden is marked on the Ordnance Survey maps of 1886 and of 1938, but with a slightly different area. The garden is situated 500m west of Tiddington on the Wellesbourne Road.
1 The present building which dates to the Imperial period is of brick, painted white, with original windows and tiled roof.
A photograph of the original building is uninformative as ...
The Red Lion, an inn dating to the Imperial period which originally had a thatched roof. The inn is situated on Bridge Street, Polesworth.
The Red Lion has recently been demolished, bringing to an end a staple of Wolston’s village centre. A Mr. T. Walton1 recounted his memories in the early 70s, and remembered ...
Herbert John Reeves was born in 1899, in Tamworth. Later moving to Kingsbury, where he worked at Kingsbury Colliery.
On 17th September 1914 at Brook Street in Birmingham, Herbert joined the ...
