1…was not far from the station and on or near the site of one of Mr Wakefields houses. I could trace a moat at one of these places 40 ...
Wakefield House, a timber framed building that was built during the Post Medieval period. It is situated 150m north east of Water Orton Railway Station.
1 Two wall footings correspond to the northern and southern line of a series of cottages, shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map of 1887. A third wall ...
The remains of two walls were found during archaeological work on the High Street, Hillmorton. They probably date to the Post Medieval or Imperial periods. They may be the remains of cottages and an outbuilding that are shown on the OS map of 1887.
Walter’s wartime fighting experience was brief. It was merely months into the war, when he was taken prisoner on 9th September 1914 at Maubeuge, after the French surrendered. He had ...
We have seen in the previous article that Walter’s war experiences had seen him endure great hardship. Alas, that was not to improve. With the conditions in the camp, it ...
Walter and his wife Rhonda probably ran one of Warwick’s first fish and chip shops. In the Directories of Warwick from the 1910s and 20s, Walter is listed as a ...
1 Original house built in the 18th century by Sir John and his son Sir Charles Mordant. The present house incorporates most of the old masonry and was built ...
Walton Hall, a Post Medieval house built by Sir John and Sir Charles Mordant. The house was later modified by Sir George Gilbert Scott.
1 A large deciduous wood of 71ha. Wappenbury’s earthworks appear to be relatively simple. Much of the wood has a woodbank of Medieval type, although there are a number of ...
Wappenbury Wood, a Medieval (and probably earlier) managed woodland. The woodland comprises woodbanks and evidence of ancient coppicing.
This memorial commemorates former workers at the British Thomson-Houston factory who gave their lives during the two world wars. The inscription reads: ‘In Memory of the Men of the British ...
1 The war memorial in Pillerton Hersey. Stone cross surmounts tapering octagonal column. Column stands on square stone plinth. Whole stands on two-stepped stone base. Inscription and names carved into ...
War memorial in the centre of Pillerton Hersey, on the green.
We formed in 2000 and meet in Ward End Fire Station from 7pm to 9pm on the second Monday of each month, see the programme on our website. The Society currently has about 20 members. External speakers and members present a range of topics of local and general historical interest. On some evenings we bring items of interest. We organise a Summer outing and Christmas meal, at local venues.
Few battles in British history have left as indelible an impression on the popular imagination as the first major engagement of the English Civil War, fought at Edgehill, between Radway ...
Based in the village of Warmington, the group was established in 1997 to record and publish research into the local area. The group arranges talks and visits and an annual Open Archaeology Day at our on-going excavation site, where would-be archaeologists can find out about our discoveries.
This was a wooden post mill built in the early 17th century. It had an open trestle, four common sails, roof hipped and extension at tail, two pairs of stones, ...
