Mining the Seams is a collaborative project between Warwickshire County Record Office and Derbyshire Record Office.
This exhibition at Market Hall Museum is the culmination of four years’ work to make the Greville family archive, held at the County Record Office, more accessible. The exhibition combines ...
The Unlocking Collections project at Warwickshire Museum Service is funded by Arts Council England and runs until March 2025
1 This was opened in 1835, it was the first steam powered ribbon making factory, after other textile uses became a store for British Rail.
Adcocks Mill, a steam mill used for the manufacture of ribbon which was built during the Imperial period. It was located on Regent Street, Nuneaton.
1 17th century stone house with 18th century facade.
2 The hipped roofs are of Welsh slate. The south elevation has 3 storeys and some 8 sash windows – the ...
Admington Hall, a country house that was built during the Post Medieval period. It is located in Admington.
Born and raised in a farm in Winterborne, far away from the built-up areas in Warwickshire, we acquired the assistance of land-girls to help run our farm, which was needed ...
In October 1913, a ‘militant’ hunger-striking suffragette on release from Warwick Prison under the so-called ‘cat and mouse’ act was taken out from her temporary abode in a Leamington Nursing ...
(Continued from part one)
Prison life
On the night of Tuesday 1st July, Agnes Lake was re-arrested and was once again taken to Warwick Prison. She was forbidden to write to her ...
1 Air Raid Shelter situated on the south east side of Abbey Fields, beside Rosemary Hill. Bricked-up north east facing shelter entrance with brick walls, and a concrete roof ...
Bircked up air raid shelter on the south east side of Abbey Fields, besides Rosemary Hill, Kenilworth
An air raid shelter in Kenilworth – further details awaited.
An air raid shelter dating to the Second World war is situated in Kenilworth.
1 The shelter lies near the north-eastern coner of the Abbey Fields car park. The original access now brick blocked, was through the wall on the west side of ...
The site of a Second World War air raid shelter which was located on Bridge Street, Kenilworth.
Kate wants to know more about what's in her back garden.
1 An air raid shelter seen on aerial photographs to the east of the aircraft factory at Baginton Airfield was mapped as part of the English Heritage (EH) National Mapping ...
An air raid shelter can be seen on aerial photographs to the east of the aircraft factory at Baginton Airfield
1 An aircraft hangar surviving near New Farm, Kineton, in use in during the 1930s. Structurally sound, the hangar has a steel frame with 2 bays giving a ...
An aircraft hangar built in the 1930s and made by Boulton & Paul Ltd of Norwich. It has a steel frame with brick interior walls. There are two bays and four sliding doors. It is situated 1km north east of Kineton.
