The British Thomson-Houston (BTH) Company was founded in 1894 and production started at Rugby in 1900. The main factory buildings (on what used to be Glebe Farm) opened beside the railway ...
If you haven’t heard of the British Welcome Club in Leamington Spa, you wouldn’t be the only one. In fact, search the internet for British Welcome Clubs in general and ...
1 Site threatened by gravel extraction and excavated by CADAS from 1965-70. A Late Bronze Age cremation cemetery and enclosure were discovered, overlain by an Iron Age settlement (PRN 5510). ...
The remains of a Bronze Age cremation cemetery and an enclosure were found during an excavation. The remains were found 600m east of Bubbenhall.
1 Barrow. From the area many flints (Neolithic – PRN 4618).
2 Rather badly ploughed out. At above grid reference.
3 The mound was still visible, but under constant threat by ploughing. ...
The site of a Bronze Age (2600-600BC) round barrow, a mound usually constructed to cover a human burial. The barrow has been partially excavated but survives as an earthwork. It is situated 300m north of the junction of Hinckley Road and Gipsey Lane.
1 In cutting through some high ground to form the London-Birmingham railway in 1837 a burial place was found. A sepulchural urn ornamented with diagonal lines and three ‘drinking ...
Three Bronze Age burials are recorded as being found 600m north west of Brandon Castle. The burials may have been concealed within a round barrow.
1 An extensive evaluation was carried out by Warwickshire Museum in response to a proposal to extract gravel from this site. The surrounding area contains evidence of dense networks ...
Linear features, pit alignments and ditches uncovered during excavation. These may date from different periods, ranging from the Bronze Age to the Roman period. The large site is situated to the west side of Lawford Heath, Rugby.
4 Seceders from the Presbyterian society built a chapel here in 1758. It was enlarged in 1798 and further enlarged to the front and heightened in 1826 to the designs ...
Brook Street Congregational Church, Warwick, was a Nonconformist chapel built in the Imperial period. It was closed for worship in 1981, and has been converted to offices.
1 In Rous’ list there was a Poor Law dispute in 1663. The earthworks are clear, including some fishponds (PRN 1176). A mill is also recorded (PRN 1175).
2 Excellent archaeology ...
The Medieval deserted settlement of Brookhampton. The remains are visible as earthworks, which particularly reveal the foundations of the houses. The village is also known from documentary evidence. It was located north of Butlers Marston.
1 There were four mills in the manor of Bidford in 1086. A watermill at Broom is recorded in 1363 and 1594. Details of ownership exist for the mid 19th ...
The site of Broom Mill, a watermill for which there is documentary evidence from the Medieval period. The machinery has been rehoused in modern buildings. The site, now under housing, was at the west side of Broom.
