1 Large 19th century building in dark red brick with tile roof. Closed in early 1976, windows are now boarded up. At the rear is a large stable block dated ...
The Chetwynd Arms, an inn built in red brick with a tile roof with a stable block to the rear. It was built during the Imperial period and is situated on Market Street, Polesworth.
It was a joy to read Alan Griffin’s article about RAF Gaydon, thanks for writing about it. I have great childhood memories. My dad was stationed there ’63-’66. He worked ...
What else do I remember of the village school? There were high points and low points. A low point for me, as for Sue Shirley, was undoubtedly school dinners. These ...
Looking at this site has recalled so many memories of my childhood. My name is Greg Gardiner and the family lived in Norton Lindsey for a number of years. We ...
I lived my first three years of life at Birdingbury Hall when my Father’s Accountancy department of Herberts the machine tool factory in Coventry was moved here about 1941. I ...
Continuing the extracts from Julie Barnett’s record of her childhood (Warwickshire County Record Office CR 3913/1).
‘The most frightening moment in the war was being machine gunned by a German plane. ...
National Children’s Day is celebrated in May, and an appropriate topic with a Warwickshire link is this letter, which was sent by Mr. J. H. Long to the minister of ...
This ink well was made from the oak timbers from the belfry of Chilvers Coton Church in 1907 , When they recast the three bells to make the eight that ...
The Chilvers Coton Free School was founded around 1735 by Lady Elizabeth Newdigate, wife of Sir Richard Newdigate. Lady Elizabeth purchased a “Mesuage and garded with appurts” which she had ...
The workhouse in the Nuneaton area was referred to as ‘Chilvers Coton Workhouse’ from its location. Some interesting documents survive in the care of Warwickshire County Record Office: including the appointment ...
