Judith who gave us these images believes they are around mid 1950s. We can see many buildings and streets, including the Fleur De Lys pub, former Vicarage School, Coventry Road, ...
I found some photographs I had taken when my Father was working for a building supply company which was opening a new outlet in Nuneaton. Before the building was built, ...
Whilst indulging my obsession with chairs, I was trawling through the online collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) when I stumbled on a chair, and then a set ...
1 Christ Church garden, Beauchamp Square, Leamington Spa.
Lovie reports town square gardens surrounding chpel; grid-plan walks and mixed planting, laid out in 1825.
Chapel demolished c 1960 but trees and planting ...
Town square gardens surrounding chapel. Chapel demolished c 1960 but gardens survive. Recommended for inclusion on Local List by Lovie.
William Glassbrook and three other men stole six live tame fowls at Aston in December 1884 (presumably for the Christmas market). They all had previous convictions and each received eight ...
Rugby workhouse routine was considerably relaxed on Christmas Day. Dinner included ½ lb of meat per person with mashed potatoes and gravy followed by plum pudding, with beer, lemonade and coffee to drink.
So it’s Christmas time, the shops are busy, it’s all about buying stuff, right? What’s happened to the true meaning of Christmas, I hear you cry!
Well, the December 27th edition ...
Pauline hopes for some help with a sibling debate.
At first glance, these may not look like much – just a couple of toy cars in, well, not bad condition, but not perfect. It’s funny how the small things ...
Christopher George Squirrell was born in Ipswich around 1844, where he followed in his father’s footsteps by becoming a watchmaker.
He had however, been preaching since he was 16 and at ...
On 11th January, 1711, the following advertisement appeared in the London edition of ‘The Tatler’: –
This is to give notice, That at the ‘Seven Stars’ under the piazzas in Covent-Garden ...
The sound of church bells forms part of our collective memory, as children, from weddings, national celebrations or even funerals. However, few have knowledge of what goes on in the ...
01.A historic building survey was undertaken by Bob Meeson in advance of refurbishment. The Farm contains several timbers that were originally part of a medieval cruck framed hall house. The ...
The farmstead contains several timbers that were originally part of a medieval cruck framed hall house. The timbers were then re-used in a 17th century timber framed building. A threshing building was built soon after. The house was remodelled in the Regency period and again in c.1970.The farmstead is situated at the NE edge of the village of Nether Whiteacres.
1 Brick built dovecote, with four gables. No longer used and in a very dilapidated state. Stone mullioned windows.
2 Foster dovecote number 25.
3 Photographed in 1977.
A dovecote, a building where pigeons or doves were housed. It was built during the Post Medieval period and is situated at Church End, Shustoke.
1 Plaque on wall of house states TCK 1669. When restoration was carried out (1977) the chimney was found to be 8 ft square.
2 Of early 17th century origin. ...
Church Farm, a house built during the Post Medieval period. It is situated 75m south of St. Cuthbert's Church, Church End.
1 Late 17th century L-shaped in stone. A few stone mullioned windows remain. Middle section of the house is oldest.
2 The south gable end has a pigeon loft ...
Church Farmhouse, a house that was built during the Post Medieval period. It is situated 100m south west of the church in Oxhill.
1 Chancel, nave, N and S aisles and porches, and W tower. Built about the middle of the 13th century, it then consisted of chancel, nave and S aisle, and ...
The Parish Church of All Saints. It was built during the Medieval period, with later alterations and additions through to the Imperial period. The church is located in Leamington Hastings.
1 Chancel, nave, N and S aisles, W tower, vestry and choir vestry. Completed in 1837 to designs by Rickman and unaltered since, except for the addition of the choir ...
The Parish Church of All Saints which was built in the Imperial period. It probably replaced a Medieval church that had existed on the same site. There have been no major alterations since. The church is situated on Church Hill, Stretton on Dunsmore.
1 Chancel, nave, S porch and W tower. Dates from the late 15th century, but the chancel is not of one build with the nave and may be a little ...
The parish church of All Saints. It was built in the Medieval period but with modifications were made to the building in the Post Medieval and Imperial periods. The church is situated 200m north west of Weston Farm, Weston-on-Avon.
1 Chancel, nave, N and S aisles, N chapel, S porch, and NW tower. Rebuilt in the 14th century when the aisles were added. In the late 15th century the ...
The parish church of All Saints, built in the Medieval period, with modifications through to the Imperial period. The church is located 175m north-east of Withybrook Bridge.
