Warwick District - Others

'The Case is Altered' Pub Near Rowington

This pub, near the Five Ways roundabout, has an unusual name. In the 20th century the owner, Mercedes Griffith, had a small cottage with a licence to sell beers and ...
Baddesley Clinton: an Unusual Burial

Baddesley Clinton is a moated manor house in the care of the National Trust with a fascinating history. On a recent visit I was entertained by musicians in Tudor costume ...
Cubbington Pear Tree is 8th in European Tree Contest

As Cubbington’s ancient Wild Pear tree comes into bloom this chilly wet springtime, possibly its last as it stands on the track of HS2, the results of the European Tree ...
Cubbington Village Sign, and St. Mary's Church

Here is another pictorial village sign: Cubbington. The picture is of the village church and my photo shows that it is an accurate representation (with only a little bit of ...
Harry Jackson, Blacksmith at Beausale

I remember Dad and I taking our ponies to be shoed by Harry Jackson, the Blacksmith, in Beausale, when I was a little girl during the 1960s. He lived in ...
Hatton Locks: the Stairway to Heaven

Near Hatton is a flight of 21 locks where the Grand Union Canal ascends 146 feet over a couple of miles. The original locks on the Warwick and Birmingham canal were ...
Playtimes and Christmas at Hampton on the Hill School in the 1950s

(Continued from part one) Before dinner we took it in turns to fetch the put up tables from the air raid shelter across the playground. In winter they were put up ...
Rescuing a Prisoner in Cubbington

Browsing the Calendar of Prisoners Index, as you do, I came across an entry which intrigued me. The crime was listed as ‘Assault and Rescue of a Prisoner’.1 Now, I ...
Starting at Hampton on the Hill School in the 1950s

I went to school in Hampton on the Hill in the 1950s. The village was very different in those days, busier with a blacksmith, post office, small shop, Grove Park ...
The Great Seal of England: a Treasure from the Waller of Woodcote Collection

Most of the records we keep here at the Warwickshire County Record Office are written documents, on paper or parchment. These come in a myriad of different sizes, ages, and – ...
Warwickshire Reformatory School for Boys, an Escape

(continued from part one) At a 4:15am Sergeant Walton met four boys in Fleet Street armed with sticks and with commendable pluck he went up to them and on accosting them ...