1 Late 17th or early 18th century bridge of one span over Wellesbourne Brook. End pieces surmounted by ball finials, parapet with ‘blind’ balustrading on outside formed of fluted pilasters. ...
The site of a road bridge over the Wellesbourne Brook which George Lucy had built in 1755 to divert traffic away from Charlecote Park House. It was built in the Classic design by David Hiorn and is situated 300m east of Charlecote House.
1 Simple three-arched bridge, built of brick with cast iron handrail of ‘Gothic’ design similar to the next bridge in Hampton Lucy parish.
2 The bridge is still intact and in ...
A brick bridge built during the Imperial period and still in use. The hand rail is cast iron. It crosses the Avon 200m north east of the church at Charlecote.
1 The sandstone ashlar bridge was constructed between 1791 and 1839. It was widened sometime between 1840 and 1887. The bridge parapets had been repeatedly repaired in the 20th century. ...
Sandstone ashlar bridge. The earliest part of the bridge dated to the late 18th/Early 19th century. Now demolished due to it being a cause of flooding. It was formerly Grade II Listed.
1 A turnpike road established from 1770.
A toll road which ran from Wellesbourne to Stratford. It was established in the Imperial period. Travellers would have had to pay to use the road.
1 Turnpike road, established by Acts of 1779 onwards. Part of a route from Leicester, the original Acts for which were passed in 1753-4, but which proved too unwieldy to ...
A toll road running from Warwick to Paddle Brook. Travellers would have had to pay a toll to use the road during the Imperial period.
1 The disovery of a well was repoted by Sally Mann st WHRI on 1/3/2010.
The well is marked on the OS 2nd edition but not on the OS 1st edition.
The ...
A well that was found immediately to the west of the farm (Cottage Farm) at WHRI, Wellesbourne. The well appears to be of 19th century date and associated with the 19th century farm.
The mill as you see it was probably built in the 18th century, but on the site of earlier mills. A mill at Hampton Lucy is even mentioned in the ...
1 Site of stone pit.
The site of a quarry which was in use during the Imperial period. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886 as a stone pit. It was located 100m south west of Firtree Hill Spinney.
1 Site of a stone pit.
The site of a quarry which was in use during the Imperial period. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886 as a stone pit. It was located 100m east of Firtree Hill Spinney.
Constance Linda Lucy (known as Linda) was 18 years old when she started this diary. She was the second of four daughters of Henry Spencer Lucy and his wife Christina. ...
In part one of this article, I gave an account of how the diary gives an insight into the everyday life of a daughter of the landed gentry. Among the events ...