1 Site of ice house marked on OS map of 1887.
2 Domed ice-house with top opening had an entrance within a rusticated porch. It was locally known as Sir Roger’s ...
The site of an icehouse, built partially underground and used for storing ice in warm weather. It dated to the Imperial period and was situated 150m west of Arbury Hall.
1 Site of Griff Branch line marked on OS map of 1887.
The site of Griff Branch Railway Line which dates to the Imperial period. It was situated 500m west of Stockingford, and is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1887.
It is hard to think of Nuneaton without it being inextricably entwined with George Eliot. Such is the cultural resonance of the great novelist, that a hospital and school are ...
Registers of Banns of Marriage
The baptism, marriage and burial records found in parish collections held at Warwickshire County Record Office are the family historian’s bread and butter. Banns registers, however, are an often ...
I have previously written about Walter Kimberley, a Coventry City footballer who lost his life during World War One. He was not the only former Coventry City footballer to suffer ...
Today we may be more familiar with the concept of a drag queen, but drag kings (or ‘male impersonators’) have a history dating back over the centuries. Performers such as ...
1 Site of brick and tile works marked on OS map of 1887.
The site of brick and tile works, where bricks and tiles were manufactured during the Imperial period. They were situated 500m west of Camp Hill, and were marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1887.
We found an absorbing new interest for our retirement when we joined Coventry Photographic Society five years ago. When researching the society’s history and updating its society’s website, we discovered ...
1 Arbury Mill. Much of the present mill building appears to date from the construction of the Arbury Park canal system from 1764 onwards but there are vestiges of an ...
Arbury Mill, a watermill which was built during the Imperial period. It is situated 100m south of Coventry Wood.
I grew up in the Dugdale Arms, Nuneaton. Our family had run “The Dug, or The Duggie”, as it was known, since 1911, but its history extended further back than ...
The Dugdale Arms in Nuneaton had been in my family since 1911. My mum and dad took over as landlords in 1957, having lived next door to The Dug (as ...
The Dugdale Arms in Nuneaton, also known as The Dug, had been a pub since the 1860s.
For the first 9 years of my life we lived at 36 Dugdale Street, ...
1 Site of foundry marked on OS map of 1887.
The site of a foundry used for casting metal. It dated to the Imperial period and was situated west if the Bull Ring, Chilvers Coton. It is marked on the first edition Ordnance Survey map of 1887.
1 Site of iron works marked on OS map of 1902.
The site of an iron works where iron was smelted during the Imperial period. It was situated on Tuttle Hill Road, Nuneaton, and is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1902.