Myth and history can sometimes be uneasy bedfellows, yet the mythic past can often be just as key as anything rooted in historical ‘fact’ when forging a community’s identity. Myth ...
1 A large flake was recovered during fieldwalking as part of the evaluation at Wolston Fields Farm. It may have been reworked in a later period.
Findspot - a flint flake of Palaeolithic date was found 500m east of Ryton on Dunsmore. The flint flake might have been re-worked at a later date.
1 A number of flints of apparently Neolithic date were recovered during fieldwalking as part of the evaluation at Wolston Fields Farm.
Findspot - a Neolithic flint scatter of flint flakes and tools was found during a field walking exercise 500m east of Ryton on Dunsmore.
1 A number of flints of apparently Bronze Age date were recovered during fieldwalking as part of the evaluation at Wolston Fields Farm.
2 Bronze Age date confirmed.
Findspot - several flint artefacts of Bronze Age date were found during a field walking exercise 500m east of Ryton on Dunsmore.
1 Gravel pit marked on 1886 map.
The site of a gravel pit from which gravel was extracted during the Imperial period. It was marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. The gravel pit was situated 500m south of Coney Grey Farm, Ryton on Dunsmore.
1 Brick kiln marked on 1886 map.
The site of a brick kiln where bricks were made during the Imperial period. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. The brick kiln was situated 700m west of The Coppice.
1 Pound marked on 1886 map.
The site of a pound used for penning livestock during the Imperial period. It is marked on the 1886 Ordnance Survey map. The pound was located east of the Recreation Grounds, Ryton on Dunsmore..
1 A geophysical survey was carried out as part of an evaluation. From the magnetometer survey only one pit-type feature and gullies were identified. The resistivity survey recorded ...
A pit and several gullies were identified. The site was located north of the church at Ryton.
1 Twenty five trial trenches were dug as part of an archaelogical assessment. These revealed evidence of Medieval and later settlement, from the 12th to 17th century. The ...
The remains of a Medieval settlement were found during archaeological work. The remains comprised a boundary ditch, building and a yard. The site was located 800m east of Ryton on Dunsmore.
A Rootes product, but ironically never built in Rootes territory in Coventry and Warwickshire, the Imp was built at a new factory in Linwood, in Scotland. Nonetheless, Rootes was a ...
On Saturday 7th May in the evening I attended an event run by the Rangers at Ryton Pools Country Park. The aim was to walk around the park at just ...
A very ancient ceremony takes place each year on November 11th just before dawn at Knightlow Cross in Ryton on Dunsmore (see photo). The collection of Wroth Silver dates back ...
Modern Ryton has an interesting character; the now dual carriageway A45 creates two villages in one, with the halves linked by a subway. The Church Road side is somewhat quieter, ...
The Blacksmith’s Arms retains its character, with a rather quirky roof. What is interesting to me in these pictures is how remarkably similar the view is, with the buildings pretty ...
The Old Bull and Butcher was a public house in Ryton on Dunsmore on the A423 Banbury Road.
The pub first appears in the Victuallers’ Recognizances in 1819, with Joseph Olorenshaw ...
Naturally, the changing industrial landscape of Coventry and Warwickshire means there are a number of car manufacturers who have fallen by the wayside over the years. This article sketches the ...
I have very hazy memories of the camp. I was born there in the early 1950s, and my parents must have moved in only a little while earlier. Mum always ...
Coventry and Warwickshire has a proud motorsport tradition. Coventry Climax supplied engines to Formula One teams in the 1950s and 60s, and in more recent history John Judd’s engines have ...
Local manufacturer the Rootes Group owned some of the outstanding names in British motor sport heritage, Sunbeam and Talbot in particular. Like most British manufactures Rootes and its successor, Chrysler ...
To people who don’t know me, they probably see a fairly ordinary 20-something woman. I doubt that they see a hardened sword-wielding Anglo-Saxon, a crackshot Scythian archer, or a competitive ...
1 The morticed base of Knightlow Cross stands on a tumulus. The shaft of the cross was probably destroyed in the 16th century.
2 Medieval wayside cross. Square socket-stone only, lying ...
The site of Knightlow wayside cross which is Medieval in origin. The cross shaft is no longer standing but the stone base is still visible in the top of a mound. The site is situated at Knightlow Hill, 1km north west of Stretton on Dunsmore.
1 The factory (known as the Ryton Plant) is wedged between the A45 (on the northeast) and the A423 (on the southwest) in Warwickshire, England. The southeast of the grounds ...
The fomer Peugeot car plant in Ryton on Dunsmore is situated between the A45 (on the northeast) and the A423 (on the southwest).
The A45 London Road passes through Ryton on Dunsmore and past Knightlow Hill, where the ancient Wroth Silver ceremony takes place each St Martin’s Eve. There is, however, a phenomena ...