1 Derelict truncated red brick tower cemented over, in poor condition, empty. Three storey. Dates from c1800. Rebuilt after fire in 1849. Had four storeys, four patent sails and three ...
Southam 'Old Mill', the derelict remains of a windmill built in the Imperial period. Documentary sources suggest that a windmill may have stood at the site during the Medieval period. The site is located to the north of Mill Road, Southam.
1 Southam New Mill. 1775: Not marked on Earl of Craven’s Estate Map. 1830: West’s Directory gives three millers. c1834: FirstEdition OS map gives both Old Mill and New Mill. ...
Southam 'New Mill', the site of a windmill in use in the Imperial period. It was marked on the first edition Ordnance Survey map, and it stood 125m north east east of Stoneton Close.
1 In a field known as Mill Pits, the River Itchen makes a sharp loop. The loop has been cut by what appears to be an artificial leet, thus creating ...
This may be the site of the watermill at Southam recorded in the Domesday survey. The mill did not survive the Medieval period, but a possible watercourse is still visible as an earthwork. The site lies 200m north east of Thorpe Bridge.
1 Widening of the Warwick Street bridge over the River Stowe in 1969 involved the destruction of a building which had been used as a tannery. In the Warwickshire County ...
The site of a tannery which may have been established in the Medieval period. The tannery burned down in 1657 and was replaced in 1659. It ceased as a tannery in 1830 and an excavation in 1969 uncovered cattle horns. It was situated on Warwick Street, Southam.
The Michaelmas Quarter Sessions of 1855 saw charges of passing on counterfeit coins against Richard Broome and Robert Kent. The depositions from the archives reveal what appears to be a ...
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Welsh Road East and Welsh Road West are so called because they are the route of the old drovers’ road through Southam that dates from way back before the Elizabethan ...
Today we are used to instant communication to all parts of the globe and it is difficult for young people to imagine what it was like before telephone use became ...
The Abbey is a detached Grade II Listed house set within the Southam Conservation Area. The three storey property is approached from Warwick Road through a pair of early 19th ...
St Fremund
St Fremund was reputedly a relative of King Offa of Mercia. He became a hermit and lived at Prescote near Cropredy (or Caerlon on Wye, or on an island ...
As a child I lived in Rugby, and my sister and I loved our mother to take us to visit Southam Zoo.
1 Site of Woodbine Cottage public house, Thorpe bridge, Southam.
Historic public house recorded on Fwhite & Co.’s database which show it in existence in 1874.
Situated on the south side of ...
Site of historic public house situated on the south side of the road from Southam to Ufton, outside the main centre of Southam.
1 Site of Beeswing public house, High street, Southam.
Site of historic public house recorded on Fwhite&Co.’s database which shows it in existence in 1874.
Situated on the east side of the ...
Site of historic public house situated on the east side of the High street.
1 A cross in the market place is mentioned early in the 15th century.
2 There is no cross in Southam today.
Documentary evidence suggests that this is the site of a market cross of which no trace survives. The site was to the east of St James's Church, Southam.
1 Isolated Medieval ruined building discovered by fieldworker, who considered that the windows indicate a Medieval building. It is possible it may be associated with the Deserted Medieval Village ...
The remains of a Medieval building, which may have been a chapel. It is situated 1km west of Southam.
1 Congregational. Brick with a rendered front and slate roof. Built 1839. Gabled front with central doorway and windows with traceried cast iron frames.
2 Photograph.
A Congregational Chapel built in the Imperial period, and located in Wood Street, Southam.
1 2 3 Site of the Horse and Jockey public house, Coventry street, Southam.
Site of historic public house recorded on F. White & Co.’s, Pigot’s, and Victuallers’ databases. The latter ...
Site of historic public house situated on the east side of Coventry street. Appears to now be the Old Mint public house.
1 A turnpike road established in 1765.
A toll road which was established in the Imperial period and ran between Warwick and Northampton via Southam.
1 Brown’s Bridge. Dated 1710, brown stone, two arches with key blocks, flanking and central piers.
2 A new bridge was built in 1929 and this is no longer used as ...
Brown's Bridge, the site of a Post Medieval stone bridge, replaced in 1929. It crossed the River Stowe in Southam, 350m south of the War Memorial.