1 On the 1841 tithe map, a field centered around this NGR is labelled Marl Pit Close.
2 On the 1905 OS map an area of the approximate size shown on ...
The site of a quarry which was in use during the Imperial period. It is marked on a tithe map of 1841 as a marl pit and on the Ordnance Survey map of 1905 as a gravel pit. The quarry has now been built over but it was situated in the area of the Coventry Trading Estate.
1 Pound marked.
2 Pound marked.
3 The only remains of the pound now is a 1.2m high, 4.6m long stone to the E of the smithy. This could originally have been ...
The site of a pound which was used for penning livestock during the Imperial period. The pound is marked on the Ordnance Survey maps of 1886 and 1905. It was situated 200m south east of Oak Farm.
1 Smithy marked.
2 The building still stands complete, although lacking its original equipment, and is in quite reasonable condition, although the timber-framed wall is bulging out badly.
A forge or smithy, where wrought iron was made during the Imperial period. The building is still standing. It is situated to the west of Coventry Road, Baginton.
1 On the 1886 OS map, a sundial is marked in the grounds of Lodge Farm (not at the above NGR).
2 No further reference to it could be found and ...
The site of a sundial dating to the Imperial period. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. It was situated where the Coventry Trading Estate now lies.
1 A field centered on the above NGR on the 1841 tithe map was labelled “Quarry Close and buildings incl. the Rock Cottage Yard Garden etc”.
2 Although no further documentary ...
The site of a quarry and a house dating back to at least the Imperial period. They are marked on a tithe map of 1841. The quarry is visible as an earthwork. The site is located at Rock Spinney, 1km north of Bubbenhall.
1 During excavations in 1983 (PRN 2957) the circular platform of a horse engine was uncovered c0.2m below ground level. This was originally connected to a wheel on the adjacent ...
The site of a horse engine, a horse-driven wheel which provided power to drive a threshing machine. The horse engine was in use during the Imperial period. It was situated 200m north east of the church at Baginton.
1 Footbridge across the River Sowe marked.
2 Footbridge not marked.
3 There is nothing left of it now.
The site of a footbridge from the Imperial period which was marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. It crossed the River Sowe 300m west of the church at Baginton.
1 A watching brief carried out when the weir was demolished in February 2012 revealed remains of a 20th century weir and dam. Concrete wingwalls were uncovered which appear ...
Early 20th century mill weir with remains of 19th century or earlier wooden sluice. Associated with the water management features for Baginton Mill.
1 A watching brief was carried out when a weir at the eastern end of the channel was demolished in February 2012. In the course of the works the weir ...
A sluice channel probably built in the late 18th or early 19th century with a natural gravel bed.
1The battle headquarters at Baginton is situated on the crest of a hill overlooking the River Sowe. It can be positively identified as a Battle HQ by its distinctive shaped ...
The battle headquarters, an underground office for the direction of airfield defence, survives at Baginton as a distinctive shaped concrete roof to a projecting observation post. It dates to WW2.
1 A defence position, apparent on aerial photographs to the east of Baginton Air Field, was mapped as part of the English Heritage (EH) National Mapping Project (NMP). ...
A defence position is apparent on aerial photographs to the east of Baginton Air Field.
1 To the east of the WW2 airfield and aeroplane factory a group of huts visible on aerial photographs were mapped as part of the English Heritage ...
To the east of the WW2 airfield and aeroplane factory a group of huts are visible on aerial photographs.
1 A row of huts can be seen on aerial photographs of the aircraft factory at Baginton and were mapped as part of the English Heritage (EH) National Mapping ...
A row of huts can be seen on aerial photographs of the aircraft factory at Baginton
1 Airfield defence structures seen on aerial Photographs at Baginton Airfield mapped as part of the English Heritage (EH) National Mapping Project (NMP). The structures are located ...
Airfield defence structures can be seen on aerial Photographs at Baginton Airfield
1 Aerial photographs of a field, partially defined by a loop in the river Avon, shows numberous interconnecting drainage channels. Mapped as part of the English Heritage (EH) ...
Aerial photographs of a field partialy defined by a loop in the river Avon show numerous interconnecting drainage channels.
1 Drainage channels seen on Aerial photographs of fields on the western side of the river near to Bubbenhall mapped as part of the English Heritage (EH) National Mapping Project ...
Aerial photographs of fields on the western side of the river near to Bubbenhall show evidence of interconnecting drainage channels.
This recipe, which was kindly chosen for me, is from a recipe book in the Eleanor Archer collection1. Although the book itself is believed to have belonged to her mother, ...
Were you there, when on May 30th 1982 Pope John Paul II visited Baginton Airfield in Warwickshire? Many were, and this was certainly an event like no other.
Clearly the visit ...
I left the Fleet Air Arm after 12 years in 1960 and joined AWA in July of that year working as an instrument technician in the instrument test lab under ...
1 A municipal airfield developed before 1939 with the support of “Armstrong Whitey” who built their new works (MWA 8095) adjacent the airfield. The first paved runway was not built ...
Baginton Airfield was built before 1939. It continued to be used as a municipal airfield after the Second World War. It is situated to the west of Bubbenhall.
I married Ken Ashford on 23rd December 1939. He was a Coventry kid. We met at my Grandmother’s house. I moved to Coventry where we lived with Ken’s father and ...