1 Hunningham lighting decoy site in the QL programme for the Coventry area. It was set up to simulate the lights of a marshalling yard (parallel railway sidings) and so ...
The site of a lighting bombing decoy installation from the Second World War designed to confuse the enemy into dropping their bombs in the wrong place. Documentary evidence places it 800m southwest of Hunningham.
1 Gun flint 15 by 15 mm. 18th or 19th century, for muzzle loader. Found in September 1987.
Findspot - a gunflint dating to the Imperial period was found 400m south east of the church, Hunningham.
1 Pit Close is marked on a map of 1766.
2 A large pit was observed at this location in 1983.
The site of a quarry which was in use during the Imperial period and is visible as an earthwork. A map of 1766 marks the site as 'Pit Close'. It is located 700m south west of the church, Hunningham.
1 Brick/tile works marked.
2 No evidence survives to indicate that this was the site of a brickworks.
3 Partial excavation suggested a brick kiln site. The top/plough soil was shown to ...
Brick and tile works were marked on an eighteenth century map. They were situated 300m south east of Hunningham Hill.
1 Signal box marked on 1904 map.
The site of a railway signal box, built in the Imperial period, and marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1905. It was situated 800m south of Hunningham Hill.
1 A Permanent Starfish site (‘Starfish’ from Special Fires). Fire based decoys were set up following the bombing of Coventry in November 1940 to protect urban areas, in this case ...
The site of a fire based bombing decoy installation from the Second World War known as a Starfish. Night time fires were created to confuse enemy aircraft and to draw them away from their real target. Documentary evidence gives this grid reference 900m SW of Hunningham.
1 Bridge marked.
2 The bridge is apparently of two quite distinct styles – the N half is a brick single-arched, humped Victorian-looking structure; while the S half is a very ...
The partial remains of a footbridge from the Imperial period, that crossed the River Leam 200m south west of the church at Wappenbury. It was marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. The present bridge is part Victorian brick, part modern concrete.