Donald Healey may be associated with the car company that bears his name, and that was based in Warwick, but his early life started in the south of the country.
An early ...
Crimes were originally divided into less serious ‘misdemeanours’ and more serious ‘felonies’. Felonies included murder, treason, rape, assault, and stealing anything worth more than a shilling. (This was raised to ...
Before 1798, there is often ambiguity about whether the owners or occupiers are listed as proprietors. The names can be out of date, as changes were not always updated straight ...
Land Tax was one of the innovative schemes of the British government to increase revenue. Introduced in 1692, in the reign of William III and Mary, and finally abolished in ...
My vision was to make a workers’ college of Easton where for so many generations its occupiers had taken as their right the best that the world can offer. All ...
Pit Ponies were used in mining from the mid 18th Century to the late 20th Century, with the last pit pony leaving the mines of Ellington, Northumberland in 1994. At ...
I have been prompted to revisit the book ‘Exploring Shakespeare Country 100 years ago’ by Stuart Ludlum. This was published in 1985 and so I was surprised to see the ...
My ancestors, Eli and George Turner, were born and bred in Leamington and went on to lead interesting lives to say the least.
Enlisting with the Union side in the American ...