1 “Stoneleigh Park” first appears on a map from 1787, but is shown as the area of the deer park – (WA 2865) – not the area around the Abbey. ...
Stoneleigh Abbey Park, a landscape park dating to the Imperial period. The park is marked on various maps, the earliest of which dates to 1787. Some of the features of the park are visible as earthworks. It is situated to the north east of Thickthorn Wood.
1 ‘Blacksmith’s Shop and Yard’.
2 The site is roughly in the area of the above grid reference. There is no sign of a building old enough to be the smithy ...
The site of a forge where wrought iron was made during the Imperial period. It is marked on a tithe map of 1839. The forge was situated to the south of Main Street, Easenhall.
1 Brick built blacksmith’s shop belonging to Ridgeway Farm used until 1975. No equipment remains. Hearth there.
The site of a forge where wrought iron was made. It dated from the Imperial period and remained in use until 1975. The forge was located at Ridgeway Farm.
The animals you see displayed at Warwickshire Museum are the result of taxidermy and the majority are of species that occur in the British Isles and, in particular, Warwickshire itself. ...
During the 19th century, the Jurassic limestone layers of southern and eastern Warwickshire were quarried for flooring, gravestones and walling, and for making lime and cement. Workmen often uncovered amazing fossils ...
The geological collections of the Warwickshire Museum were initiated by the Warwickshire Natural History and Archaeological Society during the 19th century.
Brave entrepreneurs
Amongst the many curiosities collected back then are a small ...
The mid 19th century was truly the heyday of the Warwickshire Natural History and Archaeological Society. During this period they benefited from the enthusiastic and generous support and membership of the ...
Amongst the original collections of the Warwickshire Natural History and Archaeological Society, the Warwickshire Museum cares for a number of tiny ‘books’ (actually decorative pieces), carved from different varieties of ...
As the first collections grew, the Warwickshire Natural History and Archaeological Society‘s curators labelled the growing number of specimens, establishing a very basic documentation system. In those days, all object labels were ...
This fascinating picture gives us an important record of the industrial revolution in Warwickshire. The textile mill was built for Sir Roger Newdigate of Arbury Hall (1719-1806) on his land to ...
This highly detailed map (by William James and Assistants) illustrates the properties owned by the Earls of Warwick in Warwick at the opening of the nineteenth century. It is presumed ...
Warwickshire Museum and its geological collections owe much to the Reverend Peter Bellinger Brodie. Peter was born in 1815 and grew up in London where his father was a barrister. Peter’s ...
Much of southern and eastern Warwickshire is underlain by layers of grey clay and limestone dating back 200 million years to the dawn of the Jurassic Period. This material is ...
Warwickshire Museum holds a seed from the coco de mer palm tree and it is definitely worth a look as it is possibly one of the original specimens making up the ...
1 Site of brick and tile works marked on OS map of 1887.
The site of brick and tile works, where bricks and tiles were manufactured during the Imperial period. They were situated 500m west of Camp Hill, and were marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1887.
2 The yard comprises a long thin piece of ground, approximatly 68 metres long, and with an average width of about 10 metres. This widens to approximatly 20 metres ...
Purpose built wheelwright's workshop and blacksmith's forge which date to the Imperial period and were in existence by 1886. The yard is situated off Church Walk in Wellesbourne.
