An air raid shelter at Rosemary Hill – further details awaited
The site of a Second World War air raid shelter which was located at Rosemary Hill.
An air raid shelter on New Street – further details awaited.
The site of a Second World War air raid shelter. It was located on New Street, Kenilworth.
An air raid shelter in Kenilworth – further details awaited.
An air raid shelter dating to the Second World war is situated in Kenilworth.
1 The site of a Royal Observer Corps Post established during or before December 1937 as Post 1, cluster 3 in 5 Group. It was re-named Post 2, cluster R ...
The site of a Royal Observer Corps Post established during the Second World War to monitor and track enemy aircraft. The site is located on the Golf Course.
1 A number of important earthworks exist outside the castle. Running in a SE direction for a length of about 137m is an artificial bank thrown across the valley from ...
The site of a dam which was created during the Medieval period to create the water defences at Kenilworth castle known as the Mere, which no longer exists. The earthwork bank is still visible and is situated to the south, west and north of the castle.
1 The great dam (PRN 5379) and its sluice were considered to be so important to the defence of the castle, that further earthworks were constructed beyond in order to ...
An earthwork bank, topped by circular mounds, and ditches, which were created during the Medieval period. They were created as defences against an attack on the Medieval dam associated with Kenilworth Mere. They are located 500m south west of Kenilworth Castle.
1 The area within the moat was surrounded by a stone wall. In 1923 two brothers excavated a trench about 3.6m square to a depth of 1.5m at the E ...
The site of a curtain wall, which was built during the Medieval and Post Medieval period. The stone wall surrounded the area inside the moat at the Pleasance, situated 1km west of the castle. The foundations of a building are still visible at the site.
1 Colour photograph of war memorial.
2 Obelisk war memorial unveiled 26 February 1922. Commemorating the dead of WW1 (140) WW2(68) and Korean War (1). Lists ...
War Memorial in form of obelisk unveiled in 1922. Commemorates those who died in WW1, WW2 and the Korean War. Located at the top of Abbey Fields near the junction of B4103 (Abbey End) and B4104 (Abbey Hill)
1 Air Raid Shelter situated on the south east side of Abbey Fields, beside Rosemary Hill. Bricked-up north east facing shelter entrance with brick walls, and a concrete roof ...
Bircked up air raid shelter on the south east side of Abbey Fields, besides Rosemary Hill, Kenilworth
Here are some Christmas themed snippets from the Royal Leamington Spa Courier and Warwickshire Standard Newspapers for December 1914.
Warwick and Country Edition Page 4, Column 5, 4th December 1914
Impact of ...
There are a mix of articles from the Royal Leamington Spa Courier and Warwickshire Standard Newspapers for November 1914. Here are a few snippets looking at a War Romance, Carrier ...
Two of the collections available at the Warwickshire County Record Office relate to a mother and son and the impact that World War II had upon their lives.
Beatrice Golby
CR 4479 ...
This month, the snippets from the Royal Leamington Spa Courier and Warwickshire Standard Newspapers for March 1915, are focused on billeting and soldiers entertainment. The newspapers mentioned the billeting of ...
A Mr. Cole wrote down his reminiscences of his childhood in Kenilworth and Warwickshire, around the time of the First World War. His recollections of the war offer an insight ...
In the Royal Leamington Spa Courier and Warwickshire Standard Newspapers, there are lots of snippets of information about life at home and details of local soldiers experiences out on the ...
In February 1915, the snippets from the Royal Leamington Spa Courier and Warwickshire Standard Newspapers are focused on air raid precautions and details of servicemen from the County. At the ...
RSM E.J Pratt (my Great Uncle) was born in Stoneleigh in 1875, his parents were Thomas Edwin Pratt and Ann Lee. Edward joined the 1st Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment in ...
The Siege of Kenilworth was part of the second Barons` War and lasted from June to December 1266. The 750th anniversary will be celebrated in Kenilworth in September 2016.
Historical background
In ...
Dudley White died when his tank was hit by a shell at the crossroads in the Belgian village of Poelcapelle where the German army had its local headquarters and the ...
August Schneider had spent the early part of his life in Kenilworth as an active member of the community.
As a British citizen and a single man August was conscripted and ...
The Schneider family had the misfortune to be Germans living in Kenilworth at the outbreak of the First World War, and August was an English passport-holding German in Germany at ...
