The Saxon Mill originally belonged to the Augustinian St Mary’s Abbey in Kenilworth and then formed part of the Guy’s Cliffe estate. It was rebuilt in 1822 and appears to ...
1 A building known as the Deer House. It backs onto a small wood. Photographs were taken in 1980 and by 1981 it had collapsed. The building was 19.8 by ...
The site of Deer House, now a ruined building. The house was built during the Imperial Period. It lies close to the southern weir between Goodrest Farm and Fox Covert.
1 Tollbar marked at the V-junction between the road to Leek Wootton and Hill Wootton.
2 The N most roundabout of the Warwick bypass now covers this area.
Documentary evidence indicates that there may have been a toll gate at the junction between the Leek Wootton / Hill Wootton roads. The site is now covered by the northern most roundabout on the Warwick bypass.
1 Lime Kiln Close marked. Field names come from Tithe Apportionment map 1748.
2 This document could not be located in the County Record Office, but an 1822 Award (without plan) ...
Documentary evidence suggests that this is the site of a lime kiln dating to the Imperial period. The site was 200m west of Blacklow Hill.
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So it was, on Tuesday 11th June 1861 the train which had passed over the bridge less than an hour earlier fully laden, left Leamington Spa station ...
With today’s interpretation of the Health & Safety laws it is easy to forget the rather laxed attitude towards H&S that prevailed in times past. Unfortunately, this was an attitude ...
At the time George Wise inherited Woodcote he was unmarried, and at the age of 53, already had another home in Surrey. He died in 1888 and the family estates ...
In 1851, Henry Christopher Wise sold the Warwick Priory and 37 acres of its parkland to the Birmingham and Oxford Railway Co, which planned to lay its railway track through ...
1 A sandstone cross on Blacklow Hill marks the place where Piers Gaveston was beheaded in 1311.
2 1832 by J C Jackson. Heavy short cross on a high pedestal of ...
A sandstone cross marks the spot where Piers Gaveston was beheaded in 1311. The cross was erected during the Imperial period and lies on Blacklow Hill, north of Warwick