1 A heavy anti aircraft site first mentioned in 1940, being D title H30. It was not permanently equipped with large calibre guns nor with radar. Gun batteries would typically ...
The site of a heavy anti aircraft installation dating from the Second World War and identified from documentary evidence and an aerial photograph. It was situated 150 metres northwest of the Sports Fields at Ryton on Dunsmore.
1 War memorial erected in 1920.
DESCRIPTION: The memorial comprises a stone cross with a sword in relief, on a slender, tapering octagonal shaft which stands on a square plinth with ...
The War Memorial on the High Street in Ryton on Dunsmore, erected circa 1920.
1 Bomb craters to the east of Ryton on Dunsmore are evident on aerial photographs mapped as part of the English Heritage National Mapping Project.
Bomb craters to the east of Ryton on Dunsmore are evident on aerial photographs
1 The remains of a searchlight battery complete with ancillary buildings which can be seen on aerial photographs were mapped as part of the English Heritage National Mapping Project. ...
The remains of a searchlight battery complete with ancillary buildings can be seen on aerial photographs
1 Two groups of concrete blocks and a rectangular hollow can be seen on aerial photographs. The blocks were used to tether a barrage balloon. The hollow was formed ...
Two groups of concrete blocks and a rectangular hollow can be seen on aerial photographs. The blocks were used to tether a barrage balloon and the hollow was formed by its associated winch vehicle.
1 A group of 12 hut bases, 7 standing structures and an emergency water supply tank, indicating the presence of a WW2 camp, mapped as part of the English Heritage ...
A group of hut bases and other structures located on the junction of the A423 and A445 roads indicate the presence of a WW2 camp.
1 Building recording of the demolished threshing barn and stables
mid-19th century threshing barn and stables (now demolished)
My earliest memory of Rootes was the annual visit to the pantomime at the Coventry Hippodrome with the other kids of Rootes workers. We all got a Christmas stocking of ...
It’s a highly topical subject at the moment, and we’ll ignore that particular elephant in the room.
It was the early 1960s when Coventry City Football Club moved their training base ...
A Rootes product, but ironically never built in Rootes territory in Coventry and Warwickshire, the Imp was built at a new factory in Linwood, in Scotland. Nonetheless, Rootes was a ...
Naturally, the changing industrial landscape of Coventry and Warwickshire means there are a number of car manufacturers who have fallen by the wayside over the years. This article sketches the ...