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 ...
Young boys were employed in Warwickshire coalfields in the 18th and 19th centuries.
6d a day in 1729
A coal account book in the Newdigate archives refers to the use of boys ...
The loss of the old church
Between 1888 and 1890 the parishioners of Bedworth undertook a colossal task, to rebuild their parish church. The previous building had been completed in 1606, ...
Nicholas Chamberlaine, rector of Bedworth, founded this almshouse in 1715. He declared in his will: ‘I, having no child, do dispose of my estate to the charitable uses following’. His ...
Newdigate Colliery took its name from its first owner, Sir Francis Alexander Newdigate of Arbury Hall, Nuneaton. The family had been linked with coal mining in Warwickshire for centuries. Work ...
I lived at the Hit or Miss pub for a great many years, beginning 1955.
The archway was the entrance to the ‘yard’ at the rear of the pub. It was ...