1 (Marginal) Skeletons of men and horses, with swords, cannon balls and other instruments of war have been unearthed at the Leasowes, in close proximity to the church. These would ...
The possible site of a battlefield identified from an excavation of human and horse skeletons with swords and cannon balls. It dates to either the Medieval or Post Medieval period and is located in Tanworth parish.
1 Excavation in 1966-7 indicated a second period of occupation within the late Neronian-early Flavian period (cAD 60-79). Period 2 is c70-90. Evidence was found for the W, E and ...
The Lunt, a fort that was rebuilt several times throughout the Roman period. During an excavation the remains of the defences, ovens, a gatehouse, granary and barracks were found from the second phase of occupation. It is situated north of Coventry Road, Baginton.
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 Pit mapped as part of English Heritage (EH) National Mapping Project (NMP). No evidence to support any assignment of function, although there are examples of all three monument ...
A pit surrounded by an earth bank is evident on aerial photographs to the south of Brick Kiln Lane near the old brick works, Middleton.
12 Cemetery in Sheepy Road established 1870.
Original site laid out on a simple grid plan with avenues along the main walks. Shrubbery planting concentrated along roadside boundary to the east. ...
Cemetery with shrubbery, topiary yews, clipped hollies and a number of funerary monuments. Recommendation for inclusion in theLocal List by Lovie.
(Continued from part four)
In 1939 came the second world war. Jimmy was very busy taking workers to AP (Lockeed), Flavel’s, Tachbrook Aero, Ford’s and other factories. One day, two gunners came ...
(Continued from part two)
When the war broke out in 1914, Jim was in a reserved job, farm worker, at first (he wore an armband to show that the was in ...
At the time of writing, Southam’s Market Hill and High Street is having its appearance dramatically changed. The town centre ‘regeneration’ project is under way, and the new Tithe Lodge ...
More extracts from Julie’s account of her wartime childhood1.
‘During the war…the ‘black market’ and the racketeers who ran it, in big towns and cities, were known as spivs. Eathorpe was ...
This memorial commemorates former workers at the British Thomson-Houston factory who gave their lives during the two world wars. The inscription reads: ‘In Memory of the Men of the British ...
I had a look through the day book from the ‘Hall & Son, Tailors’ collection held at Warwickshire County Record Office1. Hall & Son were based at 154 The Parade, Leamington ...
The project to catalogue the records of the Rugby engineering firm Willans and Robinson has uncovered many topical references to the First World War.
Following the German invasion of Belgium on ...
Southam minted its own coins in mediaeval times because local people found ordinary coins too high in value for everyday use. The old mint house was built in the early ...
Labour shortages caused by men joining the Armed Forces during the First World War led to many companies seeking help from overseas. One such organisation was Rugby-based engineering firm Willans ...
From about 1938 until March 1944 my Mum and Dad, Vera and Bill Gregory, ran the pub part of RM Bird and Co the wine merchants, at 32 Bridge Street; ...
