When Prince George of Cambridge was christened in a replica of a gown first used for a royal baby 172 years ago, it was a commemoration of eight generations of ...
Warwickshire has always loved a good wedding and the marriage in 1863 of Albert Edward (the future Edward VII), son of Queen Victoria, and Princess Alexandra, the daughter of Prince Christian ...
In 1855 19 year old Thomas Adkins, a native of Milcote, near Weston-on-Avon, was appointed a supernumerary interpreter at the Superintendency of British Trade with China. He was to remain ...
In previous articles, I have given an overview of the Adkins letters available at the Warwickshire County Record Office. However, it is also worth noting Adkins’s career after he retired ...
The Rev. Dew departed even further from the course of the Avon to include a couple of pictures of Dunchurch that I thought worth including in our trip. I wasn’t ...
This is an account of the papers of Eleanor Archer; a local lady whose records are held at Warwickshire County Record Office, reference CR 367.
An educated woman
Miss Archer was born ...
Now that Christmas is just around the corner we wanted to select something seasonal to highlight from the Warwickshire County Record Office, and we think this December 1892 edition of ...
(Continued from part one)
It seems that Newdigate had written to the BSAC on another’s behalf – D. Stiles Esq. of Nuneaton, who had also supplied a pamphlet supporting the emigration ...
One of the things I find interesting as a historian lies beyond looking at simply what happened in the past, but the practice of history itself – how history is ...
HM Queen Elizabeth II has just become the longest serving monarch of Great Britain, passing the record previously set by Queen Victoria who reigned for over 63 years and seven ...
This photograph shows the importance of the May Day celebrations in the cultural life of this village. This was a very old custom whose origins are believed to be pagan ...
As the festive feeling rolls around again this year, we thought it fitting to offer you something full of seasonal goodwill. It is one of the oldest Christmas cards that we ...
At Christmas time families often have their own traditions and stories for the holiday period, unique to their own personal histories and communities. In many cases, these stories are represented ...
Charles Hoy Fort, (1874-1932), collected notes upon many subjects, including ball lightning. This is an expanded version of one of his notes, of a “fireball” in Nature, to which I ...
It isn’t Christmas without a mince pie and once upon a time it wouldn’t have been a mince pie without the addition of actual minced meat. When the Warwickshire County ...
On the 9th March 1829 the inhabitants of Halford petitioned Parliament in protest at the plans for one of the most radically transformative constitutional measures of the 19th century, Catholic ...
Originally a wake was a commemoration for the founding of a church, an all-night vigil. However the celebrations spread to Saturday and then Monday and the term came to mean ...
As we look forward to Christmas celebrations this year, it’s maybe worth looking back on previous years’ celebrations. For no other reason than it allows me to make a bad ...
With an election on the horizon, it might be nice to look at a past parliamentary election from a cultural historical perspective. Here, we look at the 1774 election for ...
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in 14th April 1865. A tumultuous event in world affairs, this act also reached Warwick, and excited much talk and reflection amongst the councillors, media, and ...
Not an early demo of a Thin Lizzy album, but instead a report into weather of particular savage brutality. On 9th July 1905 a terrible storm swept across the UK. ...
Christmas tree in mid-January
Over a hundred years ago Christmas trees were a rarity in private homes, but sometimes a communal one was provided; families could be charged to view it (though ...
Rugby is of course well known for its train station, and part of the reason for the town’s dramatic growth in the Victorian era is its status as an important ...
Pageant week got underway on Sunday 1 July with a special service at St. Mary’s Collegiate Church, preached by the Bishop of Bristol. Special services were also held in other ...