1 The dog kennels are shown on a 1749 map at the same location as present.
2 They still exist, but are no longer in use. The structure is red ...
Dog kennels that were built during the Post Medieval period. They are marked on a map of 1749 and are still standing. They are situated 300m north west of Brick Kiln Spinney.
1 Radway Grange was the home of Sanderson Miller who adapted an existing 16th century house to a mid 18th century Gothic style and designed a landscape park around it. ...
A landscape park surrounding Radway Grange. The park was developed from the Post Medieval period onwards and now incorporates 20th century gardens. The park and gardens are situated to the south east of Radway.
Given the TV programme featuring Britain’s biggest family, you might be interested to hear about a very large Warwickshire family reported by the Rugby Advertiser in 1912 as follows. It ...
Migration
I should have known things would not be any different, even back in the 1700s, given that my grandparents up and relocated to Canada from Leicestershire, England in 1913. People ...
Hon. George Shirley
George Shirley was born in 1705 at Staunton Harold, Leicestershire. At the age of 16, he joined the army as an ensign in the First Regiment of Footguards. ...
1 The earliest garden areas are the east forecourt, the rectangular south garden enclosure, and a small area to the west of the house, with mid-17th century walls and structures. ...
The site of a park and formal garden dating from the Post Medieval period onwards. There are three gazebos and the garden contains a topiary garden said to represent the Sermon on the Mount. It is situated at Packwood House.
1 Ten Royalist burials (c. 1642) still wearing tattered clothes were discovered by labourers digging for stone during 1815. This would be during construction of a farm after the Enclosures. ...
The possible site of a cemetery dating to the Post Medieval period. This may be the burial place casualties from the Royalist side in the Civil War battle of Southam in 1642. The site was discovered in 1815 and is situated 800m south east of Bascote.
Recently, two marble topped tables were sold at Sotheby’s which originally came from the Warwick Castle collection. These were made by the Grimani family in Italy between 1600 and 1620 ...
Judith Dugdale was the granddaughter of Sir William Dugdale, the famed antiquarian. Her letter to her daughter Isabella, in 1727, is a bit of a rant about the failings of ...
The will begins:
I Nathaniel Mason of Withybrook in the County of Warwick Grasior being of sound and perfect mind memory and understanding God be praised to make and ordain this ...
The winter festivities are over and the New Year has swept in, but while many of us gave presents at Christmas, how many gave gifts at New Year?
This article highlights a ...
1 Eight in situ graves were located clustered together in the east corner of the burial ground. The burials were all in coffins and the graves were aligned on the ...
During archeological work at Castle Hill Baptist Church eight burials were discovered. These burials date to the Post Medieval and Imperial periods.
At Easter 2007 I went to Stretton on Dunsmore in search of my Parrott family history. I was lucky to find Kath Edwards, a cousin who was still living in ...
