In part one, I discussed the background to the Suevic running aground off the Lizard and the account of a passenger, Warwickshire woman Mrs. Ireland.
When the ship first hit the ...
With Warwickshire having two locations that claim to be the centre of England, the old cross at Meriden and the former Midland Oak at Lillington, it is probably pretty safe ...
On the 5th September 1694,
..a sudden fire, which broake out about two of the clock in the afternoon on the fifth of this instant September, in the western part of ...
On the evening of January 3rd 1916, a curious accident happened at the Castle Arms pub in Warwick. As happened on any night, Nora Phipps was serving behind the bar ...
3rd December, 1871. A fire tears through Warwick Castle. The Great Hall is destroyed, along with a number of private apartments and offices.
A popular attraction
Even in 1871 the castle was ...
