In 1751 Thomas Nelson had started building a new Vicarage at Hatton Green. It must be one of the best documented houses in the county, because a few months ago ...
When I was around two years old a bomb was dropped in the back garden. Oddly and luckily, it didn’t destroy the house at all. However, it did move the ...
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It is not clear why the Benedictine nuns chose Princethorpe in Warwickshire. The site certainly had (and still has) attractive features: it was raised up, surrounded by ...
Princethorpe College, which is located in a former Benedictine priory, owes its existence to the French Revolution. However, its story really begins in the 17th century.
On 13th May 1630 Marie Granger ...
St Peter and St John’s Church in Clifton Road Rugby may be relatively modern, but it has an intriguing history. As part of a Church open day on Sat August ...
My name is Diana Mentor (nee Harris) and I currently live in New Zealand. I emigrated from the UK in 1954. Recently I was talking to my daughter about my ...
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Mass
We all had to attend Mass most mornings, regardless of one’s faith, it always seem so cold early in the morning and I used to feel quite ...
In part one of this article, I reviewed the building of Christ Church until its closure in 1950. With the mantra of the time being if it’s old it has ...
As I have mentioned in other postings on this site, in the years following the Second World War there seemed to be a frenzy of demolition from which no building ...
The invasion of Belgium ruined the life-hopes of many ordinary Belgian folk. One couple was Victor Buelens and Emelie Alice deKeyser from Louvain who had planned their marriage for 22nd ...
The wherewithal for a new church building came from the bequest in 1816 of £4,000 from the will of the late vicar, Rev William Daniels. The land for the new ...
St John the Baptist, Berkswell, is a Norman parish church containing one of the finest crypts in the country. The church is a Grade 1 Listed Building and is featured ...
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So within eight years of Rev. John Craig’s death the Priory had changed out of all recognition. The grounds had been sold and houses, including those lining ...
Like most towns and villages, the names of Leamington’s streets can give clues to buildings and uses that have long since faded from the memory. Mill Street did once lead to ...
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When the Rev. Downes exchanged livings with the Rev. John Craig in 1839 the Rev. Craig also purchased the Priory. Confirmed by the rate book for that ...
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The first residents after the alterations were the new owner, Mr Reynolds and his family. There is no indication as to whether his widow continued to live ...
There has been a church in Birdingbury for over a thousand years but very little is known about the building until the 18th century, when a Faculty was issued by ...
St Nicholas Church, situated in the beautiful grounds of the ruined St Mary’s Abbey, within the Abbey Fields, has been a place of peace and prayer for over 700 years. ...
A.W.N. (Augustus Welby Northmore) Pugin (1812-1852) was a famous English architect, most recognised for his signature Gothic style. In 1834, Pugin converted to Roman Catholicism, and this was reflected in ...
I hadn’t associated Warwickshire with menageries, but a blog by Parks & Gardens UK drew my attention to two at Coombe Abbey.
Princess Elizabeth, 1603-1608
The Abbey was purchased by John Harington ...
St Andrew’s Church in Rugby was originally constructed in the 13th century (on the site of an older building) but was considerably altered during the 19th century. A photograph of ...
On a lovely sunny day Saturday following a week of horrible grey and drizzly weather, we decided to visit the picturesque village of Offchurch, a few miles from Leamington Spa, ...
After looking around the outside of the church, including the excellent “Living Churchyard”, we went inside. The Millennium window is just stunning – it was installed to mark the millennium ...
The Muntz family
Umberslade Baptist Church was opened in September 1877 by George Frederick Muntz, a prominent local industrialist and Baptist convert who had purchased Umberslade Hall, in the estate of ...