(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 one)
The family were chapel goers. They all went to the Wesley Chapel at Bishops Itchington. Years ago there were three chapels as well as the church, but there ...
Jimmy Edwards was born February 5th 1895, the only son of Tom Edwards, Blacksmith of Bishop’s Itchington. Tom and his wife Elizabeth had four girls before they had young Jimmy. Jim ...
Two of the collections available at the Warwickshire County Record Office relate to a mother and son and the impact that World War II had upon their lives.
Beatrice Golby
CR 4479 ...
The Friends of the Warwickshire County Record Office recently purchased this rather lovely album of early 20th century photographs for Warwickshire County Record Office. Many of the 34 photographs have ...
In the archives of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust there is a database listing the names of children in the town who were apprenticed to trades in order to keep them ...
Esther (‘Hester’) Jackson Jones was born in Grendon. She was baptised in Grendon on 14th April 1816. Only the mother is identified in the baptismal register.
Hester married Joseph Dester of Bramcote in ...
(continued from part one)
The trial of James Hayward for the murder of Ann Tennant was held three months after the inquest, at Warwick Crown Court on Tuesday 14th and Wednesday ...
On Christmas Eve 1998, I took delivery of a large brown envelope postmarked Southport. Inside was a copy of the death certificate of my great-great grandmother Ann Tennant. I knew ...
I was interested in finding the identity of the people mentioned in the poem “The Warning Voice” by James Brown (1817-1886), about sudden deaths in Warton in 1875-76, a copy ...
Although there are piles of weighty solemn looking documents kept in the strongrooms of the Warwickshire County Record Office, there are a good deal of gems down there that could be ...
These stunning photographs from the top of St Mary’s Church Tower in Warwick were taken by Dr Hubert Tibbits.
Twice Mayor of Warwick
Dr Hubert Tibbits followed both his father’s and grandfather’s ...
Warwickshire County Record Office holds many fine collections relating to Warwickshire’s landed families; they are treasure troves which never fail to fascinate and surprise the reader. The Waller Family of ...
Donald Healey may be associated with the car company that bears his name, and that was based in Warwick, but his early life started in the south of the country.
An early ...
It may seem curious to discover that the woman who eventually founded the Girl Scouts of the United States of America spent a good portion of her life in Wellesbourne. ...
When Willy returned to England in 1881, the impetuous couple continued to correspond, disregarding parental objections. Daisy was given the opportunity to see Willy at Beauchamp Hall in Leamington when ...
Daisy had a very compassionate heart, but Willy tried to dissuade her from doing charitable work. However, Daisy unobtrusively carried on with her kindhearted ways and contributed greatly to Warwickshire ...
Although Daisy was thoroughly devoted to her husband, it cannot be said the same for him. Willy had a roving eye and was very keen on women. In 1901, Anna ...
Having rented a summer home in Lochs, she called together a group of girls in the Scottish Highlands, and started her first troop of Girl Guides. When she returned to ...
My ancestor, Spencer Mason from Warwickshire, went to London and worked as a baker in Islington. One of his sons, Daniel Spencer Mason, was described as a ‘gentleman’ in his ...
At the time George Wise inherited Woodcote he was unmarried, and at the age of 53, already had another home in Surrey. He died in 1888 and the family estates ...
Whilst part one set the scene for the Townsend family and part two explored some of the male family members, this section explores the women in the family.
Grannie Ann Townsend
For ...
In part one, I introduced the Townsends, setting a little context for the family and the collection of their records now held at Warwickshire County Record Office. In this section, ...
This Ladies complete pocket-book was found in the last of a row of houses beyond the factory, on the road from Wixford to Bidford.
Although the book is dated as 1777, ...