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 ...
The Victorian stained glass of the west window of St Michael’s Church, Whichford is a beautiful example of the craftsmanship of the time. However, an altogether different design had been ...
This tower still stands looking rather forlorn (though it appears to be in a better state than it was in 1900). It was originally attached to the handsome church of ...
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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 ...
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 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 ...
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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 ...
Christopher George Squirrell was born in Ipswich around 1844, where he followed in his father’s footsteps by becoming a watchmaker.
He had however, been preaching since he was 16 and at ...
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 ...
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 ...
Taxation like death is one of life’s certainties. As one would expect, Warwickshire County Record Office has numerous tax records within our holdings from copies of the earliest subsidy rolls ...
In January 1747 the Reverend Cotterell, vicar of Polesworth, died at Polesworth, aged 77. Some kindly person decided that ‘it would be injustice to the memory of so valuable a person’ ...
From the beginning of the industrial revolution at the end of the 18th Century, until around the time of the Great War, there was a large migration of people from ...
Holy Trinity church was opened in 1854 as a Chapel-of-Ease to St. Andrew’s, building work having started in 1852. The total cost was £7,250. Designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott, ...
Bedworth Chapel
The first Primitive Methodist Chapel in Bedworth was built in 1830 in King Street near the bridge over the railway, with seats for 120 people. Details were recorded in ...
Primitive Methodists were meeting in a barn at the time of the religious census of 1851; the form was filled in by ‘Precher’ Charles Adams a brickmaker from Stockton. The ...
There is evidence of a group of Primitive Methodists meeting in Priors Hardwick in 1849, but it was not recorded in the 1851 religious census and ceased at the end ...
This little chapel stands derelict in Memorial Road, Fenny Compton. It was probably built in 1852.1 It consists of red brick, with a black brick pattern visible on the side wall, ...