1 This field is called ‘Marlpits’ on a map from 1766.
2 Traces of pits here and in surrounding fields are still visible.
The site of several marl pits from which marl was extracted during the Imperial period. The marl pits are marked on an estate map of 1766. Some of them are still visible as earthworks. They are situated 500m north east of Wainbody Wood.
1 On the 1841 tithe map, a field centered around this NGR is labelled Marl Pit Close.
2 On the 1905 OS map an area of the approximate size shown on ...
The site of a quarry which was in use during the Imperial period. It is marked on a tithe map of 1841 as a marl pit and on the Ordnance Survey map of 1905 as a gravel pit. The quarry has now been built over but it was situated in the area of the Coventry Trading Estate.
Continuing Julie’s account of her wartime childhood1
‘My move to Princethorpe village school was arranged by Mrs Reeve of the Poplars Farm, Eathorpe. She was an exceptional lady who was very ...
My dad then had to move us from Birmingham, so we first went to Balsall Common near Coventry and then finally to Warwick. At Balsall Common, I remember waking up ...