We’re accustomed these days to the sad news of fatal car-accidents on a daily basis, but in 1899 petrol-driven internal-combustion vehicles had only recently been invented and were an uncommon ...
This saucer, no doubt from a set, was shown to myself at the recent WVTMS Annual Ploughing Match at Warwick back in October. Knowing nothing of the above, enquiries were ...
The church celebrates its 50th anniversary this year (2017) in September.
My grandparents Henry and Amy Robbins lived in part of the old mansion buildings which stood on the site of the present Mansion Close until it was demolished in 1964. ...
Dick Turpin, the infamous 18th century highwayman, is more commonly associated with York and London than with North Warwickshire. However, his ghost riding a phantom horse is reputed to travel ...
The smithy at Claverdon is a grade II listed building dating from the late 17th century. It was still in use as a smithy during the 20th century. The building ...
This month’s recipe is a collective effort. To mark Shrove Tuesday, we decided to do a Batter Pudding – a recipe to be found in an enigmatically entitled archive, Eathorpe ...
I had a look through the day book from the ‘Hall & Son, Tailors’ collection held at Warwickshire County Record Office1. Hall & Son were based at 154 The Parade, Leamington ...
The Kenilworth Abbey Advisory Committee (KAAC) was originally formed in 1974 by the Kenilworth History Society. A constitution was adopted in 1996 and KAAC has continued to function ever since.
This recipe, which was kindly chosen for me, is from a recipe book in the Eleanor Archer collection1. Although the book itself is believed to have belonged to her mother, ...
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Bentham’s first recorded visit was in late October 1789, when he intended to stay there for three days. A surviving letter to a member of the Vernon ...
