I remember Dad and I taking our ponies to be shoed by Harry Jackson, the Blacksmith, in Beausale, when I was a little girl during the 1960s. He lived in ...
A strong wind was blowing across the trenches. A putrid smell lingered in the air, a mixture of chlorine gas, mud, filth, and flesh. It was approaching lunchtime in the ...
War-time memories
During the war we used to hide under the table during air raids: we weren’t allowed to go into the public shelters because of my father’s occupation.. I’ve donated ...
The Co-operative Society Dairy was situated in Merevale Avenue, Nuneaton. It took delivery daily of 1000s of gallons of milk, which was treated, bottled and delivered from there. Behind the ...
There are quite a few months to go before the glittering and glamorous ball season begins in Vienna. A city famous for its art, architecture and music, Vienna lays claim ...
Most of the records we keep here at the Warwickshire County Record Office are written documents, on paper or parchment. These come in a myriad of different sizes, ages, and – ...
Browsing the Calendar of Prisoners Index, as you do, I came across an entry which intrigued me. The crime was listed as ‘Assault and Rescue of a Prisoner’.1 Now, I ...
The abuttal boxes often list occupants over a long period of time. In some cases the word ‘formerly,’ ‘since,’ ‘ late,’ ‘now,’ or a semi-colon separates names of different periods.
When ...
Unless otherwise specified, all references preceded by B, CR, D, HR, L, MR are to be found at the Warwickshire County Record Office. Uncatalogued items there are prefixed with WCRO.
Abbreviations for ...
In 1547 AD C105, C106 and C107 appear to have been one burgage called the ‘garret houses’ with a rent of 4d. The abuttals suggest that this comprised the whole block ...
Each burgage plot is identified by the code it was given on the 1786 plan, i.e. ‘F1’ for the first freehold burgage and ‘C1’ for the first copyhold, starting at ...
