As a resident of the small village of Weston Under Wetherley, near Leamington Spa, I became fascinated by the historical accounts of its reported ‘goings on’ in the historical pages ...
Holbrook Grange has an interesting history. The land was part of the Boughton estate and the family lived the other side of the river in Lawford Hall. This Hall was ...
Warwick’s old coffee tavern (now being used as offices) dates from 1880, and was built for local manufacturer and philanthropist Thomas Bellamy Dale to the designs of Frederick H Moore, ...
These photos have suffered from the ravages of time, but do show that Reg Bull was always on hand to capture Nuneaton moments and events, of all significance. Here, we ...
A Rootes product, but ironically never built in Rootes territory in Coventry and Warwickshire, the Imp was built at a new factory in Linwood, in Scotland. Nonetheless, Rootes was a ...
This is a photograph of a street party in Warwick. It is likely to be for the Coronation of King Edward VII in 1902, but I can’t be sure. My great ...
Following on from ‘Daffodils in December’ I looked around the garden and found ‘Japonica in January’ also flowering early. (To be honest it was there in December too but that ...
Fascinating and engaging exhibitions programme inspired by Stratford’s history, it’s people, its buildings and businesses, celebrating local stories alongside archived materials not previously accessible. Take part in heritage themes activities linked to local festivals and events, visitor talks and living history experiences
I lived in Preston Bagot as a child with my grandparents at Mill Cottage. I believe we were the first family to live there after it was converted from a ...
2016 sees the three hundredth anniversary of the birth of Capability Brown (CB300).
He was baptised on 30 August 1716 at Kirkharle, Northumberland, the son of a yeoman farmer and a ...
The Warwickshire County Record Office holds quite a lot of photographs and records of the coal mining industry which went on in and around Polesworth. This industry was spurred by ...
From 1950 to 1955 the County Archivist, Anthony Wood, kept an office diary. He had been appointed in 1946 when the Office was re-opened after the war and he set ...