It may seem curious to discover that the woman who eventually founded the Girl Scouts of the United States of America spent a good portion of her life in Wellesbourne. ...
In 1506, William Cope sold the manor of Wormleighton to his wife’s cousin, John Spencer of Snitterfield beginning a long association between the Spencer family and Wormleighton.
John Spencer built a manor ...
Whether the buns I produced are anything like the ones produced in 1650 one will never know. They were jolly tasty, but not sufficiently so to warrant all the time ...
This recipe is taken from the Elizabeth Barkham’s recipe book, c.1664-1680. The pages are paper in a limp vellum cover, entitled (on cover, very faint) “Madam Elizabeth Barkham her book, ...
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Mass
We all had to attend Mass most mornings, regardless of one’s faith, it always seem so cold early in the morning and I used to feel quite ...
My name is Diana Mentor (nee Harris) and I currently live in New Zealand. I emigrated from the UK in 1954. Recently I was talking to my daughter about my ...
In July 1715, the country was in a state of tumult. Riots were taking place across England and Scotland, opposing the accession of protestant King George 1st. In Birmingham, protestant ...
Brailes Girls and Infants National School in School Lane was built in 1858. It was not the first school for girls in Brailes as there was an earlier school in ...
Guy of Warwick is one of those figures, like Robin Hood and King Arthur, whose existence is more legend than history. His story has been told and re-told over the ...
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It is not just the word ‘witch’ that is still stigmatised, black cats have been tainted too. They are often depicted in popular culture as being a ...
On 3 December 1867 John Davis was sentenced at the Warwickshire Assizes to 18 months’ hard labour for ‘wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm’ (HO 27/148). His victim ...
