Sir Richard Newdigate of Arbury (1602-1678) was a lawyer and politician. He owned Arbury Hall in Warwickshire and Harefield in Middlesex, served as a judge under Oliver Cromwell and was created ...
The title is not strictly true, “Moths near the Archive” would be more strictly accurate.
The Feathered Thorn
(Colotois pennaria) had found it’s way in to the reception area, probably after coming to ...
Warwickshire County Record Office holds many fine collections relating to Warwickshire’s landed families; they are treasure troves which never fail to fascinate and surprise the reader. The Waller Family of ...
These are a collection of May Day photos from May Day celebrations in Wolston. Many contain photos of my mum (Betty Owen was Orton), auntie (Eva Bloxham), over several different ...
Brother and sister Arthur and Doris Berry ran the post office and bakery. Doris ran the post office and Arthur ran the bakery, and made his own bread in the ...
I’ve lived in Wolston for 82 years, and in the same house since 1936. The village has got a lot bigger, but there are less shops. One time there were ...
The Coleshill Civic Society heard that there was a timber framed barn at Daw Mill Colliery that they wanted removed. I approached Avoncroft Building Museum, and they came and looked ...
Wolston has flooded regularly over the years. These residents recall their memories of them.
Charles Hoy Fort, (1874-1932), collected notes upon many subjects, including ball lightning. This is an expanded version of one of his notes, of a “fireball” in Nature, to which I ...
