There’s something irresistibly intriguing about old paths and highways that were once well trodden but are now more often than not forgotten or overgrown. Across the years, they’ve attracted the ...
Now that Christmas is just around the corner we wanted to select something seasonal to highlight from the Warwickshire County Record Office, and we think this December 1892 edition of ...
Bertie Road
Construction of this road started in 1885 and was completed in 1886 as a cul-de-sac from Waverley Road. It was named after Hubert Clarke, son of landowner William, one-time ...
There does not appear to be a mill here in the Domesday survey of 1086 although there were two in nearby Clifton on Dunsmore. The old photograph shows a railway ...
The latest elephants to be found are located in Livery Street, Leamington Spa. The sculpture in bronze of three elephants is called “The Three Graces”, created by Philippa Downes. Philippa ...
On Friday 30th October 2015, Heritage and Culture Warwickshire (HCW) brought to life the sights, sounds, stories and emotions of those living during the First World War in a performance ...
This charming lodge used to stand at the entrance to Holbrook Grange. Sadly it was demolished later on in the 20th century, but the gate still survives, tucked away in ...
Restoration
In September 2015, Kenilworth’s Pound was officially opened following restoration driven by Councillors Gordon and Pat Cain and the Kenilworth Civic Society. A campaign involving local residents raised interest and ...
Two mills worth 11s. were recorded at Clifton on Dunsmore in the Domesday survey of 1086: this one and another north of the village near Newton, called Laund mill and ...
Little Packington is a parish made up of scattered farms and dwellings in the north-west corner of Warwickshire. A charity to provide schooling in Little Packington was set up in ...
Never seen before colour photographs…
During the early hours of 6th June 1975 a London to Glasgow sleeper train derailed at Nuneaton with the loss of six lives. Nuneaton Memories have ...
There was one small almshouse in Kenilworth, known as the ‘Widow’s Charity Houses’. It was founded in 1644 for poor widows by George Denton of Warwick, though later it was ...
