Aston Cantlow and District Local History Society was formed in 1994. Meetings are held on the 2nd Monday of alternate months throughout the year, usually they are held in the medieval Guild Room in Aston Cantlow Village Hall, but for larger events in Wilmcote Village Hall. Historical visits and events are arranged during the summer months.
The Group was set up in 1965 to foster learning about history with a focus on local subjects. The 100 strong group meets in Lapworth Village Hall from September to April for a programme of talks, and outings to Stately Homes and places of interest take place during the Summer months.
It dawned on me that I hadn’t seen the traditional Morris dancers in the village where I grew up lately – funny the things you miss that you took for ...
A 250-year old wild pear tree in Cubbington has won the Woodland Trust’s ‘Tree of the Year’ competition. Sadly it is on the path of HS2 and is doomed to ...
The Warwickshire Avon rises in Naseby (in Northamptonshire) and the old photo shows an overgrown pool of water and the side of a monument. It’s not easy to find the ...
(Continued from part one)
It seems that Newdigate had written to the BSAC on another’s behalf – D. Stiles Esq. of Nuneaton, who had also supplied a pamphlet supporting the emigration ...
One of the things I find interesting as a historian lies beyond looking at simply what happened in the past, but the practice of history itself – how history is ...
Most of this has been told to me by my Dad who lived in Stockton, and has been passed down via his parents, grandparents and other ancestors. My uncle (Mr. Syd ...
The Stockton boulder is outside Braunston House in Stockton (24 High Street). It had railings around it (as shown in the photograph) and these were removed for the war effort ...
In Part one, I looked at the interaction between ribbon weaving in Coventry and Nuneaton and the unrest which arose with the onset of industrialisation in the early 19th century .
However, ...
On this day, Warwick had shined its shoes and brushed itself down to welcome Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother as she came to open the completed Shire Hall ...
We meet 4 times a year, January, April, July & October on the 4th Wednesday at 7:30 in Wellesbourne Village Hall. We have a guest speaker at each meeting. We also carry out some local research and have produced a number of publications
