I wonder how many people who cross The Solent to holiday on the Isle of Wight, or for that matter how many residents of the Garden Isle, know that the ...
A few years ago, new steps and a disabled-access ramp were installed at Shire Hall, Warwick. The chosen medium for construction was a local building stone known as Hornton Stone, ...
These star-shaped objects, resembling snow flakes, are actually a type of fossil, commonly found in southern and eastern Warwickshire. These particular examples are from Napton-on-the-Hill, where the local Jurassic clay, ...
When in work, until about ten years ago, Southam Quarry was a fantastic resource for geological investigations. The ‘Blue Lias’ clay and limestone layers were a rich source of fossils, ...
The Post Windmill was built about 1725. It had an open trestle on high brick piers, ladder and tailpole with lever, weather vane on tail of roof. The roof and ...
Almost nothing is known about Wolston Windmill built on Lammas Hill. It was a tower mill with batter, staging and four common sails.
The excavation
A dig on Lammas Hill in 1950 ...
The former Court House in the centre of Warwick has been splendidly renovated by the Unlocking Warwick organisation and over the summer they are offering free guided tours around the ...
Edge Hill, in southern Warwickshire, is well known as the site of the first major battle of the English Civil War. On Sunday 23rd October 1642, the Parliamentarian and Royalist armies ...
Prisoner of War Letter dated 1942 from Mr R Cross to his family in Nuneaton. This has been donated to Nuneaton Memories for safe keeping. Hope all can read this
Frank Whittle was born in Earlsdon, Coventry, in 1907. His family moved to Leamington Spa where he attended Milverton School and then Leamington College for Boys. He worked in his ...
In the Royal Leamington Spa Courier and Warwickshire Standard Newspapers, there are lots of snippets of information about life at home and details of local soldiers experiences out on the ...
