Queen Victoria’s impact on the county of Warwickshire was profound. An obvious example is that in 1838 she was successfully lobbied for Leamington Spa to use the word ‘Royal’ as ...
Today we are used to instant communication to all parts of the globe and it is difficult for young people to imagine what it was like before telephone use became ...
Jessamine Victoria Bradley was born in Derby on 25th May 1897. She was the daughter of William Edge Bradley, a clerk for the Midland Railway, and Louise Violet Squirrell, who ...
Dealing with people who had mental health problems was originally severe, partly because they were regarded as bad (and possibly possessed by the devil) rather than mad. They could be ...
Bonfire Night is one custom that has featured consistently over the centuries since the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. On occasion a focus for religious tension, and waxing and waning in ...
I’ve recently been perusing the Warwickshire County Record Office postcard collection on the lookout for some interesting images depicting Warwickshire’s past. This particular collection comprises approximately 7,910 postcards of Warwickshire and ...
Warwickshire County Record Office has always had a mind to keep the documents in its care in good heart. Originally when the office was located in Shire Hall, and in ...
The Abbey is a detached Grade II Listed house set within the Southam Conservation Area. The three storey property is approached from Warwick Road through a pair of early 19th ...
Christopher George Squirrell was born in Ipswich around 1844, where he followed in his father’s footsteps by becoming a watchmaker.
He had however, been preaching since he was 16 and at ...
St Nicholas Church, situated in the beautiful grounds of the ruined St Mary’s Abbey, within the Abbey Fields, has been a place of peace and prayer for over 700 years. ...
The Middle Jurassic period, roughly 170 million years ago, saw a time when tropical waters made their mark on what is now central England. Shallow, clear seas spread over the ...
I’m looking forward to seeing a new film adaptation of Vera Brittain’s Testament of Youth, to be premiered 15th October, but did you know of her Warwickshire connection? Some of ...
