Ashow, Warwickshire
Ashow photos
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Ashow maps
Historic maps of Ashow and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Ashow maps
Ashow books
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Memories of Ashow
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George Goode who was born at Wappenbury in the 1840s was one of the builders who worked constructing this church. He was my great grandfather on my father's side of the family. His daughter was Ellen Louisa Goode who married Thomas Pratt. He was once an officer at the Reformatory at Weston under Wetherley. He later became a master baker and became baker at Moreton Morrell.
Shared on 06 April 2008
From approximately 1939-1945 the house was taken over by the Waifs and Strays Society becoming a home for 40 boys. They had moved from Chislehurst, Kent. The house was also used as a landmark by German bombers during their attacks on Coventry.
Shared on 02 August 2006
My husbands family were from Bascote. His ancestor Edwin Markham moved there as an ag labourer in the 1870s. His wife Maria died shortly after, and he married again. He had very many children, and used to drink at the Fox and Hen pub - the landlords were witnesses at his wedding! Sadly his cottage, by the pub, has been demolished, but his children all stayed local to Bascote when they grew up; one of his sons died in the Great War, and is named on the Bascote Heath memorial.
Shared on 29 February 2008
This used to be owned by Sir Ivan Stedeford, and every Christmas the choir of St Michael's Church was invited to sing carols in the hall acompaned by Sir Ivan on the grand piano.
Shared on 31 May 2009
Extracts From Ashow & Warwickshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Ashow, inspired by Frith photos.
Warwickshire Revisited Photographic Memories
The Church of the Assumption of Our Lady has a lovely riverside setting, though this appealing bridge has been somewhat modernised with new timbers. The church register begins in 1733, considerably later than most Warwickshire parishes: it is said (though it may be apocryphal) that a parish clerk called Thomas Badhams cut up the earlier volumes to make pipe spills.
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Leamington Spa Town and City Memories
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Leamington Spa Town and City Memories
Mrs Hitchman, widow of Dr Hitchman, donated the site for this church together with a large sum of money. St Mary’s was built between 1877 and 1878 by John Cundall in brick with a prominent steeple. The interior is brick-lined. The tower was a mere 75 feet high and has been cemented over. In 1875 the old three-decker pulpit was removed and the font re-located. The horse and carriage gives a tranquil atmosphere on a road which now leads to an industrial estate.
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