Compton Wynyates, Warwickshire
Compton Wynyates photos
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Compton Wynyates maps
Historic maps of Compton Wynyates and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Compton Wynyates maps
Compton Wynyates books
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Memories of Compton Wynyates
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I remember fishing here with our mini bottles. Catching minows with wine bottles with the bottom knocked out ( hard to find ). Remember once being trapped under these arches with the river rising and being surrounded by the cows that came down from the field. Very fond memories - shame kids don't get the chance these days to experience such... [more]
Shared on 26 September 2006
I was just reading the memory by Geoff Taylor and thought how weird it was that his grandad Robert Bignell was a shepherd at the Manor House and I Patricia Bignell am currently employed at the Manor house as housekeeper. Could there maybe be some uncanny connection? It is probably sheer coincidence that we have the same surname. I commute from... [more]
Shared on 29 September 2009
My grandmother's name was Amelia Gough and she lived in the second cottage on the right at the bottom of the green on the road to Mollington, water was collected by bucket over the road from a tap in the vicarage wall. She had two children Arthur and Mary, my mother. We lived in Oxford and visited every two weeks arriving... [more]
Shared on 31 July 2006
The Bull family, we used to live at 4 Duffus Hill. We used to go to the stud where my father worked, back in 1974. We used to go to the village hall for Brownies. We went to the school. We went to Sunday School down Middle Town Lane. We have got loads of memories of Moreton Morrell.
Shared on 14 July 2008
I have no personal memory of Fenny Compton. However it was the birthplace of my grandfather, Henry Charles Draper. He was born I think in 1866 or thereabouts.
The only thing he told me about Fenny Compton was that at the age of 9 years his mother received a note from the school master that Henry need not attend school any... [more]
Shared on 26 April 2009
I lived with my grandma Elizabeth (Lizzie) Bignell at No 10 Ten Cottages from 1943 to around 1948. The houses were Estate owned (and still are) and my grandad Robert Bignell worked at the manor house first as a shepherd and then in his later years as a gardener. My mother was "in service" at a large house in the village... [more]
Shared on 19 September 2008
I was the newspaper reporter for the Coventry Evening Telegraph regional office on Wood Street for a year and lived off Joseph Way on a new housing development.
I remember reporting on time share appartments at the former home of Danny La Rue, attending magistrates court and council meetings and eating at Pizzaland which was conveniently across the road from... [more]
Shared on 14 August 2009
Aunt Tilly, Sussex Cottage, Harbury. Born Mary Matilda, Southam 1863, Ladbroke Warks. She married a William Wells, born 1871 Harbury, Warks 1899. Any information on the Southam or Wells Families would be much appreciated. Regards, Patricia Ann
Shared on 04 October 2009
Extracts From Compton Wynyates & Warwickshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Compton Wynyates, inspired by Frith photos.
Warwickshire Photographic Memories
The house was built between 1480 and 1520 on the site of a Norman manor house. Much of the stone came from the ruined Fulbrook Castle, which had been given to William de Compton by Henry VIII.
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The house was built between 1480 and 1520 on the site of a Norman manor house. Much of the stone came from the ruined Fulbrook Castle, which had been given to William de Compton by Henry VIII.
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Warwickshire Revisited Photographic Memories
In the late 18th century, Compton Wynyates was abandoned by its cash-strapped owner, the 8th Earl of Northampton, and narrowly avoided being pulled down. In 1851 the 3rd Marquess of Northampton inherited the property and set about restoring it and remodelling the garden. In 1895 the 5th Marquess laid out the topiary garden we see here.
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