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The Tillson's Home
A copy of the church photo was sent to me after I visited Witherley, on the trail of my Tillson ancestors. I was told that the middle house was where the Tillson's lived in the 1900s & before.
My g/grandmother Ann Tillson was born in Witherley in 1856, I have her birth cert. but wondered if she was christened in St. Peters. Her father William Tillson according to the 1861 census was also born there in approx 1832.
As I live in Wales is there anyone who could look at the Parish Records for me.
William was a Domestic Servant, Gardener & by 1871 a Coachman. Did he work at the Hall??
Contributed by Shirley Harrison
Warwickshire memories
The Tillson's Home
A copy of the church photo was sent to me after I visited Witherley, on the trail of my Tillson ancestors. I was told that the middle house was where the Tillson's lived in the 1900s & before.
My g/grandmother Ann Tillson was born in Witherley in 1856, I have her birth cert. but wondered if she was christened in St. Peters. Her father William Tillson according to the 1861 census was also born there in approx 1832.
As I live in Wales is there anyone who could look at the Parish Records for me.
William was a Domestic Servant, Gardener & by 1871 a Coachman. Did he work at the Hall??
A memory of Witherley contributed by Shirley Harrison
My Grandad Jim
My name is kerry & my favourite memory of coalville when i was younger is my Grandad, his name was Jim Watts. he was a coalminer for quite a few years & he was also Mayor of coalville. i remember going to the dog track with my dad, Alan & having to wait around for my grandad to come out. if i remember right after there he would go to the halfway house & 'just wet his lips' before he went home. i would have been about 9 or 10 years old at the time, i'm 38 now. i never thought i would hear myself say ' i can remember when all this was fields', i definately can hear ...read more here
A memory of Coalville contributed by kerry tucker
Family Recollections of Kirby Muxloe - 1913 to 1969.
My memories of Kirby Muxloe date back to 1949, when I was a bridesmaid at my father’s cousin Anne’s wedding at St Bartholomew’s Church. However it is the castle that I remember most, since we had to drive past it to visit her parents, my Great Aunt Nell and Great Uncle Stan in Desford Lane. In 1969 I photographed the Castle when I took my own sons to visit Anne’s sister, Eva, who lived on at the same house after their parents’ deaths.
My father was born in 1913 and he and his parents lived next door to Stan and Nell for the first twenty or so years of his life. He had vivid recollections of the castle. He wrote in ...read more here
A memory of Kirby Muxloe contributed by Jane Sealy
Extracts From Witherley & Warwickshire books
The River Anker flows slowly by St Peter’s, which has served the village since 1173. From this placid view, only the middle cottage survives today. The village also houses the Atherstone Hunt stables and kennels.
An extract from from"Leicestershire & Rutland Living Memories".
The basic fabric of the church can be no later than the end of the Early English period, around 1300.
The elegant five-bay north and south arcades are witness to this date. One of two 14th-century
tomb recesses with ball-flower decoration can be seen between columns to the left. The excellent
west tower was built in 1649. The chancel was rebuilt in 1858 by the architects Millican & Smith,
who also carried out unremarkable works at Arnesby, Bagworth and Markfield, among others.
An extract from from"Leicestershire Villages Photographic Memories".
Next to an 18th century house
of some interest, the post
office, along with the pub,
was the focal point of village
life. The need to collect the
pension and perhaps a few
postage stamps could be
spiced up with a little discreet
local gossip. Now, thanks to
cut-backs, post offices
disappear like ghosts into the
night. To the east of the
village are the earthworks of a
moated grange to Garendon
Abbey, a Cistercian house
founded in 1377.
An extract from from"Leicestershire Villages Photographic Memories".
The cows are lying down, a sure sign of rain, the old saying goes, but whether this is true or false they add a picturesque
finishing touch to a watery scene. Situated about 8 miles north of Leicester, by Domesday ‘Barhou’ was settled. Today, it is
the river and the lime works which are the village’s most valuable assets. The lime produced here is considered to be of the
finest quality.
An extract from from"Leicestershire Villages Photographic Memories".
St Michael’s stands on the east side of Melton
Road in the centre of the village. Only the
tower remains from the early 14th-century; the
remainder was rebuilt using some original
materials by Henry Stevens of Derby in 1848,
who also restored a number of churches on the
west side of the county. The two rather grand
foreground tombstones are perhaps more eye-
catching than the church in this photograph.
An extract from from"Leicestershire Villages Photographic Memories".