Compton Wynyates
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mini fishing
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 things.
A memory of Shipston-On-Stour contributed by Michael Bailey
My Banbury gran's village.
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 Saturday and going back to Oxford Sunday. We went by train to Banbury stopping at every village on the way, then caught a little yellow and green bus to Warmington. I made a lot of friends with the local children, we spent most of the time roaming round the fields, helping on the farm just below the cottages with a ...read more here
A memory of Warmington contributed by Michael Bennett
Markham's of Bascote
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.
A memory of contributed by rebekah markham
Waifs and Strays Society
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.
A memory of Warwick contributed by Ronald Forrest
Extracts From Compton Wynyates & Warwickshire books
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.
An extract from from"Warwickshire Pocket Album".
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.
An extract from from"Warwickshire Revisited Photographic Memories".
The house consists
of four ranges built
round a courtyard. On
the right here is the
south range, which
includes the parlour
and great chamber.
On the left is the east
range, which contains
the hall, marked by the
splendid bay window.
An extract from from"Warwickshire Revisited Photographic Memories".
An extract from from"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.
An extract from from"Leamington Spa Town and City Memories".