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Witherley maps

Historic maps of Witherley and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis.   View all Witherley maps

Witherley map

Historic map of Witherley

Warwickshire map

Illustrated Victorian map of Warwickshire

Witherley map

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Witherley books

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Leicestershire Villages Photographic Memories
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Leicestershire Photographic Memories
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Leicestershire & Rutland Living Memories
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Witherley books
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Memories of Witherley

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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.... [more]

Shared on 01 July 2006 by Shirley Harrison.

Warwickshire memories

Growing up in a small village

My parents moved to Twycross from London in the early 1960s. We lived on Sheepy Road next door to Mr Charlie Brooks and Louie Jones. On the opposite side were Stan and Ilma Jones and Len Gibbs and his daughter Joan. I remember there being a family whose surname was Talbot in the big house opposite us, but they moved away... [more]

Shared on 22 October 2009 by Tracy Wright.

Netherley house, Hinckley road

Hi Can anyone help me? Was there a Netherley House in Hinckley Road in the late 1930s/early 1940s? I have a relative who was born there in November 1940 but I cant see any record of the place. Any help would be appreciated. Regards Tracey

Shared on 11 November 2009 by Tracey Winters.

Growing up in Earl Shilton

I have fond memories of Earl Shilton around the 1950s. My first school was in Wood Street where I lived in a little old cottage, now knocked down. I remember celebrating Queen Elizabeth II's coronation at the school, wearing a red, white and blue paper dress my mum made for me. We moved later to Weavers Road where I attended Weavers... [more]

Shared on 24 July 2009 by Maureen Burdett.

Earl Shilton

My memories are of Earl Shilton and similar to those of Eric Johnson. I started at Earl Shilton Infant School in 1959 and the headmistress was called Mrs Cloe. When I was in her class she would read Brer Rabbit books to us at the end of each day and if the boys were naughty they had their legs slapped. It... [more]

Shared on 26 June 2009 by Lindsey Snowdon.

My early years

My memory of Shilton is when I started school at the infant school in The Hollow which is now a supermarket, and then to the school in Wood Street, after that to Heathfield at Bel Vue and we used to play in Dan Asley's sand pit on the home.
After I left school I worked for a Mr Surch at Kesters... [more]

Shared on 11 January 2009 by Eric Johnson.

Ashby ain't like it used to be

I was born and bred in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, the eldest of three children. My memories of Ashby itself are snapshots from a time which now seems so old-fashioned that it as nostalgic as a Herriot novel. As a young lad, I was a pupil at North Street Infants School (1964), a delightfully small, Victorian building that still had air raid shelters in... [more]

Shared on 17 March 2009

All Saints School, Eatoughs, Newbridge High, King Edward 7th Grammar...etc

My name is Ann ( Nee Barber) and I was born in Coalville 1956 - attended All Saints C of E primary and above schools. I bought my first record at the market, it was 'Here Comes My Baby' by the Tremeloes. I went to work at Eatoughs before marrying at 17 years old and moving to Manchester. The photos on... [more]

Shared on 11 July 2009

Extracts From Witherley & Warwickshire books

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Leicestershire & Rutland Living Memories

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.

This is an extract from Leicestershire & Rutland Living Memories.
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Leicester Photographic Memories

The pinnacled and canopied Clock Tower, designed by Joseph Goddard in 1868, dominates the forefront of the photograph, while its four stoney local worthies, Simon de Montfort, William Wyggeston, Alderman Gabriel Newton and Sir Thomas White, Mayor of Leicester and mine host at the nearby Horse and Trumpet, gaze down. Beyond Corts Limited can be seen the dominant dome of the Opera House, demolished in 1960, where each... [more]

This is an extract from Leicester Photographic Memories.
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Leicester Photographic Memories

The link between London Road and Gallowtree Gate, this short north-south road is visually of the later 19th century. The Grand Hotel of 1898 by Cecil Ogden (1858-1944) dominates its southern end, while the rather exuberant Turkey Cafe of 1901 by Arthur Wakerley and the Victoria Coffee House of 1888 by Edward Burgess (fl.1886-1915) add that longed-for touch of eccentricity and quality to an otherwise undistinguished townscape. The... [more]

This is an extract from Leicester Photographic Memories.
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