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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 Bascote contributed by rebekah markham
Happy Childhood
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 which I think was owned by a family called Passmore. Three of my grandmother's sons were away in the war and they all came home safely. There was Sydney, who was in the Navy, Robert in the Tank Regiment and Frederick who was a Paratrooper. I actually remember them all being de-mobbed after the war and coming home. The village ...read more here
A memory of Wormleighton contributed by Geoff Taylor
George Goode
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.
A memory of Leamington Spa contributed by susan Dyke
Douglas Scott
I wonder if someone can let me know the name of the man featured on the statue at the crossroads outside the hotel. I do remember that one of his names was repeated and seem to remember that it was .... Montague-Douglas-Scott. Who was he?
I used to pass that way on my way to and from Rugby High School on the 589 in the 1950s.
A memory of Dunchurch contributed by diana hagan
Extracts From Southam & Warwickshire books
Southam is predominantly a dormitory town now,
but it is a historic place. Roman coins have been
found in the churchyard, and a market charter was
granted by Henry III in 1227. It stands astride the
Welsh Road used by cattle drovers, and in the early
19th century it was a stop for coaches such as the
London-Warwick-Birmingham Mail, the Express
and the Sovereign.
An extract from from"Warwickshire Revisited Photographic Memories".
How sad that someone has been unable to resist renaming this 14th-century building the Olde Mint. Local tradition insists
that it owes its name to an unlikely incident after the Battle of Edgehill in 1642, when Charles I is said to have come here
and demanded that the local gentry donate silverware to be melted down and minted into coins so he could pay his army.
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".
The River Leam and All Saints’ Church
from the suspension bridge. On the left, the
high walls at the rear of the gardens give an
indication of the flood problems associated
with living on a river.
An extract from from"Leamington Spa Town and City Memories".