Welford On Avon
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Once my home
I lived here for two years in 1941/42. My father rented it from Mrs Switzer who owned Bell Court. I was ten years old and together with my parents was escaping the Birmingham bombing. I used to fish from that very unstable veranda. We later rented a home on Grange Road in Bidford.
Jack Nunn
A memory of Bidford-On-Avon contributed by First Name Last Name
Present use
This building is known as "Studley Castle" and after the demise of Rover, who owned it, was sold to a hotel chain.
A memory of Studley contributed by Des Adams
I lived here
I lived at The Malt House, Claverdon in the early mid 1960s. It was owned at the time by Mr Jefferson who lived in a lovely new bungalow a little further away. I loved this house even if it was a bit unusual to live in. I went to school in Claverdon and Miss Lewthwaite was my teacher she was really nice. Does anyone else remember this place?
I don't think the Malt House has changed that much, it still looks lovely in the modern photos I have seen of it. I bet the floors still slope upstairs.
In the barn at the end it had a "Copper" where my mum boiled the whites on washing ...read more here
A memory of Claverdon contributed by Deboragh Lewis
Claverdon Hall
This is my home.
A memory of Claverdon contributed by dan cronin
Extracts From Welford On Avon & Warwickshire books
Welford has spread enormously since 1955. A fair number of old cottages still line the
earliest village streets around the church, but elsewhere any surviving cottage tends to
be islanded in a sea of modernity. But several still survive on Chapel Street, including this
thatched row of four.
An extract from from"Warwickshire Revisited Photographic Memories".
This is part of Binton
Bridges, linked bridges
which span the Avon
between Welford and
Binton by way of mid-
stream islands. The parish
boundary runs along the
river, and was formerly
the county boundary
too, for Welford was in
Gloucestershire until 1931.
An extract from from"Warwickshire Revisited Photographic Memories".
This viewpoint
must be just outside
Welford on the Bidford
road, where the land
rises slightly. The
exact viewpoint is
inaccessible now,
but looking towards
Welford from a nearby
site reveals a less
pleasing view, with
a factory-like farm
building looming
large.
An extract from from"Warwickshire Revisited Photographic Memories".
Welford has had a maypole since the 14th century; the present glossy red, white and blue pole
was installed in 1967 and refurbished in 2003. The pole is topped by a weathervane featuring a
running fox on a golden ball.
An extract from from"Warwickshire Revisited Photographic Memories".
There can be few people in Britain who have not seen a photograph of this scene at some time
or other, consciously or not. Scarcely a year goes by that it does not feature on at least one
calendar, biscuit tin or jigsaw. The cottage has acquired new windows and a coat of paint on the
chimney stack since this photograph was taken, but remains otherwise unchanged.
An extract from from"Warwickshire Revisited Photographic Memories".