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Congregational Church, Spencer Street

Congregational Church, Spencer Street

Apr 8, 2013 | Places

The New Church In July 1836 a group of nonconformist worshippers who called themselves Congregationalists opened a new chapel set amongst green meadows near the banks of the river Leam. The architect of this elegant building was Mr John Russell himself a member of the...
Bath Place National School

Bath Place National School

Apr 8, 2013 | Places

Many children in early Victorian England never went to school. More than half of them never learned to read or write. For many families, this was of little consequence; with no welfare state and many mouths to feed, their concern was to send their children out to work...
The Wilkinsons: florists of Leamington

The Wilkinsons: florists of Leamington

Apr 8, 2013 | People

Alexander and May Wilkinson moved to Leamington from Birmingham in 1946, to open a garden and flower shop at No 9 Spencer Street. Birmingham, 1900-1946 May had always loved working with flowers, having started at the age of 12 helping in her auntie’s...
Thomas William Bone

Thomas William Bone

Apr 8, 2013 | People

Thomas William Bone was born in Warwick on the 15th November 1850 and lived with his parents Thomas William Bromidge and Maria Bone and an elder brother Albert Robert, born in 1849, at 124 Parkes Street, Saltisford Warwick. Early Life His father had also been born in...
The Bone family of 9 Spencer Street

The Bone family of 9 Spencer Street

Apr 8, 2013 | People

1700s William and Sarah Bone lived in Saltisford Warwick in the late 1700’s. They were married around 1790 with their first child being born in 1793. Their fifth child Hannah was born on 21st April 1805. Sarah outlived William and died in Saltisford in 1848 aged...

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