Articles with the tag: Victorian

A Curious Footpath

A Curious Footpath

Aug 27, 2015 | Places

This photograph shows the ancient cobbled footpath and bridge across the River Avon at Saxon Mill.  Outwardly this is just a footpath crossing the Avon, which happens also to mark the Milverton/Warwick parish boundary.  The footpath extends from the river crossing as...
Rediscovering the Toovey Family, Leamington Artists

Rediscovering the Toovey Family, Leamington Artists

Aug 6, 2015 | People

A few years ago, my dad brought home a dusty old envelope from the Town Hall, where he works.It was about to be put in the bin, so he brought it for me to look at.  I was excited when I saw that the contents all related to one person, Richard Toovey. But who was he?...
Women in the Cricket Field

Women in the Cricket Field

Jun 23, 2015 | Memories, People

 A trawl through back copies of the Leamington Courier in search of archive material relating to Leamington Cricket Club turned up an intriguing announcement by Mr W A Bezant in the editions of June 1890, – the forthcoming “Engagement, for one day only, of...
Mary Dormer Harris, 1867 – 1936

Mary Dormer Harris, 1867 – 1936

Apr 11, 2015 | People

Mary Dormer Harris was a remarkable woman.  Multi-talented, hard-working, an enthusiastic party-giver with a great zest for life, she had a wide circle of friends young and old. She wrote and published books and plays, lectured in local history at the University...

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