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Category: Local History 1

Posts for the Local History 1 Group

  • St. Peters, Wooton Wawen

    18 of us visited the Saxon Church of St Peter’s in Wootton Wawen. Shirley, our guide for the morning, started the tour by taking us around the outside of the Church while explaining the history of this fascinating building.  St Peter’s is notable for having the most pronounced Anglo-Saxon work in the county; it is the oldest church in… Read more

  • The Monastic sites of Warwickshire

    A talk by Laurence Ince, covering the monastic sites of Warwickshire, including Polesworth Abbey and Stoneleigh Abbey. Read more

  • Local History (Group 1) - Earlier activities

    Here is a list of the events we organised up to the end of 2022 Read more