2015 UPDATES
22/10/2015 New image of Tuttle Hill windmill added.
24/09/2015 Article on ghostly sighting at Weddington Castle in 1929 from Nuneaton Tribune in 1975 added, courtesy of June Miller.
21/09/2015 5 images of Weddington Church Fields (c) Mark Palmer, added to Picture Gallery.
20/09/2015 Link to 'The Twelfth Face of Ruth's Destiny' - a fictional novel by local historian and geologist Alan F Cook set in Weddington added to Miscellanea section.
19/09/2015 Link to 'The Sword, the Snake and the Curse at Pyreway Field' - a fictional novel by local historian and geologist Alan F Cook set in Weddington added to Miscellanea section.
18/09/2015 Video of Astley Castle: 'A Winter's Tale' added. Article on woman arrested for fortune telling in Weddington added to Miscellanea section.
27/08/2015 12 photos of The Grove work from 2010 added
02/07/2015 Three photos of Weddington Fields in an early London to Manchester air race added to Weddington Village gallery
26/06/2015 Picture of three servants taken by Weale Photographers of Nuneaton, added to Nuneaton Town gallery
09/06/2015 1920s photograph of St James' Church, Weddington added
08/06/2015 Three images of Nuneaton Carnival in 1930 and one image of Riversley Park in 1913 added to Nuneaton Town gallery
23/05/2015 Images of restoration of Henry Kay's William IV Mahogany Bookcase in 2015 added to website
06/05/2015 Image of 'The Weddington' pub sign added The Grove page
29/04/2015 Image of The Chase in the 1960s added to Other Halls gallery
12/04/2015 'Haunted Nuneaton' document by Peter Lee added to Ghosts section
11/04/2015 Image of workers at Tuttle Hill Windmill added along with additional information.
Postcard of Oldbury Hall showing interior added
08/03/2015 Page on The Bilstone Gibbet Post added
15/02/2015 Design work by FJ Yates for Reginald Stanley's home added to Manor Court page
09/02/2015 1960s site plan of Weddington showing location of the Castle added to Picture Gallery
Image of Weddington as featured in the 1580s Sheldon Maps added to Picture Gallery
02/02/2015 Two photos of a brick found in Castle Road, believed to be from the Castle, added to Picture Gallery
31/01/2015 Nuneaton Council have confirmed that our suggestions for street names on the new housing development to reflect the area's heritage. Read more here.
27/01/2015 Four new items added to Castle Shop - 2 hot water bottle designs, a Peruvian hat and a 'Weddington Castle Kitchen Staff' apron!
21/01/2015 Attleborough Grove added to 'Local Halls' section
15/01/2015 Coton House added to 'Local Halls' section
13/01/2015 Pre-1914 postcard of Corley Hall added to 'Local Halls' section
12/01/2015 Newspaper article on the Southern Lodge added to Picture Gallery
11/01/2015 Ghostly Tales of Lindley added to Miscellanea section
09/01/2015 A list of suggested street names for the impending development on Weddington Church Fields has been submitted jointly by SWORD, Weddington Castle and the Nuneaton & Bedworth History Society. Weddington Ward Councillor Keith Kondakor has endorsed these proposals. Read them here. Any further suggestions can be emailed to: info@weddingtoncastle.co.uk
Two new photos of Ansley Hall added - one of Fred Worrall and one of William Worrall
06/01/2015 Updated history of Sergeant Sydney John Vine, Groom to Captain Charles Shawe added to Victorian Servants section.
03/01/2015 Article from 1903 on the Atherstone fox hunt added (regularly attended and hosted by the Shawes of Weddington Castle). Column 5, half way down.
Image of Hartshill Castle from the turn of the century added.
Updated info on Attleborough Airfield added.
02/01/2015 We have learned the Davidsons Group - the developers building houses on Church Fields - plan to use bland, generic names for the new streets: The Oaks, Lilac Lane, Blossom Lane and Lime Avenue. Weddington Castle has written to Davidsons to urge them to use more heritage-focussed names. Read the letter here.
Poaching incident on the Weddington Castle estate! (Leicester Chronicle - Saturday 15 February 1890)
24/09/2015 Article on ghostly sighting at Weddington Castle in 1929 from Nuneaton Tribune in 1975 added, courtesy of June Miller.
21/09/2015 5 images of Weddington Church Fields (c) Mark Palmer, added to Picture Gallery.
20/09/2015 Link to 'The Twelfth Face of Ruth's Destiny' - a fictional novel by local historian and geologist Alan F Cook set in Weddington added to Miscellanea section.
19/09/2015 Link to 'The Sword, the Snake and the Curse at Pyreway Field' - a fictional novel by local historian and geologist Alan F Cook set in Weddington added to Miscellanea section.
18/09/2015 Video of Astley Castle: 'A Winter's Tale' added. Article on woman arrested for fortune telling in Weddington added to Miscellanea section.
27/08/2015 12 photos of The Grove work from 2010 added
02/07/2015 Three photos of Weddington Fields in an early London to Manchester air race added to Weddington Village gallery
26/06/2015 Picture of three servants taken by Weale Photographers of Nuneaton, added to Nuneaton Town gallery
09/06/2015 1920s photograph of St James' Church, Weddington added
08/06/2015 Three images of Nuneaton Carnival in 1930 and one image of Riversley Park in 1913 added to Nuneaton Town gallery
23/05/2015 Images of restoration of Henry Kay's William IV Mahogany Bookcase in 2015 added to website
06/05/2015 Image of 'The Weddington' pub sign added The Grove page
29/04/2015 Image of The Chase in the 1960s added to Other Halls gallery
12/04/2015 'Haunted Nuneaton' document by Peter Lee added to Ghosts section
11/04/2015 Image of workers at Tuttle Hill Windmill added along with additional information.
Postcard of Oldbury Hall showing interior added
08/03/2015 Page on The Bilstone Gibbet Post added
15/02/2015 Design work by FJ Yates for Reginald Stanley's home added to Manor Court page
09/02/2015 1960s site plan of Weddington showing location of the Castle added to Picture Gallery
Image of Weddington as featured in the 1580s Sheldon Maps added to Picture Gallery
02/02/2015 Two photos of a brick found in Castle Road, believed to be from the Castle, added to Picture Gallery
31/01/2015 Nuneaton Council have confirmed that our suggestions for street names on the new housing development to reflect the area's heritage. Read more here.
27/01/2015 Four new items added to Castle Shop - 2 hot water bottle designs, a Peruvian hat and a 'Weddington Castle Kitchen Staff' apron!
21/01/2015 Attleborough Grove added to 'Local Halls' section
15/01/2015 Coton House added to 'Local Halls' section
13/01/2015 Pre-1914 postcard of Corley Hall added to 'Local Halls' section
12/01/2015 Newspaper article on the Southern Lodge added to Picture Gallery
11/01/2015 Ghostly Tales of Lindley added to Miscellanea section
09/01/2015 A list of suggested street names for the impending development on Weddington Church Fields has been submitted jointly by SWORD, Weddington Castle and the Nuneaton & Bedworth History Society. Weddington Ward Councillor Keith Kondakor has endorsed these proposals. Read them here. Any further suggestions can be emailed to: info@weddingtoncastle.co.uk
Two new photos of Ansley Hall added - one of Fred Worrall and one of William Worrall
06/01/2015 Updated history of Sergeant Sydney John Vine, Groom to Captain Charles Shawe added to Victorian Servants section.
03/01/2015 Article from 1903 on the Atherstone fox hunt added (regularly attended and hosted by the Shawes of Weddington Castle). Column 5, half way down.
Image of Hartshill Castle from the turn of the century added.
Updated info on Attleborough Airfield added.
02/01/2015 We have learned the Davidsons Group - the developers building houses on Church Fields - plan to use bland, generic names for the new streets: The Oaks, Lilac Lane, Blossom Lane and Lime Avenue. Weddington Castle has written to Davidsons to urge them to use more heritage-focussed names. Read the letter here.
Poaching incident on the Weddington Castle estate! (Leicester Chronicle - Saturday 15 February 1890)
