UPDATES
09/04/2021 Visiting card photo of Castle owner Henry Cunliffe Shawe from 1870s added to Key People section. Each photograph was the size of a visiting card, and such photograph cards were commonly traded among friends and visitors. Albums for the collection and display of cards became a common fixture in Victorian parlours.
14/03/2021 New image added to Weddington Castle Gallery
30/01/2021 New image added to The Grove Gallery
02/01/2021 New image added to Weddington Castle Gallery and one to St James Church page
22/11/2020 Three new images added to Weddington Castle Gallery and one to Hartshill Castle page
12/11/2020 Weddington Red Cross Nurses page added to website, detailing members of the Volunteer Aid Detachment detachment who served at the Castle in World War 1 when it was a Red Cross Hospital
14/04/2020 A Glimpse of an Unseen Stretch of Weddington Walk PDF added to Weddington Village Today along with Weddington Walk image of site of Higham on the Hill station (undated) added to Weddington Village.
25/03/2020 1086 Watitune/Weddington Domesday Book entry ( (c) Crown Copyright) added to History and Weddington Village sections
18/03/2020 RIP Alan F Cook. Eur Ing Alan F Cook BSc CEng CGeol CSci FIMMM FGS was a Geological consultant who had numerous papers, reports and books published on geology, remote sensing, archaeology, local history, genealogy and topography.
A key publication in relation to this website is Alan Cook’s “A revised geology, geography and history of WEDDINGTON, in the County of Warwick" (© Alan F Cook 1992, fully revised 2002). Much of the core information on this site is directly attributable to - and hopefully accurately credited to – Alan F Cook. Without Alan F Cook's commitment to Weddington's local history, this Website would not exist.
18/03/2020 Two new images and a video added to 'The Bilstone Gibbet Post' page.
15/03/2020 Image of Captain Charles Shawe of the Rifle Brigade (son of Weddington Castle owner Henry Cunliffe Shawe) added to 'Gallery' . 1915 death notice of Captain Geoffrey Joseph Shakerley also added to same Gallery.
14/03/2020 Updated version of the document on Sydney Vines, groom to Captain Charles Shawe, who accompanied him to New Zealand and later became a decorated ANZAC (courtesy of Bob Vines, his grandson) added to 'Victorian Servants'.
18/02/2020 Abstract of the Title of Mr P H Howe and others to messuages, land and hereditaments in Weddington Parish (1927) 2.2MB added. Thanks to Mick Rooke for providing the original document. This refers to the land that is now occupied by Glenfield Avenue, Oakdene Crescent, Elmfield, Romsey Avenue, Winchester Avenue, Scott Avenue and Fox Avenue. The buildings in the centre of the maps are approximately where Weddington primary and middle school are built. There is also reference to the Weddington Grove with its outbuildings, pleasure gardens and two cottages.
27/09/2019 Image of Weddington Road added. March 1972 track lifting gangs are working on the Ashby & Nuneaton Joint Line dismantlement over the Weddington Road bridge which was later removed after the lifting was complete. (Alan Cook / NLHG archives)
05/07/2019 New photograph of 'the Polly Button Stone' added to 'The Murder of Polly Button' page in 'Miscellanea'. (thanks to Steve Moore and Alison James).
02/07/2019 Two photographs of a horseshoe found and sent to Weddington Castle Online by a local resident who lived on the site of the Castle Stables/Paddock in Shawe Avenue added to Weddington Castle and Grounds gallery (thanks to Rosemarie Coles for supplying the item).
17/06/2019 Details of new book and website on the murder of Polly Button ('The Undoing of Polly Button') added to Polly Button page.
01/06/2019 Weddington destination sign from Midland Red East bus in 1983 added to Weddington Village gallery.
14/04/2019 Weddington Hotel with A. E. Simpson builders van outside, year unknown (50s-70s?) added to The Grove gallery
30/01/2019 Weddington Hall souvenir jug - date unknown - added to Weddington Castle and Grounds gallery (c) John Bedingham
26/11/2018 One internal and one external (dated 1918) photo of the Castle, plus photo of The Grove swathed in flags - possibly Nuneaton Charter Day 1932
16/03/2018 Three new historical road signs added to Weddington Village Today page, scroll to bottom of page and they are the last 3.
12/02/2018 Postcard images of St Johns Ambulance Brigade Nurses at the Castle in 1916 added to Weddington Castle as a Red Cross Hospital gallery.
6/12/2017 Image of Arbury Hall Southern Gatehouse added to Other Local Halls gallery. Date unknown, donated anonymously to Nuneaton Memories
29/11/2017 Image of 1930s bottle top from W H Brindley, Lower Farm added to gallery
28/11/2017 3 images of sale deeds for a parcel of Estate land dated 1929 added to Weddington Castle & Grounds Gallery. Two images of Weddington Parish Hall in 1953 added.
13/11/2017 Letter header from 'an unsophisticated Jock' added to Weddington Castle as a Red Cross Hospital gallery.
02/11/2017 Photo of Weddington Castle c1900/1910s added to Weddington Castle Gallery
18/10/2017 Article on 'Mystery Guest' (possibly Mrs Shawe?) seen at the Castle from Midweek Mag published in 1987 added to Miscellanea section. 2017 photo of Castle Road added to Weddington Village Today gallery.
19/09/2017 Plan of original depopulated Weddington Village added.
11/08/2017 Newspaper article on demolition of the Castle added to Weddington Castle Gallery. 4 new images of maps of the Castle plus info on a bottle cellar added to Weddington Castle Gallery.
10/08/2017 Image of the Knox family of The Chase added to Local Halls page and old plan of Castle Estate grounds added to Picture Gallery.
29/07/2017 1993 image of St James Church added to Gallery.
16/07/2017 Image of Tuttle Hill Windmill from 1993 added to Local Halls page.
13/07/2017 Picture of 1995 bowling tournament added to The Grove gallery.
12/07/2017 Image of Church fete from 1960s added to Weddington Village gallery.
10/07/2017 Page on The Briars added to Local Halls page.
11/06/2017 Photo of Weddington Walk added to Weddington Village page.
10/06/2017 Photo of train passing Weddington fields in the early 1960s added to Weddington Village page.
15/05/2017 'Key People' page for Alan F Cook updated with online links to his two published historic/contemporary novellas set in and around Weddington.
12/05/2017 Two new photographs of soldiers at Weddington Castle as a Red Cross Hospital added.
02/05/2017 Three photos of Astley Castle stable block added to 'Other Locals Halls' section. Photo of 1923 wedding of Mabel Taylor added, Mabel was a former nurse at Weddington Castle Red Cross Hospital.
01/05/2017 'Nuneaton Girl' a drawing from an autograph book kept by a volunteer nurse containing letters, poems and drawings by soldiers at both Arbury and Weddington Red Cross Hospital added to Weddington Castle as a Red Cross Hospital page.
28/04/2017 Two new photographs of Weddington Castle as a Red Cross Hospital added.
17/03/2017 Additional information on Reverend William Cooper added to 1800-1900 page, courtesy of Reverend Sonia Marshall
25/02/2017 3 new photos of Weddington Castle as a Red Cross Hospital added, including a 1916 trenches reenactment in the grounds. Map showing 'Wedington' in the 1720s added to Weddington Village gallery. 1843 Auction catalogue cover added to Weddington Castle gallery.
23/02/2017 4 new photos of Weddington Castle as a Red Cross Hospital added, 4 new images of Weddington Castle added, 2 new images of Weddington Farm added to Weddington Village gallery.
02/02/2017 Photo of interior of St James Church in 1987 added to St James Church gallery.
28/12/2016 A re-touched coloured photo of wounded soldiers convalescing at the WW1 Red Cross Hospital at Weddington in the picturesque grounds of the Castle added to Weddington Castle as a Red Cross Hospital (1916-1918) gallery.
26/12/2016 Article on The Bilstone Gibbet from The Leicester Chronicle added to Local Halls page, plus three new images of the Gibbet.
24/12/2016 Article on Childhood Memories of Weddington written by Jill Morrow, and previously published in the Nuneaton Local History Group's 'Nuneaton Historian' newsletter added: Weddington Childhood Memories.
Three new photos added to Caldecote Hall page (Two of Joseph Hansom, who invented the Hansom Cab whilst staying there, and one of former owner Dempster Heming's gravestone), along with article on life of Dempster Heming.
One new photo of Mr Knox and family in the grounds of The Chase added.
17/12/2016 One new image of Attleborough Hall added
14/12/2016 One new image of Tuttle Hill Windmill and one new image of Camp Hill Hall added.
12/12/2016 Twelve new images added to Weddington Castle as a Red Cross Hospital (1916-1918) gallery.
23/10/2016 Two new images of Weddington Castle added to gallery. Six images of Caldecote Hall before renovation added to Other Halls section
02/09/2016 Five new images added to Weddington Castle gallery; two of the Castle c1925, one of the ice house, one watercolour and a photo of horse outside stableblock. One photo of Weddington Farm at harvest time added to Weddington Village gallery.
28/08/2016 Four new images added to Weddington Castle as a Red Cross Hospital (1916-1918) gallery. Seven new images of the Church Fields development in 2016 added to Weddington Village Today gallery
15/07/2016 Photo of Castle interior added to Weddington Castle gallery
16/06/2016 Four new images added to Weddington Castle as a Red Cross Hospital (1916-1918) gallery.
06/06/2016 Nine new images added to Weddington Castle as a Red Cross Hospital (1916-1918) gallery.
New 'Key People' page added for Mrs Margaret Fowler OBE, Commandant of Weddington Castle during its time as a Red Cross hospital during World War 1.
05/06/2016 A new picture gallery added: Weddington Castle as a Red Cross Hospital (1916-1918). This features recently discovered images of the Castle interior at this time. It is hoped that further images and documents will be added in the coming weeks and months.
04/06/2016 Two multiview postcards featuring images of Weddington Castle added to gallery.
Four new images of The Grove undergoing renovation in 2016 added.
01/06/2016 BBC audio item on Weddington Castle as a Red Cross Hospital added: Weddington, Nuneaton: Voluntary Aided Hospital (MP3 file)
28/05/2016 Nuneaton News article on Edward Melly added.
24/05/2016 Photo of interior of Astley Castle in 1994 added.
15/05/2016 Three new images of Weddington Village in 2016 added.
10/05/2016 Aerial view of Astley Castle and Church added.
27/04/2016 Recollection of a milk round on a Weddington Farm in the 1940s by Alan Cadman added to Weddington Village page.
3 images of old milk bottles from Weddington Farms added to Weddington Village gallery.
1913 postcard of Attleborough Hall added.
26/04/2016 Early photo of Tuttle Hill Windmill added, courtesy of Les Holmes.
4 photos added of the demolition of the original brick rail bridge on Weddington Road, when it was replaced by a steel structure. (c) Nuneaton Memories. Added to Weddington Village gallery.
3 photos added of the gathering of the harvest at Dairy Farm, Weddington. (c) Jill Morrow. Added to Weddington Village gallery.
Photo of serving staff outside Merevale Hall added.
B&W photo of inside Astley Castle added - possibly of the Porter family plus staff (Porters of Queens Road) (c) Sheila Price.
8 photos of Weddington Silver Jubilee Party. Ryde Avenue 1977 (c) Mary Ayers. Added to Weddington Village gallery.
24/04/2016 Photo of Astley Castle in 1920s plus 2 images of 'Pageant of Astley 1951' programme added to Astley Castle.
Image of St James' Church added.
Image of Caldecote Church in 1965 added.
Early photograph of Attleborough Hall added.
Photos of 2012 Weddington Village Jubilee moved from Picasaweb to Google Photos.
Aerial photo of Cresswell Farm, early photo of Reg Dawson (Trent Valley worker) and 2 photos of Silver Jubilee Party 1977 added to Weddington Village gallery.
4 new images of 2011 demolition of Weddington Road bridge added to Weddington Village gallery, courtesy of A. R. Demolition.
08/01/2016 Photograph of the demolition of the Castle in 1929 added to Weddington Castle gallery
14/03/2021 New image added to Weddington Castle Gallery
30/01/2021 New image added to The Grove Gallery
02/01/2021 New image added to Weddington Castle Gallery and one to St James Church page
22/11/2020 Three new images added to Weddington Castle Gallery and one to Hartshill Castle page
12/11/2020 Weddington Red Cross Nurses page added to website, detailing members of the Volunteer Aid Detachment detachment who served at the Castle in World War 1 when it was a Red Cross Hospital
14/04/2020 A Glimpse of an Unseen Stretch of Weddington Walk PDF added to Weddington Village Today along with Weddington Walk image of site of Higham on the Hill station (undated) added to Weddington Village.
25/03/2020 1086 Watitune/Weddington Domesday Book entry ( (c) Crown Copyright) added to History and Weddington Village sections
18/03/2020 RIP Alan F Cook. Eur Ing Alan F Cook BSc CEng CGeol CSci FIMMM FGS was a Geological consultant who had numerous papers, reports and books published on geology, remote sensing, archaeology, local history, genealogy and topography.
A key publication in relation to this website is Alan Cook’s “A revised geology, geography and history of WEDDINGTON, in the County of Warwick" (© Alan F Cook 1992, fully revised 2002). Much of the core information on this site is directly attributable to - and hopefully accurately credited to – Alan F Cook. Without Alan F Cook's commitment to Weddington's local history, this Website would not exist.
18/03/2020 Two new images and a video added to 'The Bilstone Gibbet Post' page.
15/03/2020 Image of Captain Charles Shawe of the Rifle Brigade (son of Weddington Castle owner Henry Cunliffe Shawe) added to 'Gallery' . 1915 death notice of Captain Geoffrey Joseph Shakerley also added to same Gallery.
14/03/2020 Updated version of the document on Sydney Vines, groom to Captain Charles Shawe, who accompanied him to New Zealand and later became a decorated ANZAC (courtesy of Bob Vines, his grandson) added to 'Victorian Servants'.
18/02/2020 Abstract of the Title of Mr P H Howe and others to messuages, land and hereditaments in Weddington Parish (1927) 2.2MB added. Thanks to Mick Rooke for providing the original document. This refers to the land that is now occupied by Glenfield Avenue, Oakdene Crescent, Elmfield, Romsey Avenue, Winchester Avenue, Scott Avenue and Fox Avenue. The buildings in the centre of the maps are approximately where Weddington primary and middle school are built. There is also reference to the Weddington Grove with its outbuildings, pleasure gardens and two cottages.
27/09/2019 Image of Weddington Road added. March 1972 track lifting gangs are working on the Ashby & Nuneaton Joint Line dismantlement over the Weddington Road bridge which was later removed after the lifting was complete. (Alan Cook / NLHG archives)
05/07/2019 New photograph of 'the Polly Button Stone' added to 'The Murder of Polly Button' page in 'Miscellanea'. (thanks to Steve Moore and Alison James).
02/07/2019 Two photographs of a horseshoe found and sent to Weddington Castle Online by a local resident who lived on the site of the Castle Stables/Paddock in Shawe Avenue added to Weddington Castle and Grounds gallery (thanks to Rosemarie Coles for supplying the item).
17/06/2019 Details of new book and website on the murder of Polly Button ('The Undoing of Polly Button') added to Polly Button page.
01/06/2019 Weddington destination sign from Midland Red East bus in 1983 added to Weddington Village gallery.
14/04/2019 Weddington Hotel with A. E. Simpson builders van outside, year unknown (50s-70s?) added to The Grove gallery
30/01/2019 Weddington Hall souvenir jug - date unknown - added to Weddington Castle and Grounds gallery (c) John Bedingham
26/11/2018 One internal and one external (dated 1918) photo of the Castle, plus photo of The Grove swathed in flags - possibly Nuneaton Charter Day 1932
16/03/2018 Three new historical road signs added to Weddington Village Today page, scroll to bottom of page and they are the last 3.
12/02/2018 Postcard images of St Johns Ambulance Brigade Nurses at the Castle in 1916 added to Weddington Castle as a Red Cross Hospital gallery.
6/12/2017 Image of Arbury Hall Southern Gatehouse added to Other Local Halls gallery. Date unknown, donated anonymously to Nuneaton Memories
29/11/2017 Image of 1930s bottle top from W H Brindley, Lower Farm added to gallery
28/11/2017 3 images of sale deeds for a parcel of Estate land dated 1929 added to Weddington Castle & Grounds Gallery. Two images of Weddington Parish Hall in 1953 added.
13/11/2017 Letter header from 'an unsophisticated Jock' added to Weddington Castle as a Red Cross Hospital gallery.
02/11/2017 Photo of Weddington Castle c1900/1910s added to Weddington Castle Gallery
18/10/2017 Article on 'Mystery Guest' (possibly Mrs Shawe?) seen at the Castle from Midweek Mag published in 1987 added to Miscellanea section. 2017 photo of Castle Road added to Weddington Village Today gallery.
19/09/2017 Plan of original depopulated Weddington Village added.
11/08/2017 Newspaper article on demolition of the Castle added to Weddington Castle Gallery. 4 new images of maps of the Castle plus info on a bottle cellar added to Weddington Castle Gallery.
10/08/2017 Image of the Knox family of The Chase added to Local Halls page and old plan of Castle Estate grounds added to Picture Gallery.
29/07/2017 1993 image of St James Church added to Gallery.
16/07/2017 Image of Tuttle Hill Windmill from 1993 added to Local Halls page.
13/07/2017 Picture of 1995 bowling tournament added to The Grove gallery.
12/07/2017 Image of Church fete from 1960s added to Weddington Village gallery.
10/07/2017 Page on The Briars added to Local Halls page.
11/06/2017 Photo of Weddington Walk added to Weddington Village page.
10/06/2017 Photo of train passing Weddington fields in the early 1960s added to Weddington Village page.
15/05/2017 'Key People' page for Alan F Cook updated with online links to his two published historic/contemporary novellas set in and around Weddington.
12/05/2017 Two new photographs of soldiers at Weddington Castle as a Red Cross Hospital added.
02/05/2017 Three photos of Astley Castle stable block added to 'Other Locals Halls' section. Photo of 1923 wedding of Mabel Taylor added, Mabel was a former nurse at Weddington Castle Red Cross Hospital.
01/05/2017 'Nuneaton Girl' a drawing from an autograph book kept by a volunteer nurse containing letters, poems and drawings by soldiers at both Arbury and Weddington Red Cross Hospital added to Weddington Castle as a Red Cross Hospital page.
28/04/2017 Two new photographs of Weddington Castle as a Red Cross Hospital added.
17/03/2017 Additional information on Reverend William Cooper added to 1800-1900 page, courtesy of Reverend Sonia Marshall
25/02/2017 3 new photos of Weddington Castle as a Red Cross Hospital added, including a 1916 trenches reenactment in the grounds. Map showing 'Wedington' in the 1720s added to Weddington Village gallery. 1843 Auction catalogue cover added to Weddington Castle gallery.
23/02/2017 4 new photos of Weddington Castle as a Red Cross Hospital added, 4 new images of Weddington Castle added, 2 new images of Weddington Farm added to Weddington Village gallery.
02/02/2017 Photo of interior of St James Church in 1987 added to St James Church gallery.
28/12/2016 A re-touched coloured photo of wounded soldiers convalescing at the WW1 Red Cross Hospital at Weddington in the picturesque grounds of the Castle added to Weddington Castle as a Red Cross Hospital (1916-1918) gallery.
26/12/2016 Article on The Bilstone Gibbet from The Leicester Chronicle added to Local Halls page, plus three new images of the Gibbet.
24/12/2016 Article on Childhood Memories of Weddington written by Jill Morrow, and previously published in the Nuneaton Local History Group's 'Nuneaton Historian' newsletter added: Weddington Childhood Memories.
Three new photos added to Caldecote Hall page (Two of Joseph Hansom, who invented the Hansom Cab whilst staying there, and one of former owner Dempster Heming's gravestone), along with article on life of Dempster Heming.
One new photo of Mr Knox and family in the grounds of The Chase added.
17/12/2016 One new image of Attleborough Hall added
14/12/2016 One new image of Tuttle Hill Windmill and one new image of Camp Hill Hall added.
12/12/2016 Twelve new images added to Weddington Castle as a Red Cross Hospital (1916-1918) gallery.
23/10/2016 Two new images of Weddington Castle added to gallery. Six images of Caldecote Hall before renovation added to Other Halls section
02/09/2016 Five new images added to Weddington Castle gallery; two of the Castle c1925, one of the ice house, one watercolour and a photo of horse outside stableblock. One photo of Weddington Farm at harvest time added to Weddington Village gallery.
28/08/2016 Four new images added to Weddington Castle as a Red Cross Hospital (1916-1918) gallery. Seven new images of the Church Fields development in 2016 added to Weddington Village Today gallery
15/07/2016 Photo of Castle interior added to Weddington Castle gallery
16/06/2016 Four new images added to Weddington Castle as a Red Cross Hospital (1916-1918) gallery.
06/06/2016 Nine new images added to Weddington Castle as a Red Cross Hospital (1916-1918) gallery.
New 'Key People' page added for Mrs Margaret Fowler OBE, Commandant of Weddington Castle during its time as a Red Cross hospital during World War 1.
05/06/2016 A new picture gallery added: Weddington Castle as a Red Cross Hospital (1916-1918). This features recently discovered images of the Castle interior at this time. It is hoped that further images and documents will be added in the coming weeks and months.
04/06/2016 Two multiview postcards featuring images of Weddington Castle added to gallery.
Four new images of The Grove undergoing renovation in 2016 added.
01/06/2016 BBC audio item on Weddington Castle as a Red Cross Hospital added: Weddington, Nuneaton: Voluntary Aided Hospital (MP3 file)
28/05/2016 Nuneaton News article on Edward Melly added.
24/05/2016 Photo of interior of Astley Castle in 1994 added.
15/05/2016 Three new images of Weddington Village in 2016 added.
10/05/2016 Aerial view of Astley Castle and Church added.
27/04/2016 Recollection of a milk round on a Weddington Farm in the 1940s by Alan Cadman added to Weddington Village page.
3 images of old milk bottles from Weddington Farms added to Weddington Village gallery.
1913 postcard of Attleborough Hall added.
26/04/2016 Early photo of Tuttle Hill Windmill added, courtesy of Les Holmes.
4 photos added of the demolition of the original brick rail bridge on Weddington Road, when it was replaced by a steel structure. (c) Nuneaton Memories. Added to Weddington Village gallery.
3 photos added of the gathering of the harvest at Dairy Farm, Weddington. (c) Jill Morrow. Added to Weddington Village gallery.
Photo of serving staff outside Merevale Hall added.
B&W photo of inside Astley Castle added - possibly of the Porter family plus staff (Porters of Queens Road) (c) Sheila Price.
8 photos of Weddington Silver Jubilee Party. Ryde Avenue 1977 (c) Mary Ayers. Added to Weddington Village gallery.
24/04/2016 Photo of Astley Castle in 1920s plus 2 images of 'Pageant of Astley 1951' programme added to Astley Castle.
Image of St James' Church added.
Image of Caldecote Church in 1965 added.
Early photograph of Attleborough Hall added.
Photos of 2012 Weddington Village Jubilee moved from Picasaweb to Google Photos.
Aerial photo of Cresswell Farm, early photo of Reg Dawson (Trent Valley worker) and 2 photos of Silver Jubilee Party 1977 added to Weddington Village gallery.
4 new images of 2011 demolition of Weddington Road bridge added to Weddington Village gallery, courtesy of A. R. Demolition.
08/01/2016 Photograph of the demolition of the Castle in 1929 added to Weddington Castle gallery
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