First laid out in 1831 as informal riverside walks, the original Newbold Gardens were developed as more formal pleasure grounds after 1846 in honour of Dr Henry Jephson, who had promoted the town as a spa. The Jephson Gardens gained renown for their ...
The mill was probably built in the eighteenth century, but on the site of earlier mills. A mill at Hampton Lucy is even mentioned in the Doomsday Book (compiled 1086). It was then valued at 6s.8d.
Little is known of the mills and their millers ov...
Chesterton Windmill is a famous feature of the Warwickshire landscape and can be seen from several miles away. It stands on a hilltop overlooking the Roman Fosse Way about five miles south-east of Warwick. The mill was built in the years 1632-1633 an...
The current mill at Wellesbourne is the last of a long line of mills on the river Dene, dating back before the Doomsday. There were 3 mills in the manor of Walton in 1086, including the present one.
Little is known of the mills early history but F...
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