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	Britain.tv Wikipedia - Warwickshire
		Warwickshire is bounded to the northwest by the West Midlands metropolitan county, and Staffordshire, by Leicestershire to the northeast, Northamptonshire to the east, Worcestershire to the west, Oxfordshire to the south, Gloucestershire to the southwest.
		In 1842 the county of Coventry was abolished and Coventry was remerged with Warwickshire.
		Atherstone is the headquarters of the North Warwickshire district, whereas Leamington Spa is the headquarters of the Warwick district.
	www.britain.tv /wikipedia.php?title=Warwickshire (1666 words)

	Warwickshire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Warwickshire (pronounced worrickshur) is a landlocked county in central England.
		Warwickshire is bounded to the north west by Staffordshire and the West Midlands county (the latter formed in the local government reorganisation of 1974), east by Leicestershire and Northamptonshire, south by Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire, and West by Worcestershire.
		The bulk of Warwickshire's population is in the north and east of the county, The north of it has traditionally been industrial, with industrial towns such as Nuneaton, Bedworth and Rugby, whose traditional industries included coal mining, textiles, cement and engineering.
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/w/wa/warwickshire.html (854 words)

	Stadiums of Birmingham - Warwickshire County Cricket Club (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Warwickshire’s success was not regained until 1951 when they won their second championship and another in 1972.
		Warwickshire continued to win trophies in 1995 and 1997, the last major competition won for the club was in 2002 winning the Benson and Hedges cup.
		With the contribution and the status of a ‘world class fielder’ he had the honour to become captain of Warwickshire county cricket club in 2004 and is continuing to lead the county team to success.
	www.newman.ac.uk /Students_Websites/~shenaz.l.hardy/edg2.htm (580 words)

	History of Warwickshire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the late 9th century the Mercian kingdom declined and in 874 large parts of Mercia to the east of Warwickshire were ceded to Danish (viking) invaders by King Alfred's Treaty of Wedmore with the Danish leader Guthrum.
		Watling Street, on the north-eastern edge of Warwickshire, became the boundary between the Danelaw (the kingdom of the Danes) to the east and the much reduced Mercia to the west.
		Warwickshire became a centre of the national canal system, with major arterial routes such as the Oxford Canal the Coventry Canal and later, what is now the Grand Union Canal being constructed through the county.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Warwickshire (1020 words)

	Natural History Organisations in Warwickshire - Warwickshire Web (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Warwickshire RINGs - the Warwickshire Research, Recording and Recreation in Nature Groups - is a network of groups, organisations and individuals with a specialist interest or enthusiasm for any aspect of wildlife in the Warwickshire, Coventry and Solihull sub-region.
		Warwickshire Museum produces a RINGS Newsletter three times a year which provides a calendar of forthcoming events, contact details for groups and experts and other useful information items.
		Warwickshire Rural Action supports local groups in establishing schemes for recycling, saving energy, creating pocket parks, woodland management, wildlife conservation, countryside access, picnic areas, green tourism, local histories and the protection of landmarks.
	www.warwickshire.gov.uk /Web/corporate/pages.nsf/Links/ADE508EE4C8027C280256A25004744F9 (924 words)

	Windows on Warwickshire - Contributors
		History comes alive with the Kingmaker Experience, see and smell the historical preparation for a battle with the Earl's great army.
		We hold rich collections of objects and information about the archaeology, geology, natural history and social history of Warwickshire, which we use to promote knowledge and understanding, to inspire and to excite, and to enrich the lives of the whole community.
		The County Record Office is a service to the community and to all those interested in the history of the county of Warwickshire.
	www.windowsonwarwickshire.org.uk /contributors.asp (844 words)

	Warwickshire Genealogy
		"Warwickshire, a county in the west-midlands of England; bounded N. by Staffordshire, Derbyshire, and Leicestershire, E. by Northamptonshire, S. by Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire, and W. by Worcestershire; greatest length, N. and S., 52 miles; greatest breadth, E. and W., 32 miles; area, 566,271 acres, population 737,339.
		Warwickshire presents a pleasant undulating surface of hill and dale, watered by the Avon, Leam, and Tame.
		Warwickshire Libraries - Family History and Local Studies Details of records at the various libraries throughout the county (excluding Birmingham).
	www.genuki.org.uk /big/eng/WAR (1623 words)

	Camelot Village: Britain's Heritage and History
		Warwickshire lost a lot of it's territory in 1974 when England's second city of Birmingham was relocated within the new metropolitan county of West Midlands.
		Warwickshire's local government: The County of Warwickshire is an administrative mixture: Warwickshire County Council along with the five districts of North Warwickshire, Nuneaton and Bedworth, Rugby, Stratford-upon-Avon and Warwick complete the two-tier line-up.
		Tardebigge and Hewell Grange is Warwickshire detached in Worcestershire under that County and Bromsgrove District Councils.
	www.camelotintl.com /heritage/counties/england/warwickshire.html (1055 words)

	Geological History of Warwickshire
		The landscape of Warwickshire is mainly rolling countryside, but there is a distinct range of hills along the South East border - running from Napton near Rugby, through Burton Dassett and Edge Hill, through to the Cotswolds.
		Many Warwickshire villages are located on top of these deposits as these give easy access to sub-surface water.
		Because of the presence of coal measures in Warwickshire the region was been extensively explored with deep boreholes, and the underlying geology, which is quite complicated, is known with some detail.
	home.freeuk.net /webbuk2/geology.htm (1187 words)

	Warwickshire County Cricket Club - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Warwickshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Warwickshire.
		The Warwickshire and Staffordshire Journal was certainly aware of the sport in 1738 for it carried a report of a London v Mitcham game at the Artillery Ground on 11 August (London won by 1 wicket).
		Warwickshire were once again promoted in the national cricket league, and will play in the top division of both competitions in 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Warwickshire_County_Cricket_Club (1220 words)

	local studies and family history : websites - Warwickshire Web (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		An informal network of existing groups, organisations and individuals with an interest in the natural history of the Warwickshire, Coventry and Solihull sub-region.
		Warwickshire's role in one of the most famous events of this country's history.
		Aims to scrutinise the UK history found in books or websites, but show how this history unfolds across every locality of the UK in all its wonderful diversity.
	www.warwickshire.gov.uk /Web/corporate/pages.nsf/Links/DA99923679E97A1A80256B5900319847 (762 words)

	Warwickshire Wildlife Trust Press Release
		Warwickshire, Coventry and Solihull (as a sub region) has lost more wildlife habitat in the last 100 years than any other county in Britain.
		Some of the very best wildlife sites in the Warwickshire have been created out of extraction sites, several of which have ceased to operate and are now open to the public as Nature Reserves or Country Parks.
		The conference, organised by Warwickshire Wildlife Trust is being funded with a grant from English Nature supported through the DEFRA Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund (ALSF).
	www.warwickshire-wildlife-trust.org.uk /PressReleases/2005/050225-paradisefound.htm (543 words)

	Local history of Burton Green, Warwickshire
		Some of the earliest records of civilisation in Warwickshire are Old Stone Age axes (earlier than 3000BCE) which have been found around Coventry.
		The lower lying land in Warwickshire, South of the Avon, has been farmed from Neolithic times, possibly from 3000BCE.
		The area of Warwickshire North of the Avon was largely wooded and formed the Forest of Arden.
	www.cv81pl.freeserve.co.uk /burtongreen-history.htm (1260 words)

	United Kingdom Organizations History Society
		- Has researched and published on the history of this Warwickshire village and offers help to those researching their family there.
		- Devoted to the history of Lancashire, Cheshire, Cumbria, Merseyside, Liverpool and Manchester.
		Publishes books and a history journal, and sponsors annual fellowships for the study of society.
	www.iaswww.com /ODP/Society/History/Organizations/United_Kingdom (311 words)

	Atherstone Organised - History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		An immense grand stand had been erected from which to view the military tournament in progress at that place, and at the time of the accident it was occupied by people, while more were packed on either side.
		The Polesworth History website technically is superb, like Atherstone Organised it uses modern web technologies and is accessible to all regardless of computer or disability.
		The Nuneaton and North Warwickshire Family History Society website carries some information and pictures on Baddesley Ensor; a small former mining village three miles away from Atherstone, up the A5 towards Tamworth.
	www.atherstone.org.uk /category/history (470 words)

	The Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers [UK]
		Sixth (1st Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot [War of 1812; New York], by John Sek.
		History of the 53rd, or 2nd Warwickshire Regiment of Militia, now the 6th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment.
		History of the 2/6th Battalion, the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 1914-1919.
	www.regiments.org /regiments/uk/inf/006RWF.htm (765 words)

	Warwickshire
		Celia is something of an expert on the history of this part of the county having been born and raised in Baddesley Ensor in a family of coal miners.
		He is an architect from Nuneaton who is an expert in local history and the families of northern Warwickshire.
		Small cuttings of silk ribbon were glued to pages upon which had been written dates and notes as to how the particular styles and colors sold each season.
	www.jacksonfamilyhistory.com /warwickshire.htm (3469 words)

	Kenilworth Castle
		Kenilworth Castle in Simon Schama's History of Britain
		The high point of Kenilworth Castle's history was under the ownership of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester.
		The arch around the church doorway, shown at the left, is believed to have been taken from the Abbey, and is described by the architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner as the "most sumptuous Norman doorway in Warwickshire".
	www.cv81pl.freeserve.co.uk /kenilworth.htm (3121 words)

	Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record
		These buildings are protected by planning and conservation acts that ensure that their special features of interest are considered before any alterations are made to them.
		Depending on how important the buildings are they are classed as Grade I, Grade II* or Grade II.
		Transactions of the Birmingham and Warwickshire Archaeological Society is a journal produced by the society annually.
	timetrail.warwickshire.gov.uk /detail.aspx?monuid=WA351 (815 words)

	History seminars at the IHR
		This seminar welcomes all those who are interested in the relationship between local and national history and who wish to share ideas, viewpoints and work in progress.
		It seeks to make an original contribution to local and regional history by drawing upon the long-established national resources of the VCH and co-operating with participants from universities, record offices, local history societies and heritage organisations, as well as with those engaged in independent research.
		William Dugdale was working on the history of Warwickshire by 1636 and two years later began helping Roger Dodsworth with his mammoth history of the medieval monasteries.
	www.history.ac.uk /ihrseminars/seminar.php?series=129 (802 words)

	BBC - Coventry and Warwickshire Features - Living History Fayre
		Living history is a growing interest, where hundreds of people re-enact historic times with costumes and events.
		Some of the country’s top specialist craftsmen and traders in living history artefacts and supplies are at the fayre.
		Full details of the participating knights are available on the Living History Fayre website (linked on the left) along with details of traders and societies.
	www.bbc.co.uk /coventry/features/local-history/living-history-fayre.shtml (569 words)

	Warwickshire
		Warwickshire is also home to a world famous medieval castle.
		Warwickshire village of Nuneaton was home to Evans, better known by her pen name,
		The Victorian History of the Counties of EnglandNO
	www.archercousins.com /Warwickshire.htm (871 words)

	FreisslerSoft Books Warwickshire
		Tiger Smith of Warwickshire and England: The Autobiography of EJ Smith
		The story of Warwickshire cricket : a history of the Warwickshire County Cricket Club and ground, 1882-1972
		Plague and enclosure; a Warwickshire village in the seventeenth century (Clifton-upon-Dunsmore)
	www.freisslersoft.com /wa/Book_Warwickshire.html (437 words)

	Athertone and North Warwickshire History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Atherstone is a town in Warwickshire, England, with a population of 8,293 (2001 census).
		The town is located near the northern most tip of Warwickshire, and is the administratve headquarters of the North Warwickshire district.
		An important defended Roman settlement named Manduessedum existed at Mancetter near the site of modern day Atherstone, and the Roman road, the Watling Street (now known as the A5) ran through the town.
	atherstonehistory.nfshost.com (206 words)

	Postgraduate Study in History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		I am researching the varied occupational structure of thirty-six contiguous parishes in the Alcester and Redditch area from the Restoration until the coming of the railways.
		This focuses on non-agricultural occupations in the area around Alcester, Warwickshire and Redditch, Worcestershire, in the period 1660-1860.
		I have lectured on different aspects of local history, family history and folklore and have collaborated in the production of histories of various parishes in the Alcester area.
	www.history.bham.ac.uk /research/churchley.htm (605 words)

	Warwickshire Online Parish Clerks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The main sources for family and local history in Warwickshire (other than Birmingham and Aston) are at the Warwickshire County Record Office and at Local Studies and Family History, Warwickshire Library and Information Service.
		Warwickshire parishes: Avon Dassett, Farnborough, Mollington, Radway, Ratley and Warmington
		Warwickshire parishes: Burton Hastings, Hydes Pastures, Stretton Baskerville and Wolvey
	www.hunimex.com /warwick/opc/opc.html (3251 words)

	Warwickshire
		It must be understood, however, that for many of the facts and dates in the later sketches the writer is indebted to others.""
		Kelly's Warwickshire Directory for 1928 - with the coloured map showing the Parliamentary boundaries.
		Every Parish in the County is included in the book, which, though primarily a Directory, is also in some measure a gazetteer, giving as it does a topographical account of every Town, Parish, Village and Township, and descriptions of the principal buildings and objects of interest.
	www.parishchest.com /en-gb/dept_619.html (312 words)

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		An unique account of the history of the coal mining town of Bedworth, Warwickshire.
		All over the County these important pieces of history are disappearing.
		However, I might be able to put you in contact ‘with a man that can.’ Otherwise, locally, there is the Warwickshire Genealogy Society, Coventry Family History Society, or the Nuneaton Family History Group that I can put you in contact with.
	members.lycos.co.uk /ATD/WarwickshireGenealogy.html (467 words)

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