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WEDDINGTON CASTLE - An Online History


PICTURE GALLERY II - Weddington Castle part 2

In this section are a range of surviving photographs of the Castle - dating from the 1860s to the 1920s. This section also includes some related paintings and maps.


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Early 'framed' colour postcard of Weddington Hall

Postcard of Weddington Castle, dated 1912

Weddington Castle, featured in a postcard from the early 1900s

Weddington Castle Southern Gateway (demolished 1975)**

Weddington Castle Southern Gateway (demolished 1975)**

Pictured 1940

Location map of original Castle Gates (marked in purple).**

The quartzite posts that remain at the Post Office were reduced from 8' to 3' at the time of Weddington Gardens (marked #192)

Map of the Weddington Estate, dated, 1930, showing a Summer House to the south of the Castle****

The Castle coat of arms, preserved at 1 & 3 Shawe Avenue

Contains Kay family crest and motto: IN DEO SOLO SPEC MIA In God alone is my hope

Signature of Henry Dewes, lawyer, of Weddington Castle.

Taken from a legal document dated 1867

Ground plan of the Castle by Robert Lugar 1811

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Ground plan of the Castle by Robert Lugar 1811***

(full image - large file size)

Chamber plan of the Castle by Robert Lugar 1811

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Chamber plan of the Castle by Robert Lugar 1811

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Weddington Hall. View to the East. Robert Lugar 1811

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Weddington Hall. View to the East. Robert Lugar 1811***

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Field map of Weddington at the time of the Castle

Click on the box in the bottom right corner to enlarge

Outline Plan of the Weddington Estate c1886**

Scale 1:500

Dr Edward Nason (1860 - 1940)

Dr Nason was head doctor at the Castle whilst it was a Red Cross Hospital. There is a ward named after his family at the current George Eliot Hospital

Signature of Percy Howe, who bought Weddington Castle in the 1920s, and ultimately demolished it to build housing.

Taken from a legal document dated1933****

Percy Howe's grave in Oaston Road cemetery**

Percy Howe's grave in Oaston Road cemetery**

Crest of the Astley family

Crest of the Adderley family

A piece of glassware found on Weddington allotments in 2009 *****

This features the crest of the Adderley family from the late C17th


***** Many thanks to the owner, Dean Dewis, for providing this image.

**** Grateful acknowledgements to Kevin Purchase for providing the original documents for this.

*** Please note - the above documents marked *** are a large file size (over 1MB) - if you are accessing these files over the internet and without a broadband connection, they may take several minutes to fully download.

Pictures marked '**' are from the collection of Alan F Cook for which grateful acknowledgement is given

Pictures marked '*' are © Warwickshire County Council, 2003

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