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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 Gateway (demolished 1975)**

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

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

Taken from a legal document dated1933****

Ground plan of the Castle by Robert Lugar 1811

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Ground 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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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

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

Crest of the Astley family

Crest of the Adderley family


**** 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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