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WEDDINGTON CASTLE -
An
Online History
PICTURE GALLERY I -
Weddington Castle part 1
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.
Click each thumbnail image to see the
full-size picture, and then use your browser's back-arrow to return to this
page.
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Watercolour of Weddington Hall by reknowned artist Miles Sharp (1897 - 1973)
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Oil on board by artist A Mann. 40 x 50cm
From Nuneaton Museum & Art Gallery collection |
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"Weddington Castle from the Garden". Drawing by artist Ann Mowbray 1831****
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Rare print of Weddington Castle. 1840, artist unknown
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Early drawing of Weddington Castle, 'Front Entrance'.
(Pardoe) |
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Early drawing of Weddington Castle, 'Garden Facade'.
(Pardoe) |
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Weddington Castle, 1906. A rare colour postcard.
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A rare colour postcard of Weddington Castle, postmarked 1910
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A William IV Mahogany Breakfront Secretaire Bookcase owned by Henry Kay whilst at the Castle
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Weddington Castle Postcard - no date*****
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** c.1890
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Photo of the Castle, printed in the Nuneaton Evening Tribune 22/04/87 ##
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The local hunt at the Castle in the 1910s
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Patients and nurses at the Red Cross Hospital
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Nuneaton & Hartshill Red Cross detachments who staffed Weddington Hall Hospital (c.1917)
These include Mrs Bowman, Mrs Mander, Mrs Wilson and Annie Baxter. Benefactor Edward Melly is on the far right (see 'Key People') |
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Captain Geoffrey J. Shakerley – former resident of Weddington Hall, Nuneaton (between c1912 and 1915) #
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Memorial plaque in St James' Church to 5 WWI soldiers - including Captain Geoffrey J. Shakerley's three sons**
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***** Thanks to Helen Green for this photograph
**** Ann Mowbray was an early Victorian lady artist who
drew places around the country as she visited them. She came from Sussex. The
Weddington Castle drawing is inscribed by her on the back as follows "Weddington
Castle/South West/Nuneaton, Warwickshire. Lionel Place Esq. August 1831. A
Mowbray". The size is c. 5 x 7 inches.
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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Photo submitted to the Nuneaton Tribune in 1987 by Mr C E Young of Tasmania,
Australia. It was taken by his father, a keen amateur photographer and local
resident.
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Read more about Captain Shakerley in a PDF document by clicking here.
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