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Sandon Park, the indentations in the ground show the outline of the Castle's ornamental boating lake.
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Sandon Park, with indentations of the boating lake visible
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Cleaver Gardens flats, built on the site of Weddington Gardens in the 1970s.
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Sandon Park
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Jack Whetstone sports pavilion in Sandon Park.
Mr Whetstone was closely associated with Amateur Football in Nuneaton, and was Secretary of the Nuneaton Amateur League. He died in 1967.
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Weddington allotments, on the site of the Castle
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Yew trees in Sandon Park, these date back to the time of the Castle
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Yew trees in Sandon Park
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Some remaining yew trees adjacent to Cleaver Gardens
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The walkway to Cleaver gardens, this avenue of yew trees once formed the southern driveway of the Castle estate
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Cleaver walkway
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Cleaver walkway
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Cleaver walkway
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Original quartzite gateposts for Weddington Gardens, these remain next to Weddington Post Office
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Map of Weddington village today
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Aerial view of Weddington, 1984**
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Infrared Aerial view of Weddington, 1985**
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The Chase c1900, a large house in Weddington. Now the Chase Hotel.
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The Weddington Cricket team in the 1910s
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A bomb damaged house at 43 Castle Road, Weddington in the 1940s
The woman and child pictured are Mrs Lily Sargent and her daughter Eileen Sargent.
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New sign erected in 2008. With some details of Weddington's history *
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New sign erected in 2008. With some details of Weddington's history *
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New sign erected in 2008. With some details of Weddington's history *
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A map from new sign erected in 2008. With some details of Weddington's history *
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Abandoned orchard and buildings on what is now 'The Coppice' cul-de-sac. 1st June 1971 **
This is a possible site of the original Royal Hunting Lodge in the area.
"I think the house a few doors south of Alsted Lodge had rights on it, because the owner applied for planning permission in early 1970's to open a Plant Nursery on it, using his drive as access. He was refused Planning Permission, so he sold the land and his house for building - hence The Coppice was built." Alan F. Cook
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A building on a former orchard south of The Grove. 1st June 1971 **
"The building may have been a sorting shed for apple picking, sorting and crating-up. It was empty when I went in, save for a ladder (which is visible) and there were traces of trestle tables and old rotten crates." Alan F. Cook
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Weddington Fields - site of proposed housing development in 2012
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Weddington Walk - the former Ashby-Nuneaton railway line
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Weddington Walk - the former Ashby-Nuneaton railway line
Picture taken 2012. Site of this website's Webmaster & friends' 'den' in the 1970s... |
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Weddington Walk - public information signage
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Postcard produced in 2012 by local campaign group SWORD (Save Weddington: Oppose the Residential Development)
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Rear of SWORD postcard - produced as part of campaign to stop building of 326 houses on Weddington Fields in 2012
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