




Catshed Old Chapelfields All posts by this member | 1 of 13 Fri 28th Sep 2012 2:09pm Member: Joined Feb 2012 Total posts:206 After having a meal at the 'Bear Inn' at Berkswell on Tuesday I decided to get to bike out again in those 3 glorious hours of autumn sun we had on Thursday morning to discover a bit more about the area. It always amazes me what gems we have so close to Coventry. Here's a few photo's.
The Church of England parish church of St. John the Baptist is a late-12th century Norman building.
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TonyS Coventry All posts by this member | 2 of 13 Fri 28th Sep 2012 3:29pm Member: Joined Jan 2011 Total posts:1402 Lovely photos Catshed, thanks for posting ![]() |
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nirvana coventry All posts by this member | 3 of 13 Fri 28th Sep 2012 4:53pm Member: Joined Sep 2011 Total posts:109 Worshipped in that church many times when I lived in Old Waste Lane, a beautiful church. |
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anne coventry All posts by this member | 4 of 13 Fri 28th Sep 2012 6:18pm Member: Joined Feb 2012 Total posts:242 The Almshouses and Museum are worth a visit, too ![]() |
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pat tile hill All posts by this member | 5 of 13 Fri 28th Sep 2012 11:46pm Member: Joined Jun 2012 Total posts:71 Also if you walk through the churchyard keeping to the left and through the stile there is a lovely walk where you can see the large Berkswell house lake and woods. I think it leads onto Heart of England walk
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PhilipInCoventry Holbrooks All posts by this member | 6 of 13 Sat 29th Sep 2012 9:36am Moderator: Joined Apr 2010 Total posts:3632 Hi all & thank you Pat ![]() ![]() |
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LesMac Coventry All posts by this member | 7 of 13 Sat 29th Sep 2012 11:02am Member: Joined Dec 2011 Total posts:234 I recall being sent on my bike to collect watercress from a stream near Berkswell. Think it was somewhere behind the church. While I am here, I have always ponounced Berkswell as Barkswell. I have at times been told that I am wrong. How do you pronounce it?? Les |
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NormK bulkington All posts by this member | 8 of 13 Sat 29th Sep 2012 11:36am Member: Joined Jan 2012 Total posts:746 It has always been Berkswell for us Les. Milly rules |
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NeilsYard Coventry All posts by this member | 9 of 13 Sat 29th Sep 2012 11:52am Member: Joined Aug 2010 Total posts:2812 I moved from Berkswell last year after having spent ten years living in what used to be part of the old stable block at Berkswell Hall. This was the view from our house:
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Catshed Old Chapelfields All posts by this member Thread starter | 10 of 13 Sat 29th Sep 2012 2:27pm Member: Joined Feb 2012 Total posts:206 Is that where you get your 'nom de plume' from? As I briefly saw something about a 'Neals Yard' and thought 'Naaa, can't be connected' and something about Berkswell cheese. Triumph - 'The Best Motorcycle in the World'. |
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NeilsYard Coventry All posts by this member | 11 of 13 Sat 29th Sep 2012 2:52pm Member: Joined Aug 2010 Total posts:2812 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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anne coventry All posts by this member | 12 of 13 Sat 29th Sep 2012 11:12pm Member: Joined Feb 2012 Total posts:242 What a smashing view NeilsYard - you must miss it. |
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Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member | 13 of 13 Sun 30th Sep 2012 9:36am Moderator: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:5157 On 29th Sep 2012 11:36am, NormK said:
It has always been Berkswell for us Les.
Yup - "Burk Swell" not even "Burks Well" !
The station always used to be "Berkswell and Balsall Common"
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