
K Somewhere All posts by this member | 1 of 10 Mon 28th Nov 2011 6:44pm Member: Joined Nov 2011 Total posts:560 Does anyone know anything or have any photos of Whoberley Hall Farm? It was pulled down in 1938 to allow much of the later part of Whoberley district to be built. I understand that it was a historic building, and the staircase and other parts of it of interest were sold and shipped to the USA. More or less where it was, during the war, a lot of hostels were built to house people made homeless by the Blitz, and also imported workers employed to do the war damage work.
Included was a school - Whoberley Hall School (what else? ![]() |
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morgana the secret garden All posts by this member | 2 of 10 Fri 2nd Dec 2011 11:39pm Member: Joined Nov 2011 Total posts:1932 Whoberley Hall came under Stoneleigh - Parish clerks. |
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dutchman Spon End All posts by this member | 3 of 10 Sat 3rd Dec 2011 12:11am Member: Joined Mar 2010 Total posts:2975 Yep, and so did the village of 'Whorwell' on Hearsall (originally Horsall) Common where a good time was had by all as it was just outside the jurisdiction of the city fathers. The exact nature of the entertainment on offer in Whorwell has never been fully explained! |
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morgana the secret garden All posts by this member | 4 of 10 Sat 3rd Dec 2011 11:14am Member: Joined Nov 2011 Total posts:1932 Thank you Dutchman, I wonder what good time was that they had then hehe ![]() |
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K Somewhere All posts by this member Thread starter | 5 of 10 Sat 3rd Dec 2011 11:25am Member: Joined Nov 2011 Total posts:560 I often wondered what it was like. I think I saw a photo once, but a long time ago, and can't remember it. Must have been quite a nice place, from the accounts that I heard. Whoberley Hall farm's land must have been adopted by the council in 1938, when the later houses were built there, surely? And that raises another issue - what about Allesley and Tile Hill, since it was sort of between them, or at least, nearer to the town? |
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morgana the secret garden All posts by this member | 6 of 10 Sat 3rd Dec 2011 11:45am Member: Joined Nov 2011 Total posts:1932 ![]() ![]() |
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dutchman Spon End All posts by this member | 7 of 10 Sat 3rd Dec 2011 12:52pm Member: Joined Mar 2010 Total posts:2975 On 3rd Dec 2011 11:25am, KeithLeslie said:
....what about Allesley and Tile Hill...?
Allesley came under Meriden.
Tile Hill, Styvechall and Canley all came under Stoneleigh as also I think did the two Fletchamstead villages. |
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K Somewhere All posts by this member Thread starter | 8 of 10 Sat 3rd Dec 2011 12:57pm Member: Joined Nov 2011 Total posts:560 Hi dutchman ![]() ![]() |
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dutchman Spon End All posts by this member | 9 of 10 Sat 3rd Dec 2011 1:12pm Member: Joined Mar 2010 Total posts:2975 On 3rd Dec 2011 12:57pm, KeithLeslie said:
Hi dutchman
Not since 1928 when it came under Coventry.
![]() ![]() On 3rd Dec 2011 12:57pm, KeithLeslie said:
Do you know of any photographs or maps showing it?
Not specifically Keith. There's a map showing Coventry's boundary extensions by year in the foreward to "The Coventry We Lost" (Vol 1) if you can find a copy. |
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K Somewhere All posts by this member Thread starter | 10 of 10 Sun 4th Dec 2011 3:24pm Member: Joined Nov 2011 Total posts:560 Hi dutchman ![]() |
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