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Catshed
Old Chapelfields
1 of 23  Fri 28th Sep 2012 2:09pm  

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. The War Memorial in the grounds of St. John the Baptist Parish Church. At first I thought it was a folly as I've never seen a War Memorial like this. Inside the Memorial. The low sun catches the colours of the stone. The two storey gabled and timbered porch added in the 16th Century, also note the sundial on the tower.
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TonyS
Coventry
2 of 23  Fri 28th Sep 2012 3:29pm  

Lovely photos Catshed, thanks for posting Thumbs up A friend of ours got married a couple of years ago, fabulous setting, beautiful church.
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nirvana
coventry
3 of 23  Fri 28th Sep 2012 4:53pm  

Worshipped in that church many times when I lived in Old Waste Lane, a beautiful church.
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anne
coventry
4 of 23  Fri 28th Sep 2012 6:18pm  

The Almshouses and Museum are worth a visit, too Wave
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pat
tile hill
5 of 23  Fri 28th Sep 2012 11:46pm  

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 Thumbs up
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks
6 of 23  Sat 29th Sep 2012 9:36am  

Hi all & thank you Pat Wave I too have so enjoyed walking between Berkswell & Hampton many times over the years. I remember the walk route being changed when the then new airport terminal was opened. It is an easy walk in either direction with an extention from Berkswell railway station. Please do check the train times, as Hampton station is not so well served as it used to be. Good food at the Railway pub next to Berkswell station is a bonus. Wave The ramble was a regular feature in the old Evening telegraph.
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NeilsYard
Coventry
7 of 23  Sat 29th Sep 2012 11:52am  

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: And yes - its Berkswell, as we used to say - 'where all us Berks live!!!' Big grin
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Mick Strong
Coventry
8 of 23  Wed 1st Sep 2021 11:36am  

Up until some weeks ago, there have been notices in the old tea shop / shop window, about it being taken over and re-opening soon. Down there a couple of weeks back, and the window is now clear of everything. Anyone have any info?
Mick Strong

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Mick Strong
Coventry
9 of 23  Thu 23rd Sep 2021 7:54am  

Up-date on the old tea shop. Apparently, they are waiting for planning permission, and it is going to be a licensed premises with inside eating.
Mick Strong

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Kaga simpson
Peacehaven, East Sussex
10 of 23  Fri 24th Sep 2021 1:40pm  

Mick Strong Berkswell is mentioned in the Domesday Book. Count of Meulan, name came from Bercol who had a well in the Arden Forest.
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks
11 of 23  Fri 24th Sep 2021 7:55pm  

Hi all, One of my memories of Berkswell, apart from weddings, was during a school holiday when I had set out from home for a days transpotting, but decided to travel by Coventry Transport bus, simply for the delight of a ride on an offset cab single deck. No 19. Hold tight please!
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Dreamtime
Perth Western Australia
12 of 23  Sat 25th Sep 2021 5:55pm  

Philip, is the Bear at Berkswell still standing? It used to be the Bear and Ragged Staff in our heydays. Cheers
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks
13 of 23  Sat 25th Sep 2021 6:46pm  

Yes, Dreamtime. It was the last time that I was there. Where the Bear is, is nearly half a mile away from the railway, but I will look next time that I'm walking. It must still be there because someone wrote a review about it one day ago on TripAdvisor.
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JohnnieWalker
Sanctuary Point, Australia
14 of 23  Sat 25th Sep 2021 9:41pm  

Definitely is, Dreamtime!
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Dreamtime
Perth Western Australia
15 of 23  Sun 26th Sep 2021 6:03pm  

Now ain't that lovely? More happy memories. Thanks JW. Cheers
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