Berkswell, W Midlands / Warwickshire - bridge - Rapco postcard 1907

Postcard
• Picture / Image:  Berkswell, Warwickshire [now West Midlands] - shows a bridge
• Publisher:  Rapco series (Regal Art Publishing Co)
• Postally used:  yes
• Stamp:  Edward VII half d. light green
• Postmark(s):  Bradford June 19 1907 cds
• Sent to:  Miss C. Wilkinson, 5 Fairfield Road, Morecambe
• Notes / condition: 

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Berkswell /'b?rkzw?l/ is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, county of West Midlands, England. Historically within Warwickshire, Berkswell is in the east of the borough, on the boundary with Coventry, and is about 7 miles (11 km) west of Coventry city centre.

The United Kingdom Census 2001 recorded a parish population of 2,843.^[1]

parish includes a number of hamlets as well as Berkswell village. Berkswell railway station serves the village, but is actually closer to Balsall Common than to Berkswell village.

The Church of England parish church of St. John Baptist is a late-12th century Norman building, notable for its two-part crypt.^[2] The eastern part is a rectangular space of two bays under the chancel.^[2] The western part is an unusual octagonal space under the eastern part of the nave.^[2] Later features of the church include the Perpendicular Gothic windows of the north aisle and the two-storied wooden porch.^[3]

Berkswell's toponym is derived from the Berks Well, a 16 ft (5 m) square, stone-walled water well just outside the churchyard.^[4] It is said to have been used for baptisms by immersion^{[citation needed]} and can still be seen today.

There are several 16th and 17th century houses in the village. The Bear Inn dates from the 16th century. The local history society runs a small museum in a 17th century cottage near the church.

Ram Hall, about 0.5 miles (800 m) southeast of the village, was built about 1600.^[4] The Old Rectory,now called The Well House, south of the church, is early 18th century, then replacing a rectory whose records go back to early 17th century. The almshouses were built in 1853.^[4]

There is a village green on which are the stocks^[4] that were used for punishing petty offenders. It is claimed that these were especially built for a one-legged ex-soldier and his two drinking companions as there are only five leg holes.^{[citation needed]}

On Windmill Lane is the protected and restored Berkswell Windmill, a fine example of a tower mill with its original machinery.

Other local features include Marsh Lane Nature Reserve. There is a small Church of England primary school near the church on Church Lane.

type=printed postcards

theme=topographical: british

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county/ country=warwickshire

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period=pre - 1914

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