Welcome to Warwickshire County Council

Alcester Atherstone Beaudesert Bedworth Bidford on Avon Brailes Brinklow Coleshill Fillongley Henley in Arden Kenilworth Kineton Leamington Spa Nuneaton Polesworth Rugby (including Hillmorton) Shipston on Stour Southam Stratford upon Avon Warwick

The three year project is being carried out by Warwickshire Museum’s Historic Environment Record (HER) in partnership with English Heritage. Each historic town will be assessed using a variety of documentary, cartographic and archaeological evidence and aims to examine how Warwickshire’s historic towns have changed over time and why they look the way they do.

Ben Morton, Landscape Archaeologist at the Historic Environment Record, said: “The exciting thing about this project is that most of us live, work or regularly visit towns and the information from this project will allow us to understand the historical development of these places and how the past has shaped their present character. The results of the Historic Towns Project will enable people to begin to research and understand their local historic town from scratch. With over 20 historic towns forming part of the project there is sure to be plenty of history in everybody’s locality.”

Upon completion of the project at the end of 2013, individual reports on each of the historic towns will be available for researchers and those who are interested in understanding more about the history of their town..

For more information about this project please contact the Warwickshire Historic Environment Record on 01926 418023 or email sitesandmonuments@warwickshire.gov.uk