Southam’s least known Memorial
Cardall's Corner - June 2015 - Alan Griffin
Discussions have taken place regarding the naming of new Southam roads after the town’s fallen soldiers. Here, Alan Griffin tells us about three such soldiers. Near the ...
Harbury Cutting
Cardall's Corner - May 2015 - Bernard Cadogan
The recent landslide in the Harbury railway cutting which disrupted train services for six weeks received national publicity, but how is this event connected with Southam? Well, the 350,000 tons ...
Stoneythorpe Hall
Cardall's Corner - April 2015 - Helen Morris
The Stoneythorpe estate was part of the Parish of Long Itchington in Saxon times and was referred to as Torp or Thorpe. The Manor itself was first recorded ...
Gallipoli Troops Billeted in Southam
Cardall's Corner - March 2015 - Val Brodie
A hundred years ago in February 1915, over 200 officers and men, of the 2nd Lowland Field Company, Royal Engineers, arrived in Southam from Scotland. They were part ...
St Fremund and the Holy Well
Cardall's Corner - February 2015 - Jenny Frith
St Fremund was reputedly a relative of King Offa of Mercia. He became a hermit and lived at Prescote near Cropredy (or Caerlon on Wye, or on an island off the East ...
Southam Mill
Cardall's Corner - January 2015 - Linda Doyle
A small part of Southam’s rich and interesting heritage is currently the subject of debate because of a planning application for development of the site. Southam’s windmill ...