Celebrating over 30 Years of bringing history to life
It was way back in the late 1970s when I first became interested in the history that surrounds us and what evidence may lay just inches below our feet.
Author James Balme
James Balme
James is the history columnist for Warrington Worldwide magazine and also presenter and producer of his own youtube history channel 'Tvpresenter4history' featuring over seven hundred history features and documentaries written and presented by James covering historical places of interest across Cheshire and beyond.
Iconic 1980s super groups ABC and The Human League light up Victoria Park
ICONIC 1980s super groups ABC and the Human League took to the stage at a packed Victoria Park in Warrington on Friday night for a special show ahead of the Neighbourhood Weekender.
A visit to Norton Priory – The most excavated monastery in Europe
Close to Warrington in nearby Norton stands the historical remains of Norton Priory. The site is officially the most excavated monastery in Europe.
When Time Team came to town in search of the Romans
It was in the summer of 1998 when I first became interested in the possibility that the Romans had once occupied land close to Rixton and Warburton sometime between the 1st to 4th century AD.
A Visit to the ancient manor of the Mainwarings of Over Peover
Warrington is a town steeped in history dating back to the earliest times. Indeed, throughout the centuries members of the Mainwaring family were prominent landowners across Cheshire including owning land in Warrington.
The Barley Mow – A 16th Century Elizabethan gem of Warrington
Walking around Warrington town centre today, you could be forgiven for believing that most of the buildings are of modern construction mixed in with 19th-century structures built during the Victorian period and into the early 1900s. But a wander into the old marketplace is like taking a step back into history.
The hidden slaughterhouse of the Earls of Warrington
Deep in the heart of Cheshire, in the grounds of Dunham Massey park, once home to the Earls of Warrington, stands a stunning and mysterious archaic building hidden away amongst tall, mighty oak trees that have stood for over five hundred years in what was once a Medieval deer park.
Historic Grappenhall and St. Wilfrid’s Church
Today Grappenhall village is a leafy suburb of Warrington tucked away just off the A50 Knutsford Road, but Grappenhall has an ancient past with a firm foothold in the history of Warrington.
On the trail of the Norbertine Canons of Warburton
On a steep embankment shaded by archaic yew trees in the quiet backwater of Warburton Village close to nearby Lymm stands an ancient religious timber framed structure that has been associated with worship and prayer since as far back as the 11th century.
The Duke’s Cut – A history of the Bridgewater Canal
The Bridgewater canal has often been described as Britain’s first canal. Built under instruction by its owner and creator the 3rd Duke of Bridgewater Francis Egerton it was opened on the 17th July 1761.