History of Westwood Heath
We would love to hear from anyone who has some history of Westwood Heath.
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We have now set up a dedicated Westwood Heath History Group website which contains many more details and snippets.
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One reference we have uncovered so far is the use of Westwood Heath as a temporary aerodrome for the British Empire Air Display Tour of 1936.
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The history of the Westwood Club goes back before 1840 and there is further evidence of very old settlements in the vicinity.
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Warwick University have written an article on campus archaeology which gives some interesting insights to the locality.
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There is a history of Westwood Heath together with an animated map on the Burton Green Website.
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In 2018 we researched fallen soldiers from the area to commemorate 100 years since the end of World War One. Their stories can be found here.
We have also started a section to honour veterans from the services who are related to current Westwood Heath residents and their stories are at this link.