Hi Mick It was a single dwelling on the Watling Street called Caves Inn- according to the History and Topography of Warwickshire It was occupied by a family with the surname CAVE and named "in the hole" because of its low position . It was supposedly built on the site of Halywell (Holywell) Priory which I believe was at Churchover. Try a google search on Warwickshire place names for more info. Cheers Wendy Boland Has anyone heard of this place please? Regards, Michael McAllister

Hi Mick, Jacqui Simkins sent the following to the List on her webmail account - but seeing it didn't show has asked me to forward it. [Hers *still* hasn't appeared almost 12 hours later, so apologies for dual-posting if it ever does turn up.] Taken with Wendy's reply from an entirely different source, it'd seem you've got The Answer! All I can add is that Churchover's in Rugby Registration District... Gus Yes! This is a quote from "The Place-Names of Warwickshire": Caves Inn Fm was earlier known as New Inn, the name being changed to Cave's Inn after Edward Cave, the new landlord, who was the grandfather of the founder of the "Gentleman's Magazine". Dr Johnson calls the place "Cave's in the Hole, a lone house on the street" (Duignan 40). The place was on the site of the Roman Station Tripontium. As there is but one small stream here the name must be interpreted as "three-(arched-)bridge". This is all in Churchover, Knightlow Hundred. HTH Jacqui > > Has anyone heard of this place please? > Regards, Michael McAllister > List archives are at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/WARWICK > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message