Take a look at:

Billingham, Nick - 'Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in Stratford & South Warwickshire'  (2006 Wharncliffe Books ISBN 1-903425-99-9)

Contains a chapter about Hall End Farm, where in 1808 William Booth was suspected of murdering his brother John.

 

Brown, Jane – ‘My Darling Heriott, Henrietta Luxborough, Poetic Gardener and Irrepressible Exile’  (2006 HarperPress ISBN 0007129947)

A biography of Henrietta Knight, Lady Luxborough, by garden historian Jane Brown. “Through evocative descriptions of the gardens and houses her heroine inhabited, Jane Brown reconstructs Henrietta’s remarkable and tumultuous life, and reveals an intricate portrait of early eighteenth-century English culture and society”.

 

Bushell, Nicholas – ‘Ancient Ullenhall’ (August 1989)

A 23-page pamphlet giving a brief history of ancient Ullenhall, the manorship, and the Old Chapel.

 

Carden, A. E. – ‘The Knights of Barrells’ – (1993)

“A scrapbook of documents and information concerning Robert Knight, cashier of the South Sea Company; his son Robert Knight, Earl of Catherlough, Baron Luxborough, Viscount Barrells, KCB; and their families and descendants; commencing with a reprint of ‘A Forgotten Peer’ by C. Octavia Higgon, JP, MBE., and including pedigrees of branches of the Knight, King, Stapleton, Carden, Smallwood and Marshall families”.

 

Cooper, William – ‘Henley-in-Arden, an Ancient Market Town’  (originally published in 1946, reprinted 1992 Barracuda Books ISBN 0860235009)

Around one-third of this book is about Ullenhall covering topics including the manor, the chapel and church, chapelwardens’ and constable’s accounts, and Barrells Hall.

 

Cooper, William – ‘Wootton Wawen – Its History and Records’  (1936 John Whitehead & Sons)

There is a chapter on The Knights of Barrells. A transcription of the Parish Registers of Wootton Wawen, including Henley-in-Arden and Ullenhall, 1546-1700, is also included.

 

Craythorn, Andrew – ‘Barrells Hall – from riches to ruins’  (privately published by Andrew Craythorn July 2003)

A complete account of this Warwickshire mansion, seat of the Knights and Newtons of Ullenhall.

 

Duggan, Audrey - 'Chequered Chances' (2008 Brewin Books ISBN 9781858582900)

"Born in 1699, into an aristocratic family, Henrietta St John as she then was, had the world at her feet. But an unsatisfactory marriage to Robert Knight, later Lord Luxborough, alleged misconduct and subsequent banishment; first to an upstairs suite of attic rooms where she was allowed no contact with the outside world - then to a dilapidated farmhouse, Barrells Green, in Ullenhall near Henley-in-Arden, could have destroyed a woman of lesser character.That she was able, in the face of such adversity, to maintain her health, reputation and dignity, was a minor miracle. But she did. She became a literary hostess and corresponded with men of letters; and she revealed her turbulent inner life in poetry which still speaks of her heartbreak today.It all happened and here is recorded the tale of her courage and persistence".

 

Evason, Sarah - 'Ullenhall School' (privately published by Sarah Evason February 2007)

 

Feeney, Margaret – ‘Ullenhall – Life After Lady Luxborough’ (1993 Brewin Books ISBN 1858580269)

This book, containing many photographs, tells the history of Ullenhall throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

 

Hannett, John - ‘The Forest of Arden - Its Towns, Villages, and Hamlets’ (1863 reprinted with additions 1894 Charles Lowe, Birmingham)

A topographical and historical account of the district between and around Henley-in-Arden and Hampton-in-Arden. The chapter on Ullenhall includes a description of Barrells Hall and the Old Chapel.

 

Hey, Colin – ‘The Warwickshire Coterie – An Eighteenth Century Interlude’ (1991 Colin Hey ISBN 095176120x)

“The Warwickshire Coterie were an unusual group of poets and letter writers who flourished in the county and the Midlands in the eighteenth century”. The author dedicates a chapter to each member of this group: Lady Luxborough of Barrells Hall; Somerville; Graves; Shenstone; Jago and Whistler.

 

‘Ullenhall, Appraisal, History & Action Plans – Present, Past & Future’ (The Ullenhall Appraisal Working Group, Summer 2002)

This booklet contains the results of a questionnaire distributed to every household in the parish in October 2001 for the village appraisal. It also includes details about the village organisations.

 

Williams, Marjorie – ‘Lady Luxborough Goes To Bath’ (1945 Basil Blackwell)

“In 1752, Lady Luxborough, mentally and physically weary, went to Bath for the cure. . . . The book is extensively illustrated from contemporary sources and Dr. Williams’ knowledge of the period has enabled her to produce a most unusual reconstruction of the life of the great lady taking the cure”