Berkswell Village

The Christian faith came to Berkswell when the village was just a cluster of huts gathered round a well, in the great Forest of Arden - which, in the centuries before the Norman Conquest, covered a large part of Warwickshire.

The well remains to this day, outside the churchyard gate, and it is here that the monks, who brought the faith from Lichfield , would have baptised their converts. We think that the name of the village derives from that of the Saxon landowner, Bercul. The present preaching cross, just inside the churchyard, a medieval replacement of an earlier, perhaps even dating back to Bercul's conversion in the 8th century


Berkswell Teas

In the Summer (Spring Bank Holiday to the end of September) there are teas available in the Reading Room every Sunday afternoon. Many people come and enjoy a stop here for cake or scones and a cup of tea. We are a pleasant drive out from Coventry or Birmingham and the village is also situated on the ancient Heart of England way.