1 Victoria County History entry.
2 A mill is recorded at Barford in 1086. It is also recorded in 12th ccentury and 13th century. In the 13th century there appear to ...
The site of Barford Mill, a watermill for which there is intermittent documentary evidence from the Domesday survey through to the end of the Imperial period. The mill was located 500m east of Barford Bridge.
01>A gasometer is shown on the 1906 6″ map. Reasearch carried out by Barford Heritage group suggests that the gas was methane derived from animal waste. They further note ...
A gasometer, a storage tank for gas which includes a meter, is shown on the 1906 6" map. Reasearch carried out by Barford Heritage group suggests that the gas was methane derived from animal waste. They further note that, if so, it would appear to be the only recorded methane plant in warwickshire. It is marked as disused on the 1926 6" OS map indicating that it has went out of use at some point prior to the production of this map.
1 A group of five wooden piles were recovered from the north bank of the Avon from works relating to the construction of the Barford Bypass in 2006/7. Two of ...
Five wooden piles discovered during works for construction of Barford Bypass. Possible associated with a fish weir or bank revetment, they remain undated.
1 A flaked flint implement of Lower Palaeolithic date found in the gravel pit near Barford village on the E bank of the Avon, about 400m from the present ...
Findspot - a Palaeolithic flint artefact was found at a gravel pit near Barford.
1 Between boundary fence and hedge at Further Lodge, Barford a 3rd brass c325 AD of Constantine found. Identified by Warwick Museum 1958. Coin held by finder.
2 ...
Findspot - a Roman coin was found 500m east of Bushey Hill, Barford.
1 A boundary ditch and a post hole of possible medieval date were revealed in an evaluation trench.
A boundary ditch and a post hole of medieval or post-medieval date were found in an evaulation trench in 2010. A sherd of medieval pottery was recovered from the post hole.
2 Enclosure shows on air photographs.
Enclosure of unknown date is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. It is located 200m south west of Plestowes Spinney.
1 Pond shown on map of 1817 in the north corner of a field named the Fishpond Close.
2 The pond is not shown on the 1760 Barford Inclosure Map, nor ...
The site of a fishpond, used for the breeding and storage of fish. It dates to the Imperial period, was marked on a map of 1817. It was situated 400m south east of the church at Sherbourne.
1 A flint flake of possible Mesolithic date was recovered from excavation of Neolithic pits.
2 Dating given as Mesolothic.
Findspot - a flint flake, possibly dating to the Mesolithic period, was found 400m north east of Bushey Hill, Barford.
1 1965: Excavation produced evidence for an Iron Age settlement (PRN 5588) and a Neolithic pit. The pit produced a sherd of Neolithic Fengate Ware.
A Neolithic pit, which contained a sherd of pottery, was found during an excavation. The site was 200m east of Bushey Hill, Barford.
1 1965: Dragline during construction of Warwick bypass located a small pit about 1.2m across which was filled with charcoal and pot boilers.
A small undated pit was discovered during an excavation. The site was 300m east of Bushey Hill, Barford.
1 1965: Ditch located during construction of Warwick bypass. This produced pot of Bronze Age ‘domestic’ type.
A ditch and fragments of Bronze Age pottery were found during an excavation. The site was located 250m south east of Bushey Hill, Barford.
1 1965: During construction of Warwick bypass a ‘bun-shaped’ cropmark produced evidence for a V-shaped ditch. Site ‘O’
A 'V' shaped ditch of unknown date was discovered during an excavation. It was located 400m east of Bushey Hill, Barford. Site 'O'
1 Adjacent to the Stratford Road on the site now occupied by Oldhams Transport Company.
The site of gas works where gas was produced during the Imperial period. The site is adjacent to the Stratford Road, Barford.
1 Excavated 1972-3. A C-shaped enclosure at the end of the cursus (MWA719) was totally excavated. It was termed the ‘mortuary enclosure’ on typological grounds; there was in fact no ...
The site of a C-shaped enclosure containing pits and post holes. It may have been a Neolithic mortuary enclosure. The site is 1km north east of Bushey Hill, Barford.
1 Watchbury House garden, High Street, Barford.
Lovie reports pleasure grounds, pond, conservatory, kitchen garden.
House divided into 3 dwellings at time of Lovie’s report (1996/7) with some mature trees and shrubbery ...
Pleasure grounds with pond, and kitchen garden. Some mature planting survives at rear of house.
1 There was an icehouse at Barford Hill, but unfortunately it was demolished some years ago. This house was used as recently as 1929, when the gardener helped ...
The site of an icehouse, a structure built partially underground. It would have been used during the Post Medieval/Imperial period to store ice during the warmer months. The site lies 400m north of Clock Cottage.
1 The possible extent of the Medieval settlement, based on the OS first edition 6″ map, 39NW 1886.
2 Listed in the Domesday survey in Tremlow Hundred. Grid ref 2760. References ...
The possible extent of the Medieval settlement in Barford. The area of settlement is suggested by observations made on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886.
1 Wasperton village is sited just off the main road. The village proceeds by a series of zigzags to a dead end at Manor Farm. The modern road is probably ...
The line of an undated road which once passed through the village of Wasperton. It was probably the main route between Barford and Hampton Lucy before the modern road was constructed. The village road is now a dead end, but a footpath still follows part of the route.
1 In 1760 the north east corner of a field called The Park was made into a public gravel pit. In 1850 Gravel Pit Acre (see ref 3) was ...
The site of a pit from which gravel was extracted in the Imperial period. There is documentary and aerial photographic evidence for its use and size. It was situated 200m south west of Barford Bridge.
1 Moated Site Barford Plestowe Farm 2960.
2 No evidence of a moat was found. There are a few deep hollows. That which is to the NW of the house is ...
The site of a number of sand and stone pits dating to the Imperial period. Site previously interpretted as a Medieval Moated Site It is situated 350m south west of Plestowes Spinney, Barford.
1 Sherd from the handle of a medieval jug, dark grey-brown with red core, slashed on outer face, on surviving glaze.
2 The same information is given in this correspondence file ...
Findspot - a handle sherd of medieval pottery was found on the south bank of the River Avon, 400m South of Sherbourne church.
1 Two ring ditches show as cropmarks.
2 One of the ring ditches has internal pits and looks like the Neolithic/Bronze Age hengiform structure at Barford (PRN 718).
3 Noted.
Two possible ring ditches, which date to the Neolithic and Bronze Age, are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. They are located 900m north west of Charlecote House.
1 A bricklined well c.3ft diameter, with 8 courses of brick visible (approx. 4ft deep). Dry. Also water tank with barrel-vaulted roof 7-8 feet away. Good physical condition.