This flight took place at the Barford Primrose League Fete and Flower Show in July 1912. The fete was held in the fields by the river Avon in conjunction with ...
1 Chancel, N transeptal organ chamber and vestry, nave, N and S aisles, S porch, and W tower. The tower dates from the end of the 14th century; ...
The Church of St Peter dates to the Medieval period but was largely rebuilt in 1844. It stands in Barford.
1 Pottery – Medieval, from the grounds of Westham House. Seven sherds.
2 These sherds were found by C Dyer and at least two of them are actually Roman.
Findspot - pottery sherds dating to the Roman period were found to the west of Barford.
2 Undated subrectangular enclosure shows on aerial photographs.
An enclosure of unknown date is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. It is located 700m south of the church, Sherbourne.
1 2 Possible enlcosure visible on aerial photography.
Possible enclosure of unknown date is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. It is located 200m south of Plestowes Spinney.
1 Three distinct groups of pits and an L-shaped ditch were located in and around Area A dating to the Middle-Late Iron Age.
One of the pits (pit 32) contained a ...
Area of Middle-Late Iron Age Pits and L-shaped ditch from trial trenching and area excavation (Area 'A') uncovered from excavation in advance of the construction of the Barford Bypass.
1 To the north of Area A, a sunken-featured building was located adjacent to the edge of the river terrace during the watching brief. It survived as two distinct ...
Sunken Feature Building dating to the Migration period discovered during excavations prior to the construction of the Barford Bypass
1 Flints found during fieldwalking.
2 3 The five flints comprised of a retouched flake made from a blade core fragment and a trimming flake from a small blade core, probably ...
Findspot - a flint scatter, comprising 5 flints artefacts of Late Mesolithic to Early Bronze Age date, were found during fieldwalking in an area approximately 200m south west of Barford Bridge.
1 One ‘D’ shaped single-ditched enclosure. Two part round-cornered enclosure. Twin ditches straight through site. Romano British pottery found. Site number 45.
2 Site 78 in survey
3 Perambulated. ...
Two enclosures, a trackway and parallel ditches are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. Fragments of pottery found on the site dates to the Roman period. The site is located 600m south west of the cemetery, Barford.
On Sunday 10th February 2019 commemorations were held for the hundredth anniversary of the death of trade unionist and MP, Joseph Arch. Coming from a family of agricultural labourers, he ...
1 Part of a complex of cropmarks.
3 A very limited area of the cursus at Barford was excavated in 1972-73, confirming its shape, size and position, and (because it was ...
The site of a partially destroyed Neolithic cursus. The cursus was partially excavated in order to determine its shape and size. It can be seen as a cropmark on aerial photographs. It is located 400m south east of Barford Sheds.
In 1940 my family moved to a small half timbered cottage in Church Street (still extant) opposite the memorial hall. There was well water but we still used oil lamps.
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1 Five pits within the barrow were intrusive and produced Iron Age pottery and quern stones.
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The excavation of five pits, containing pottery and quern stones of Iron Age date. The pits had been cut into an earlier feature, probably a hengi-form barrow. The site is 200m south of Barford Wood.
1 A flint of probable Mesolithic date was found on gravel to the E of Pit 7 (PRN 4687). This was a narrow flake of dark flint with the bulbar ...
Findspot - a flint flake probably dating to the Mesolithic period was found 250m south of Barford Wood.
1 1965: Excavation of a ‘hair pin’ of pits, 80m long. Excavation was small-scale and revealed a few features, but was inconclusive. Of seven pits only one produced a find ...
During an excavation several pits were found. The dating of these pits was inconclusive. The site is 250m north east of Bushey Hill, Barford.
1 1965: Trench cut across a group of pits. Four small pits with associated stakeholes, but no finds. Also a number of large pits. The excavator considered these pits to ...
An excavation was undertaken where pits were visible on aerial photographs. There were no finds to date these features but they may have been Neolithic. The site was 250m east of Bushey Hill, Barford.
1 An open settlement consisting of three Iron Age round houses of post hole construction, found close to the cursus terminal (MWA 719) in 1972.
2 This site has now been ...
The site of a settlement dating to the Iron Age. The settlement consisted of three round houses of post hole construction. It was located 750m north east of Bushey Hill, Barford.
1 The gasworks was established in 1872 and in 1874 it is described as consisting of one gasholder and three retorts.
2 Shown on the 1886 Ordnance Survey 1st ed. ...
The site of gas works, where gas was produced for domestic use during the Imperial period. It was marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. It closed down in 1920. The site is 200m south west of Sandy Way, Barford.
1 Three flint flakes found during a walkover survey.
2 The flints comprised a retouched flake, possibly a preform for a barbed and tanged arrowhead and a fragment from a mixed ...
Findspot - three Prehistoric flint flakes were found in a field just west of the nursery on Wellesborough Road, Barford.
1 Four trial trenches were excavated. Observation was subsequently carried out during topsoil stripping in the south-west of the development and during excavation of the foundation trenches for two ...
Post-medieval features, including an 18th century wall, an earlier well, and a 19th century outbuilding, were recorded close to the street frontage of Wellesbourne Road, Barford.
1 One flint flake. From grounds of Westham House.
2 This flint was found by C Dyer.
3 Dating extended to include the Mesolithic; previously Neolithic/Bronze Age, now Mesolithic/ Bronze Age.
Findspot - a flint flake dating to between the Mesolithic and Bronze Age periods was found 1.2km south of the church, Sherbourne.
2 Small irregular enclosure shows on air photographs.
3 Site no 83 in survey.
4 In addition to the double pit alignment (MWA705) there is a five-sided enclosure measuring 27m N-S by ...
A settlement dating to the Iron Age was found during an excavation. Round houses, ditches and a double pit alignment were found within an enclosure. The site is located 300m south east of Barford Wood.
1 A large complex of cropmark features including ring ditches, enclosures, pits and linear features. Excavation produced evidence for Neolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age and Romano British occupation. ...
During an excavation evidence for a settlement was found. The features included pit clusters, ditches, enclosures and barrows. The settlement existed at the site from the Neolithic to the Roman period. It was situated east of Bushey Hill, Barford.