Site of medieval and post medieval settlement of Hall End, Polesworth

Description of this historic site

Site of medieval and post medieval settlement along Watling Street.

Notes about this historic site

1 Site of medieval and post medieval settlement of Hall End, Polesworth.
Sited on Watling Street. Medieval pottery found in enclosure 200m S of Hall End farm.

2 The manor of Holt Hall was first mentioned in 1526 when Joan Aston, widow, conveyed her rights in it to Sir Thomas Pulteney and his wife, Anne. In 1595 the hall was settled on John Pulteney along with the manor of Freasley with which it descended until at least 1799. Hallend Hall to the North of Watling street is Elizabethan or earlier.

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