We’d got our tickets, we got the train down to Wembley. We arrived at the station and were pleasantly surprised by how relatively calm it was. What we hadn’t realised ...
This photograph shows the importance of the May Day celebrations in the cultural life of this village. This was a very old custom whose origins are believed to be pagan ...
1 The E edge of Wibtoft village is delimited by a deep, partially waterfilled ditch. The largest section of the ditch is approximately 75m long, 12m wide and up to ...
A boundary ditch of Medieval date. The ditch is visible as an earthwork. It marks the eastern edge of Wibtoft village.
I walked down to the main road bridge over the river Avon to try and take my ‘now’ picture, only to find the old bridge hardly visible in the distance. ...
1 Binton Bridge is at a point where the River Avon forms two small islands. There has been a bridge here since the C13. Until about 1780 the bridges were ...
Binton Bridges, the remains of a Medieval bridge. Remains of the Medieval masonry are visible within the later bridge by which it was succeeded. The bridge is situated on Binton Road.
1 Isolated Medieval ruined building discovered by fieldworker, who considered that the windows indicate a Medieval building. It is possible it may be associated with the Deserted Medieval Village ...
The remains of a Medieval building, which may have been a chapel. It is situated 1km west of Southam.
1 At a slightly lower level than the Pleasurance is a long rectangular hollow, once a basin, connected by a canal with the great lake, where no doubt was the ...
The site of a canal and basin, an open area of water giving access to landing stages, dating from the Medieval period. It was situated 800m north west of Kenilworth Castle.
1 There is within this village a Chapel of All Saints, which had a Chantry therein founded by Thomas de Wolvardynton.
2 There is no mention of a chapel in the ...
The site of a Medieval church. The remains of the church are visible as earthworks. The remains are located in the graveyard of the church at Church Hill, Stretton on Dunsmore.
1 A number of important earthworks exist outside the castle. Running in a SE direction for a length of about 137m is an artificial bank thrown across the valley from ...
The site of a dam which was created during the Medieval period to create the water defences at Kenilworth castle known as the Mere, which no longer exists. The earthwork bank is still visible and is situated to the south, west and north of the castle.
1 Homestead moat.
2 Earthworks marked.
3 The feature published as a moat appears to be no more than a dry fishpond, embayed on the N and W, and with adjacent catchment ...
A possible Medieval fishpond, used for the breeding and storing of fish. It is visible on aerial photographs and as an earthwork. It is situated 500m northwest of the church at Harborough Magna.
1 A small but deeply incised stream, part of which was dammed by the Medieval villagers to make two fishponds, with extra breeding chambers and an intricate supply system of ...
The site of Medieval fishponds, used for breeding and storing fish. The fishponds are visible as earthworks and are situated at Stretton Baskerville, 1km south west of Sketchley.
1 ‘Three fishponds which once supplied the old monks with their Friday carp. They were large pools, set one above the other at different levels….’
2 The ponds are well maintained ...
Medieval fishponds used for the breeding and storaging fish. They still survive as ponds, with signs of 19th century restoration. They are situated just south east of the site of the church of St Laurence at Kings Newnham.
1 The moat may surround the site of the manor of Stockton. It encloses a rectangular area on three sides only, the SE side being open. There is ...
A moat, a wide ditch, which may have surrounded the manor house of Stockton. It is visible as an earthwork, though partly overgrown, and is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. It is situated 100m south east of St Michael's Church.
2 Mound, situated in a stream valley at the foot of a gradual SE facing slope. Overall diameter 38m; maximum height 4.2m. The near-circular level summit is 18m in diameter. ...
The site of a mound, possibly part of a moated site, dating to the Medieval period. It is visible as an earthwork and is located 200 north of Alderhanger wood.
1 During archaeological observation of a new sewage pipe in 1997 (WA 8249) a scatter of 13th-14th century pottery was recovered in Castle Park. Subsequent excavation revealed unexpectedly well-preserved remains ...
An archaeological excavation in Castle Park revealed evidence of a settlement dating to the Medieval period. Plot boundaries, post holes and three stone lined pits were discovered. Medieval pottery and a leather knife scabbard were among the finds recovered.
1 Small trenches were dug by the local history society over large parts of Prioory Park. Only one archaeological feature was located. This was a medieval rubbih pit ...
A Medieval rubbish pit was found during excavations in Priory Park. It contained a large group of pottery, as well as bones and other refuse
