1 This area is known as Pit Close on an estate map from 1766.
2 The pit is still visible, although now flooded and overgrown with trees.
The site of a quarry which was in use during the Imperial period. The quarry is still visible as an earthwork. It is situated to the east of Stoneleigh deer park.
1 ‘Brick Kiln Furlong’ marked at SP3472, ‘Kiln Furlong’ at SP3372.
2 There are no surface indications.
The site of possible brickworks and tile works dating back to at least the Imperial period. They are indicated on a map of 1766, but no surface evidence remains. The location is southwest of Chantry Heath Wood, Stoneleigh.
1 This field is known as ‘Kiln Furlong’ on an estate map of 1766.
2 There were no traces to indicate a brickworks when the site was visited.
The site of possible Post Medieval/Imperial brickworks, indicated by a name on an estate map of 1766. No surface evidence survives. The site is 200m east of Stoneleigh Bridge.
1 This is known as Marlpits on an estate map from 1766.
2 Some tree filled pits are still visible.
The site of several marl pits from which marl was extracted during the Post Medieval and Imperial periods. They are marked on an estate map of 1766. The marl pits are still visible as earthworks and are situated 500m north east of Kings Wood.
1 This field is known as ‘Pit Field’ on an estate map from 1766.
2 Some pits are still visible.
The site of a quarry dating to the Post Medieval or Imperial period. Some quarry pits are still visible as earthworks. The quarry was located 800m west of Westley Bridge.
1 This field is known as Pit Close on an estate map 1766.
2 Some pits are still visible but are now tree-filled.
The site of a quarry dating to the Post Medieval or Imperial period. Some of the quarry pits are still visible as earthworks. They are situated in the area of Wainbody Wood.
1 A bridge is marked.
2 The present bridge is iron, probably late Victorian, and is still usable.
An iron footbridge from the Imperial period, on the site of an earlier bridge. It is marked on a tithe map of 1843. The footbridge crosses a loop of the Avon, 300m southwest of Stoneleigh Abbey, and is still usable.
1 The ancient bridge of four arches stood immediately downstream of the existing one built in 1842.
2 The present bridge, of red sandstone with three elliptical arches, was built early ...
Cloud Bridge, a red sandstone bridge built in the Imperial period to replace an earlier bridge. It crosses the Avon 1km southwest of Bubbenhall Bridge.
1 A mound at SP33077235 is likely to be the Hundred mound of Motslow.
2On modern OS maps this is shown as a quarry.
The site of a mound which is visible as an earthwork. The mound may have been the Post Medieval meeting place of the hundred of Motslow. It is situated 400m south of Stoneleigh.
1 The Vinehouse is one of a series of derelict 19th century greenhouses in the northern part of the walled South Garden at Stoneleigh Abbey. Vinehouse backed onto ...
19th century greenhouse which backed onto a late 18th century Grade II listed garden wall.
1 Two large fragments of carved red sandstone – vermiculation. This type of carving was particularly suitable for garden features and it is even possible that they are ...
Two large fragments of carved red sandstone revealed in trenching in front of south wall of The Vinehouse, South Garden Stoneleigh Abbey, Stoneleigh
1 A bridge is shown.
2 A bridge is shown.
3 The present footbridge is fairly modern in appearance, but the sandstone bridge footings seem considerably older.
4 A footbridge is shown here ...
A footbridge which dates from the Post Medieval period, and which first appears on a map in 1597. The present sandstone footings are probably older than the superstructure. It crosses the Avon 900m southeast of Stoneleigh Abbey.
1 A bridge is marked.
2 The present bridge is iron, probably late Victorian, and is still usable.
The site of a Post Medieval bridge which is marked on a tithe award map of 1843. It was situated 100m southwest of the Adventure Playground in Stoneleigh Park.
1 Evidence for an 18th-century tile kiln was found during an evaluation.
Tile kiln of possible 18th century date
1 Two cloth seals found in April 1992 in ‘Field 24, R.A.S.E. near Abbey’. The method of recovery was not recorded.
Find of two post medieval cloth seals in Stoneleigh parish near the Abbey.
1 There is quite a lot of material on the Stoneleigh bridge in the Leigh MSS, Series D, Warwickshire Papers, Bundles 17 and 37-8. Built 1814-5, of Cubbington stone, at ...
New Bridge, a rusticated stone bridge built in the Imperial period to carry the drive to Stoneleigh Abbey across the Avon. It is situated 500m northwest of the Abbey.
1 There was a small brickyard here in the early 19th century, operated by the Leigh estate; however, the field had already been known as the Pitt Hill Field in ...
The site of a brickworks, where bricks were made during the Imperial period. The site is located in Old Brickyard Plantation.
1 A mapbook of 1766 gives the names of these two fields as “The Brickyard Close” and “Close at the Brickyard”.
Documentary evidence suggests that this is the site of a brickworks dating from the Imperial period. The works were situated in the area of Cryfield Grange.
1 Cryfield House Farm was created from part of the Cryfield Grange land, acquired by the Leigh family in 1639. It was formed sometime between 1676 and 1680, and in ...
Cryfield House Farm was established during the Post Medieval period. It was built on land formerly belonging to Cryfield Grange, west of Cryfield Village.
1 Cut sandstone blocks and a pebble floor surface were observed during alterations to Oaktree Cottage, W of Cryfield Grange.
The site of a building possibly dating to the Post Medieval period and known from the discovery of sandstone blocks and a pebble floor surface. It was situated 800m south east of Roughknowles Wood.
1 Archaeological observation of drain trenches did not identify any features or finds associated with the deserted medieval settlement.
Findspot - various finds dating to the Imperial period were recovered during archaeological work 400m north east of King's Hill.
1 Gravel pit marked on 1886 map.
The site of a gravel pit pit from which gravel was extracted during the Imperial period. It was marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886, and was situated in the southwest corner of Chantry Heath Wood, Stoneleigh.
1 Gravel pits marked on 1886 map.
The site of several gravel pits from which gravel was extracted during the Imperial period. They are marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. The gravel pits were situated 500m east of Millburn Viaduct, Crackley.
1 Rifle butts marked on 1886 map.
The site of rifle butts, a mound or mounds of earth on which targets were mounted. The butts are marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. They were situated at the south west corner of Chantry Wood Heath.