1 Some of the patterned Medieval tiles in Polesworth Church appear to be ‘wasters’. In Polesworth there still stands a cottage known as the Potter’s House in Potters Lane, and ...
The site of a tile kiln that produced patterned tiles. The kiln was Medieval in date and was situated in Potters Lane, Polesworth.
2 The Abbey of Polesworth held two mills at Polesworth in 1291. They are also recorded in 1538 and 1545. In 1828 Samuel Mallaby was the miller. From 1864 ...
The site of a watermill that was first built in the Medieval period and used for milling corn. It continued in use until the 20th century. The site is 150m northwest of Abbey Green Park, Polesworth.
1 Polesworth Bridge is dated 1776.
2 A bridge of ten arches over the River Anker. Apparently Medieval, entirely encased in brick.
3 The bridge has ten semicircular arches and bears and ...
Polesworth Bridge over the River Anker was first built in the Medieval period. It is situated on Bridge Street, 225m north west of Abbey Green Park, Polesworth.
1 Timber frame and painted brick with Medieval cruck, thatched.
2 The cottage is now uninhabited and has fallen into a state of decay.
3 Internal support is required to prevent the ...
A timber framed house of cruck construction with a thatched roof. The house is Medieval in date and is situated on High Street, Polesworth.
1 Medieval cruck in gable end of a timber framed building.
2 Photographed in 1977.
3 Plan of the cruck building and showing proposed alteration.
A house dating to the Medieval period with a cruck in gable end of the timber frame. The house is situated on High Street, Polesworth.
1 Legends about the foundation survive and place the foundation at a number of dates between 839 and 1066. A certain amount of the history of the Abbey is known. ...
Polesworth Abbey, a nunnery house governed by an abbess. The Abbey dates to the Early Medieval period and lies 200m east of Bridge Street, Polesworth.
1 Parish church of St Editha consists of a chancel, nave, N aisle and porch, and a tower N of the chancel. The nave is of the first half of ...
The parish church of St. Editha which is Medieval in date. The church was associated with Polesworth Abbey. It is located 200m east of Bridge Street, Polesworth.
1 After the Dissolution the site of Polesworth Abbey passed to Francis Goodere, whose son Sir Henry fashioned a manor house out of, or on the site of, the Abbess’s ...
The site of the Abbess' lodgings were part of Polesworth Abbey which is medieval in date. Parts of the lodgings were later reused in the building of a manor house on the same site. The site is located 200m east of Bridge Street, Polesworth.
1 Found during the erection of the Infants School in the late 19th century.
2 This fragment is mounted on a bracket on the N side of the nave. One face ...
Find spot - a fragment of a cross dating to the Medieval period which was found 40m south of High Street, Polesworth.
1 The site now consists of a central 18th century house (PRN 223). Earlier maps show a complex of fishponds as well as a number of footpaths converging on this ...
Documentary evidence suggests that this was the site of a deserted settlement, abandoned during the Medieval period, on the site of Bramcote Hall.
1 Find made by metal detector in 1994: Copper alloy Medieval harness pendant. Probably late 13th – 14th Century.
Find made by metal detector in 1994: Lead cloth seal or alnage ...
Findspot - a harness pendant and a cloth seal were found at Donnative Farm, Polesworth.
1 The possible extent of the medieval settlement based on the OS map of 1885, 6NW.
2 Polesworth is not listed in Domesday.
3 Greenwood’s map of 1822 shows settlement both north ...
The possible extent of the medieval settlement based on the Ordnance Survey map of 1885.
1 Whilst metal detecting on cultivated land, a 13th century silver pin from a brooch was found two to three inches below ground.
1 Parish church of St Editha consisting of a chancel, nave, N aisle and porch and a tower N of the chancel. The church incorporates Medieval masonry and was probably ...
The parish church of St. Editha. The building incorporates Medieval masonary and is situated 200m east of Bridge Street, Polesworth.
1 The cloisters were S of the nuns’ quire. A 12th century doorway still survives just E of the present nave and S of the modern chancel. This would have ...
The site of the cloisters of Polesworth Abbey dating to the Medieval period. They were situated 200m east of Bridge Street, Polesworth.
1 Site of the medieval and post medieval settlement of Freasley, Polesworth. Settlement has 17th and 16th century houses. The village extrends to the S in a more disorganised way. ...
Buildings of 17th and 16th century with an extension South onto the Green.
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 ...
Site of medieval and post medieval settlement along Watling Street.
2 Linear features and possible ponds show on aerial photographs.
3 Fishponds and linear boundaries are shown in this location and clearly relate to the crop marks.
The site of Medieval fishponds, used for storing and breeding fish. Several linear features that are visible as cropmarks are also located at this site. They lie 250m northeast of Bramcote Hall.
1 Chapel of Hoo situated between Polesworth and Grendon. This (now demolished) chapel was dedicated to St Leonard, and endowed with land by Roger de Grendon, in King Henry I ...
The site of the Chapel of St. Leonard, which was built during the Medieval period. It lies 350m south of the sewage works, Polesworth.
1 Possible site of market place, Polesworth.
Morton states that the major landowner and lord of manor was the Abbey. While most of its records have been lost, it is known ...
Weekly market granted to the Abbey in 1242. Location uncertain.
1 Visible during site visit by Leicestershire and Rutland FWAG in October 2006.
An area of ridge and furrow cultivation of Medieval or Post Medieval date. The ridge and furrow survives as an earthwork. It is situated 200m north of Pooley Hall.
1 Two coins of Edward I found by a metal detectorist in 1995 and taken into Birmingham Museum for identification. The location was roughly SK268031.
Two medieval coins found 300m east of Polesworth Station.
1 Two medieval coins found in 1995 by a metal detectorist and brought into Birmingham Museum for identification. The location given was approximately SK275025.
Find of two medieval coins 400m east of Stiper's Hill Plantation, Polesworth.
1 An Irish Long Cross penny of Henry III (1216-72) was found at or near this location. The coin is class IIa (Seaby 6240), with reverse – RIC ARD OND ...
Findspot - a coin dating to the Medieval period was recovered from a location 250m east of Donative Farm.