1 Find made by metal detector in 1996: Multiple seal matrix, four circular dies joined at their terminals, cast in copper alloy. Post Medieval.
Findspot - a multiple seal matrix was found 300m north west of Monks Kirby.
1 Newnham Paddox, the seat of the Earls of Denbigh, was so much altered about 1875 that architecturally it can only be called a fine modern house.
2 Now demolished. An ...
Duplicate of PRN4235
1 Find of a groat of Henry VIII. Method of recovery unrecorded. Grid reference given of ” area of SP461835″.
Find of a coin of Henry VIII 400m northwest of the church at Monks Kirby.
1 Bloxam quotes from a letter of Dr Stukeley (1722) which records various features at Cestersover including ‘dams or stanks for fishponds’ across a valley.
2 In the stream valley on ...
Medieval fishponds, used for the breeding and storing of fish. They are visible on aerial photographs, and are partly visible as an earthwork. They are situated 300m southwest of Cestersover Farm.
Site of a Medieval windmill.
1 Post mill. Kirby Windmill (Priory of Monks Kirby). Built by 1291. Exact location not known.
2 In 1291 the Priory of Monks Kirby had a windmill ...
Documentary sources suggest that there was a windmill at Monks Kirby belonging to the Priory. It was of the post mill type, and in use from the Medieval to the Post Medieval period. Its exact location is unknown.
1 Newnham Paddox listed as a deserted Medieval settlement.
2 There is no other evidence to back this up.
The possible site of the Medieval deserted settlement of Newnham Paddox. The site is located 500m west of Burton Pool Wood.
2 Possible faint earthworks show on air photographs.
3 This field is still under pasture and has at least three possible hollow ways and some possible evidence for house platforms. Immediately ...
The site of the Medieval shrunken village of Monks Kirby. The remains are visible as an earthwork. The site is located 200m north west of the church at Monks Kirby.
1 Hoard of six coins. Sixpences. English. One Mary (sola), three Elizabeth and two unknown. Latest dates to 1573. It is possible that the hoard is in a secondary location ...
Findspot - a hoard of Post Medieval coins was found 400m west of the church at Monks Kirby.
1 ‘The Moats w/Plantation’ marked.
2 The land is now allotment with no sign of a moat.
3 Moat is visible on an aerial photograph taken in the 1970s (SP4863/O).
The site of a possible Medieval moat, a wide ditch usually surrounding a building. It is no longer visible as an earthwork, but its existence is suggested by a tithe map of 1842. It was situated 300m east of the church at Monks Kirby.
1 A circular water-filled ‘moat’ is marked enclosing a small area of land. Two adjoining fields are called ‘House Close with Moat’ and ‘Moat Close’.
2 Moat marked with a footbridge ...
A possible moat, a wide ditch usually surrounding a building. It would date to the Medieval period, and was marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. It is partially visible as an earthwork, and it is situated 450m east of Burton Pool Wood, Monks Kirby.
1 ‘Mill Field or House Ground’ marked.
2 No indication of the site in the field.
The possible site of a Post Medieval windmill. The site is suggested by a tithe map of 1691. It is located 500m south of Lutterworth Road.
1 The OS map marks a manor house. No further information, but the site is so close to the church (pre 14th century) that it is very unlikely to be ...
The site of a manor house dating to the Imperial period. It is marked on a tithe map of 1842. The manor house was situated north of the church in Monks Kirby.
1 Find of a medieval seal matrix of Peter de Wylie in March 1995 at SP463832. The area was described as the Withybrook area, but the grid reference given of ...
Find of a medieval seal matrix 100m northeast of the church at Monks Kirby.
1 Find of a French denier Tournois of the mid 13th century in March 1995 at SP46158565. The method of recovery was not described.
Find of a French medieval coin 200m southeast of Cloudesley Farm, Monks Kirby.
1 In 1077 a cell or priory of Benedictine monks under obedience to the Abbey of St Nicholas at Angiers was established at ‘Kirkbury’. The priory (PRN 4242) was given ...
The site of the church of Monks Kirby Priory. The church was built during the Medieval period. It is located on the west side of Monks Kirby.
1 An early 18th century wrought iron gateway consisting of a central gate, four square piers, a screen and side gates. Elaborate scrollwork and ornamentation decorates the gateway. Grade 1. ...
A Post Medieval gate way which is situated at Newnham Paddox.
1 A drawing of Newnham Paddox house in 1708 shows two rectangular ponds. On the E side is an elaborate and extensive system of canals including a triangular pool. In ...
Fishponds for breeding and storing fish, which date to the Post Medieval period. They are visible as earthworks, and are situated to the east of The Grove, Newnham Paddox.
1 Mill Field, new Newnham Paddox (Monks Kirby Tithe Map 1842). Medieval (or later). Post mill. SP4783.
2 At SP4783 there is a low mound standing amidst ridge and furrow at ...
The site of a post mill, a windmill mounted on a post. It is marked on a tithe map of 1842 and the windmill mound survives as an earthwork. It may date back to the Medieval period. The mill was situated 200m north of Cabbage Clump.
1 In 1077 a cell or priory of Benedictine monks under obedience to the Abbey of St Nicholas at Angiers was established at ‘Kirkbury’. The priory was given the church ...
The possible site of a Carthusian Monastery, a priory of Carthusian monks, dating to the Medieval period. The site is suggested by documentary evidence. It is located in the area of the church in Monks Kirby.
1 Chancel, nave, N and S aisles and chapels, S porch with parvise, vestry, and SW tower. Rebuilt in the later 14th century and again towards the end of the ...
The Church of St Editha, originally built in the Medieval period. It was largely rebuilt during the 14th century. The church is situated 175m west of the Post Office, Monks Kirby.
1 In January 1467 Sir Henry Waver was granted a licence to erect and crenellate walls and towers at Cesters Over.
2 Dugdale saw the manor house reduced to so mean ...
The site of a manor house which dates to the Imperial period. The house may incorporate parts of an earlier manor house of Medieval date. It is situated 1km north west of Ryehill Spinney.
1 1960: The N arm and the N halves of the E and W arms of the moat survive wet. There are traces of the remainder of the moat visible ...
The site of a moat, a wide ditch usually surrounding a building. It is of Medieval or Post Medieval date. It is visible on aerial photographs and survives as an earthwork. It is situated at Cestersover, Monks Kirby.
1 In 1776 Stukeley saw a chapel converted into a barn.
2 A chapel was established by the ancestors of Sir William de Waver, who made a complaint to Pope Honorius ...
The possible site of a Medieval chapel is suggested by documentary evidence. The site is located 1km north west of Churchover.
1 Documentary references to Walton exist from 12th century on.
2 A reference exists to an estate here in 1328, but Walton had no separate manorial existence after the Dissolution.
3 Walton ...
The site of the shrunken settlement of Walton. It dates to the Medieval and Post Medieval periods. The site is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs. It is situated to the south of Little Walton.