1 The present building was built in 1725-8 by Francis Smith. It is of stone, 5 bays long, 2 storeys high, rusticated throughout. The ground floor has round ...
The Courthouse was built between 1725 and 1728 on the site of a Post Medieval civic centre, though meetings of the corporation were held here until 1926. It is situated on the corner of Jury street and Castle Street, Warwick.
1 In 1676 a new gaol and house of correction was built. This was destroyed in the fire of 1694 but rebuilt within two years. In 1719 there ...
The site of a Post Medieval gaol in Northgate Street, Warwick. Destroyed by the fire of 1694, it was rebuilt within two years, and later repaired in 1779.
1 Longbridge Manor was the former home of the Staunton family. In 1616 an inventory of the goods of Humphrey Staunton showed the manor house to comprise a hall, parlour ...
Longbridge Manor, a manor house first built during the Medieval period but altered during the Post Medieval period. A fishpond associated with the house is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. It is situated 1km north east of Sherbourne.
1 Traces of a moat to the N of Woodloes Farm suggest that the site was originally Medieval. The present site dates in parts from 1562.
2 During a site visit ...
The site of a possible Medieval moat, a wide ditch usually surrounding a building. It is situated at Woodloes Farm, Warwick.
1 St Michael’s Church was associated with the hospital (PRN 1927). The hospital was founded in the early 12th century. The chapel was probably rebuilt in the 15th century, after ...
The remains of St Michael's Church. The original chapel is probably of the same time as St Michael's Leper Hospital. The surviviing structure dates to the later Medieval period with Post Medieval alterations. The building lies along the Birmingham Road, Saltisford, Warwick.
2 The domestic buildings of Warwick Castle included the church of All Saints, founded by Henry de Beaumont before 1119. The church was served by secular canons and was united ...
The site of the Medieval Church of All Saints at Warwick Castle which was founded before 1119. In 1128 it fell out of use because the Bishop of Worcester felt a castle was an inappropriate site for a church. Its exact location within the castle is unknown.
1 A church-like building is marked at roughly SP2864 on Speed’s map of 1610. Foundations have been uncovered at SP2864 and in dry weather the outline of a building is ...
One of two possible sites for the Church of St Helena dating to the Medieval period. A church appears on Speed's map of 1610 abd building foundations have been discovered here. The outline of a church like building is sometimes visible as a cropmark in the Castle Park.
1 The church was granted in 1123 to St Mary’s College. In 1367 it was united with St Mary’s. By the late 15th century the church housed the grammar school ...
The site of the Church of St John the Baptist which was built during the Medieval period and is mentioned in documentary sources. It was leased to a tanner after the Dissolution and appears to have been demolished by 1711. It stood in the present Market Place, Warwick.
1 The church was granted to St Mary’s College in 1123 and was united with it in 1367. It apparently continued in use as a church for some time after ...
The site of the Medieval Church of St Lawrence. It was united with St Mary's in 1367 and ceased to be a church some time after this date. The churchyard was rediscovered in 1839 during road widening. It stood in West Street, Warwick.
1 A Meeting of Quakers was probably founded as a result of visits to Warwick by George Fox in 1655 and 1656. In 1671 a house in High Pavement was ...
A Society of Friends' Quaker Meeting House dating to the Post Medieval period. It is still in use for worship, and is situated in the High Street, Warwick.
1 In the suburb on the W of the town there was a house of Dominican or Black Friars, established towards the end of the reign of Henry III, but ...
The site of a Dominican Friary established in the Medieval period, it stood in the vicinity of Friar Street, Warwick. The friary was demolished after the Dissolution around 1551. Recent archaeological excavation has found several burials possibly from the friary cemetery.
1 Roger, Earl of Warwick (1119-53) granted a small manor beyond the bridge on the S side of Warwick to the Knights Templars. This was eventually transferred to the Knights ...
The site of a preceptory of the Knight Templar during the Medieval period. Documentary evidence notes that a manor house surrounded by a moat was given to the Order in the 1100s. The house had been demolished by 1786 and it stood in Castle Park, Warwick.
1 The church of ‘St Sepulchre and St Helen’ was granted to St Mary’s College in 1123, but no more is heard of St Helen’s. It stood on the site ...
There is documentary evidence to suggest that a Medieval church stood on the site of St Sepulchre's Priory before the 11th century. The site of the church is in Priory Park, Warwick.
1 Dugdale records that in 1375 a patent was issued for repair of the great bridge. This bridge was destroyed by a great flood soon after the construction of the ...
Old Castle Bridge, which crosses the River Avon 100m south east of Warwick Castle. Sections of three arches remain of the late Medieval structure.
1 Dugdale’s 1650 edition, speaking of Thomas Fisher, records that his true name was Hawkins, and that his father by profession sold fish at the Mercate Cross near Warwick. The ...
Documentary evidence suggests that this is the site of Warwick Market Cross, which stood on the east side of Market Place.
1 A cross which appears similar to that in the Market Square (PRN 1967), but is apparently rather smaller is marked at Bridge End on the map of Warwick in ...
Documentary evidence suggests that this is the probable site of a Medieval cross, at the western loop of Bridge End, Warwick.
1 In the Saxon chronicles the town is called “Werinca”, and a Saxon penny found here bears the legend “Werhica”.
2 Rous states that the mint was “certainly on the site ...
The possible site of a mint, where coins were produced. Documentary evidence suggests that a mint may have existed in Warwick during the Early Medieval period. The exact location of the mint is unknown.
1 On the NW side of the ‘Priory’ are the old fishponds known as the ‘Priory Pools’; some of these remain while others have been filled up. Near to the ...
The site of Medieval fishponds used for the breeding and storage of fish. The site is located 200m north west of Priory Park, Warwick.
1 Lee. Mentioned by Rous. A deed of 1435 has La Lee juxta Warwick and elsewhere it is recorded as in Bishops Tachbrook. Parts of Warwick Great Park are in ...
The possible site of the deserted settlement of Lee which dates to the Medieval period. It is known from documentary sources and three fields containing the name 'Lea' may mark the site, which is now part of Castle Park.
1 The field to the west of Leafield Bridge contains a number of earthworks. There are 2 ridges running approx E/W and NW/SE across the site, and a banked ...
The possible site of a Medieval field system. Field boundaries and trackways are visible as earthworks. The site was wooded during the 18th century and some of the earthworks may represent where trees once stood. The site lies in Castle Park.
1 Heathcote in Warwick. Dugdale places it near Myton, where there are today a Heathcote Hill and Farm. The Heathcote in Rous is probably the Heathcote in Wasperton (PRN 2208).
2 ...
Documentary evidence suggests that the possible site of the Medieval deserted settlement of Heathcote is located 500m north of New House Farm.
1 A castle at Warwick was begun by William I in 1068 as part of a plan to safeguard the Midlands. This castle was of the motte and bailey type ...
Phase I of Warwick Castle which was built from 1068 as a motte and bailey castle. It was first constructed in wood, but was rebuilt in stone possibly during the 12th century. It was at least partially enclosed by a moat.
1 The fortification of Warwick was complicated by the building of a town wall, possibly placed near Ethelfleda’s rampart (PRN 2191). The earth rampart was located during excavation in 1964. ...
Warwick defences, consisting of a Town Wall and Ditch. Documentary evidence has suggested the line for the Medieval Defences, which has been subject to excavation; in places it survives a a rock-cut ditch with eroded bedrock backfill.
1 The inner precinct area limits appears to be defined by the multiple bank and ditch surviving best to the south and east of the priory.
2 Reappraisal of evidence ...
The inner precinct area of St. Sepulchre's Priory in Warwick