1 Cock Bevington. A Saxon spearhead turned up by the motor plough in the field opposite the farm house. It was approximately where there had been a hedge recently. The ...
Findspot - an Anglo Saxon spearhead, dating to the Migration or Early Medieval period, was found near Cock Bevington.
1 Excavation 1968-70 produced 53 inhumations with grave goods of late Roman/early Saxon date.
2 1968: A Saxon cemetery and settlement found in sand digging. 22 skeletons have been excavated ...
A settlement and complete cemetery of early Saxon date was discovered during excavation. 45 skeletons were revealed, a further 6 were thought to have been destroyed by sand extraction. The cemetery was situated to the west of Stretton on Fosse.
1 A mandible reported to police was subsequently sent for radiocarbon dating and osteological analysis. The mandible, probably from a female over 35 years, was suggested as having become displaced ...
A mandible reported to police was subsequently sent for radiocarbon dating and osteological analysis. The mandible, probably from a female over 35 years, was suggested as having become displaced from a previously unidentified Anglo-Saxon cemetery.
1 A bronze pennanular brooch of about 5th century, found at Stratford on Avon. In a paper by Reginald Smith it was stated that it was found in ...
The remains of an Anglo Saxon burial, dating to the Migration period, was found 600m south east of Clopton. The burial included a small number of bones and a brooch. It is not known whether it was a cremation or an inhumation. At Stratford-upon-Avon, a fifth century bronze penannular brooch was found after these by a Mr Wellstood.
1A coppice wood of 20.8 ha. Almost certainly recorded in the 1279 Hundred Rolls, the wood can probably be identified with one of the two woods recorded in Domesday Book ...
Piles Coppice, a Medieval (and probably earlier) managed woodland. The woodland comprises: wood banks, a deer park bank and evidence of ancient coppicing.
1 A 4.1 ha remnant of a larger coppice wood, mostly cleared in the mid-20th century for housing. Despite ambiguities in the record, this is probaby one of the ...
Binley Common Wood, a Medieval (and probably earlier) managed woodland; former grazed common wood. The woodland comprises: woodbanks; a possible Medieval "trench"; an area of ridge and furrow and evidence of ancient coppicing.
1 Anglo Saxon saucer brooch 5th century or 6th century date.
Findspot - an Anglo-Saxon saucer brooch, dating to the Migration period, was found the A5 at Churchover.
1 Pottery recovered suggests medieval activity at this location
The possible site of settlement dating to the Early Medieval or Medieval period. The site is suggested by scatters of pottery. It is located 700m north east of Willington.
1 Two potsherds found at SP25954435. Method of recovery unreported.
Findspot - two potsherds dating to a period between the late Bronze Age and the early Migration.
1 Herepath referred to in a boundary charter of AD 922. Follow boundary between Milcote and Clifford, running NE along the bank of the Avon towards a ford at Clifford, ...
Herepath, an Anglo Saxon trackway dating to the Early Medieval period, known from documentary evidence. It is referred to in a 10th century charter. The route of the trackway runs along the parish boundary between Clifford Chambers and Milcote parishes.
1 Probably the more likely location of Dodda’s Ford, mentioned in a charter of AD 985. At this point a routeway crossed the Avon to run towards Hampton Lucy.
The possible site of a ford. It is mentioned as Dodda's Ford in a 10th century charter. The ford was situated on the eastern edge of Alverston.
1 The Roman road running south-east from Tiddington is recorded as the hrycg wege (ridgeway) in a charter of AD 985, which recorded part in use along the Alveston parish ...
An Anglo-Saxon ridgeway recorded in fragmentary form in Early Medieval charters. It probably represents the reuse of a Roman road.
1 Reuse of part of Roman road evidenced by references in charters of AD 985 and AD 988; in the latter the road is called the ‘mycelan straete’ or great ...
Mycelan Straet, meaning Great Road, an Early Medieval road running south east from Stratford. It partially follows the line of an earlier, Roman, road and is mentioned in two charters in 985 and 988 AD. In documentary evidence from 1340 it is called 'Saltstret'.
1 A way referred to as the green way in a charter of AD 988. Possibly running along the S boundary of Ruin Clifford along the edge of the heath ...
A possible Anglo Saxon trackway running along part of the Stratford on Avon/Clifford Chambers parish boundary, identified from an Early Medieval charter.
1 A charter of Bishopton dated AD 1016 refers to the Feldene Stret (?road to the Feldon). This is the present Birmingham to Stratford road, reached by the E boundary ...
A trackway dating to the Early Medieval period. This trackway is probably Feldene Stret, the road to the Feldene. It is known from documentary evidence. This route is now the existing Birmingham to Stratford Road.
1 Aelfric’s Bridge is mentioned in a charter of Bishopton in Old Stratford dated AD 1016. It probably stood on the S boundary of Bishopton at SP 1956.
Aelfric's Bridge, the probable site of an Early Medieval bridge for which there is documentary evidence in the early 11th century. The bridge was located at Bishopton.
1 Referred to as a grenan weg (greenway) of a Bishopton charter of AD 1016. The route runs approximately on the line of Gospel Oak Lane towards the meeting place ...
An Anglo Saxon trackway dating to the Early Medieval period and referred to as a 'grenan weg' (greenway) in an 11th century charter. The route roughly follows that of Gospel Oak Lane.
1 Holen weg (holloway) referred to in a charter of AD 883 x 911, probably the road from Cleeve Prior to Marlcliff.
2 Illustrative map.
A hollow way referred to in a charter from the Early Medieval period. It probably formed part of the route from Cleeve Prior to Marlcliff.
1 The Saltford referred to in a charter of 714 (probably spurious) and in 1086. Indicates the crossing of a major saltway across the Avon.
2 Map marking site of ford.
The site of a ford dating from the Early Medieval and Medieval periods. It is known from documentary evidence to be a crossing point of a major saltway across the Avon. It is called the Saltford and is located 250m north west of the sewage works, Salford Priors.
1 A lost ford on the west boundary of Longdon mentioned in a charter of AD 757 (though the boundary clause is of later date). In the late 1970s a ...
The site of a ford dating to the Early Medieval period and known from documentary evidence. The name Stanford means 'the stony ford' and a stone scatter is visible near the site. It is situated 1km west of the church, Darlingscote.
1 A Tredington charter of AD 757 (though the relevant boundary clause is of a later date) refers to the rahweg (way of the roe deer). Part of this route ...
The route of a trackway dating to the Migration and Early Medieval periods. It is known from documentary evidence to have been called 'The Way of the Roe Deer'. It is located south west of Darlingscote.
1 Rycweg (ridgeway) referred to in a charter dated AD 757 (though the boundary clause is of later date). It may have been part of the road from Stretton to ...
A linear feature known from documentary evidence to be an Anglo Saxon ridgeway dating to the Migration and Early Medieval periods. It is leads into Shipston from the south west.
1 Stapol (post or pole) referred to in a charter dated AD 757 (though the relevant boundary clause is of later date). Probably a fingerpost showing the way.
The site of a signpost dating to the Migration and Early Medieval periods and known from documentary evidence. It was situated 500m north of Waddon Hill on the route of a trackway of the same date.
1 Map showing part of Early Medieval routeway from Blackwell to Shipston.
The possible route of an Anglo Saxon trackway dating to the Migration and Early Medieval periods. It leads into Shipston from the north west.