1 A chapel at Wilmcote is first mentioned in 1228. In the 14th century the advowson was held by the manor of Little Wilmcote and in 1481 it was given ...
There is documentary evidence of a chapel at Wilmcote, from the Medieval to the Post Medieval period. The site is in the area of Swanfold.
1 The Liberty of Pathlow had the title of a Hundred and is recorded in 1086. The place which gives it its name is a tumulus, or heap of earth, ...
The site of a possible round barrow, a mound usually built to conceal a burial. The barrow probably dates to the Bronze Age period. It is situated 500m east of Pathlow.
1 Traces of the original ford can be seen on the N side of the modern bridge. Lands allotted to the repair of the bridge are mentioned in the Inclosure ...
The site of a ford, a shallow point in a river where people, vehicles and animals would have crossed. The ford is of unknown date. It is known from documentary evidence. The ford is situated 500m south of Round Hill.
1 N of the bridge on the bridle-road leading to Grey Mills, is a ford of unusual length and depth.
The site of a ford, a shallow place in a river where people, vehicles and livestock would have crossed. The ford is of unknown date. It is situated 300m north east of Little Alne Bridge.
1 Sydenhams Ford, about one and a half miles S of Grey Mills.
2 Ford marked.
3 Sydenhams meadow marked with a ford by the field.
Sydenhams Ford, the site of a ford of unknown date. The ford is marked on various 19th and 20th century maps and it was situated 800m south west of the church at Aston Cantlow.
1 Formerly there were extensive stone quarries of Lower Lias stone at Wilmcote.
2 Stone Pit Close is marked on a map of 1874.
3 Stone from this quarry was used from ...
The site of a stone quarry dating to the Imperial period and known from place name evidence. It is located 150m west of the football ground, Wilmecote.
1 The earliest reference to paper-making occurs in the inclosure award of 1743, from which it appears that there must have been a mill near the junction of the Alne ...
The possible site of a Post Medieval watermill, known from documentary sources. The mill may have used for making paper. It was located 300m north east of Little Alne Bridge.
1 This may have been the paper mill operated by Thomas Fruin during the 18th century. It seems to have reverted to corn grinding in the early 19th century. Limited ...
Grey Mill, the remains of a brick watermill of Post Medieval date, when it may have been used for making paper. It was later used for grinding corn. The mill continued in use throughout the Imperial period. It stands 200m south east of Round Hill.
1 Wilmcote stocks. A stocks was located in the outbuilding to Mary Arden’s House, which houses an agricultural museum.
2 The above are described as Wilmcote Stocks, but it is uncertain ...
The possible site of Wilmcote stocks, in which an offender's hands and/or feet were locked as punishment. They were in use during the Medieval and Post Medieval periods. The stocks are currently in an outshed at Palmer's Farmhouse, formally Mary Arden's House, but were formerly in Front Street, Ilmington.
1 George Lewing about 1850 noted a piece of ruined wall which is said formerly to have been a chapel, and that a house close by appears to have been ...
An area of undated earthworks may be the remains of an archaeological site or they might be natural. The earthworks are situated on the east side of Newnham.
1 There are traces of earthworks and moats in Old Close (PRN 1588) and in a field nearby called Moat Meadow.
2 Traces of a moat were seen in a field ...
A possible Medieval moat, a wide ditch usually surrounding a building. The moat is still partially visible as an earthwork. It is situated 500m south of the disused railway line at Newnham, Aston Cantlow.
1 There were limekilns in Newnham (PRN 1590) and near Clay Hill Farm in Shelfield, but the industry was transformed by the completion of the Birmingham – Stratford canal in ...
The site of lime kilns dating from the Post Medieval period. They were located in the area of Shelfield.
1 Assorted finds comprising a coin of the 2nd century, a brooch of the 1st century and horse harness reported by metal detectorists.
Findspot - a coin, a brooch and a horse brass, all dating to the Roman period, were found in the area of Aston Cantlow.
1 A Roman copper alloy model of a double-axe reported by metal detectorists.
2 Illustration in FI file.
Findspot - a bronze axe, dating to the Roman period, was found 500m north east of Little Alne.
1 Finds made with a metal detector in 1984: Parts of two Roman brooches – one dates to around 100 AD, the other is part of a trumpet brooch dating ...
Findspot - two brooches, dating to the Roman period, were found 700m south west of Little Alne.
1 Finds made with a metal detector in 1984: Denarius of Hadrian (125-28).
Findspot - a coin, dating to the Roman period, which was found 300m south west of Little Alne.
1 Find of a coin made with a metal detector.
Findspot - a coin dating to the Roman period and found 300m south west of Little Alne.
1 Find made with a metal detector: A follis of Diocletian (284-305).
Findspot - a coin, dating to the Roman period, was found 200m north east of Little Alne.
1 Finds made with a metal detector: A bronze brooch, a bronze buckle, part of a brooch, a bronze object, an iron object.
Findspot - brooches, a bronze buckle and other metal objects, dating to the Roman period, were found 300m east of Little Alne.
1 There is a private road ‘Wharf Lane’ next to the wharf. There are what appear to be cottages contemporary with the canal nearby. The wharf itself is ...
The site of a canal wharf, where vessels would have loaded and unloaded goods during the Imperial period. It was located 150m west of the station at Wilmcote.
1 Earthwork features beside a patch of waste land at the junction of several routeways seem to represent the site of a former settlement. A building is shown on Greenwood’s ...
The site of a possible deserted settlement at Shelfield dating to the Post Medieval period. The remains of the settlement are visible as earthworks.
2 Linear features show as cropmark.
Linear features of unknown date are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. They are situated 500m south of the church at Aston Cantlow.
2 Linear features show as cropmark.
Linear features of unknown date are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. The features are situated 250m north of Wood Lane, Aston Cantlow.
1 The line the possible Roman road is reported as surviving continuously for about 6km in the present (1985) road between Wootton Wawen and Ullenhall, and intermittently thereafter in ...
The site of a possible Roman Road is indicated by some of the findings made during archaeological work in connection with The Wooton Wawen Project (1983-1990).
