1 A saltway ran from Twyford, north of Evesham, east through Shipston and Brailes and on.
2 Illustrative maps, showing alternative route east of Shipston.
A trackway or saltway of Medieval date. The trackway ran through Shipston and Brailes.
1 Site of 4th century Roman building said to exist in the in “The Balls” field, Winderton Farm, thought to be a possible farmstead. No further details.
The site of a Roman building found on land at Winderton Farm. It is thought that the building may be the remains of a farmstead.
1 The site of an Iron Age settlement reputed to exist in the area of Winderton Farm.
The site of an Iron Age settlement in the vicinity of Winderton Farm.
1 Half a Neolithic axehead found in the northern part of Stair Furlong field of Agdon Farm – location of field not given.
Findspot - half a Neolithic stone axehead was found in the vicinity of Agdon Farm, Compton Wynyates.
1 Reputed Iron Age settlement at Agdon Farm, Compton Wynyates – no further details.
The site of a possible Iron Age settlement in the vicinity of Agdon Farm, Compton Wynyates.
1 A 4th century Roman settlement said to exist on land at Agdon Farm, Compton Wynyates – no further details.
The possible site of a Roman settlement in the vicinity of Agdon Farm, Compton Wynyates.
1 Pleasure grounds with lake, walks, conservatory, boundary planting, drive, kitchen garden, surrounding Grade II Listed house. Kitchen gardens include Grade II Listed late 18th century crinkle-crankle wall. Recommended for ...
Grounds and gardens which date to the Imperial period. The gardens include a kitchen garden, walks, lakes and a crinkle-crankle or serpentine wall. The gardens are associated with Brailes House.
This photograph shows the importance of the May Day celebrations in the cultural life of this village. This was a very old custom whose origins are believed to be pagan ...
1 Asssortment of Roman coins dating from 222AD-361AD, produced by various mints. Also found Polden Hill brooch.
Findspot - coins and a brooch of Roman date were found 500m north west of Winderton, Brailes
1 Middle Bronze Age unlooped palstave discovered on the outskirts of Lower Brailes.
Findspot - a palstave dating to the Middle Bronze Age was found 400m north east of Lower Brailes.
1 Finds made by in 1993 with a metal detector: Five coins of the 1st century to 2nd century and a triangular bronze object, possibly a heavy chape or strap ...
Findspot - several coins and a bronze object, possibly a strap end, of Roman date were found 500m north of Lower Brailes.
1 Find made by Mr J Warren in 1993 with a metal detector: An 18th century thumb ring bezel decorated with letter B.
Findspot - a ring dating to the Imperial period was found 700m south of the church at Whichford.
Brailes Girls and Infants National School in School Lane was built in 1858. It was not the first school for girls in Brailes as there was an earlier school in ...
3 Ridge and furrow cultivation transcribed from air photographs.
The remains of Medieval or later ridge and furrow cultivation in the parish of Brailes, some of which survives as an earthwork. In other areas it is visible on aerial photographs.
3 Earthwork remains of the shrunken settlement of Winderton show on air photographs. These have been plotted on the ridge and furrow plot for Brailes Parish (PRN 6436).
4 Site ...
The site of a deserted settlement of Medieval date are visible as earthworks. The site is located at Winderton.
Evaluation revealed only medieval pottery.
1 Following an application for planning permission for a detached house on the site, which is within the shrunken medieval village, Warwickshire Museum carried out an ...
See EWA7231. No medieval evidence recorded.
1 The OAU excavated two trenches on land adjacent to Grove End House, and found three sherds of Medieval pottery, consistent with Medieval occupation in the area but not necessarily ...
Findspot - three fragments of Medieval pottery were found during archaeological work west of Henbrook Lane, Upper Brailes.
1 A selection of Post Medieval finds collected on land adjacent to Henbrook Lane. The items included a large bronze button decorated with a female bust, two roundels (18th ...
Findspot - various finds of Post Medieval date, including clay pipe bulbs, a bronze button and a harness fitting, were found east of Henbrook Lane, Upper Brailes.
Watching brief at Matchams, Upper Brailes.
1 A watching brief was undertaken by the Warwickshire Museum at Matchams, Castle Hill, Upper Brailes in April 1993. No significant archaeological deposits were ...
Excavated
1 Finds made in 1993 with a metal detector: 14th century strap end, 12th century, 13th century or 14th century oval frame buckle and a triangular bronze object, possibly a ...
Findspot - various finds of Medieval and Post Medieval date, including buckles, a strap end and a trade token, were found 500m north of the church at Lower Brailes.
The Map
This map was almost certainly commissioned by Ralph Sheldon (1537-1613), the coat of arms. It can be dated to the period 1580 to 1613.
Aesthetics Or Function?
The map’s unusual decorative ...
No records have come to light about the beginnings of Primitive Methodism in Brailes in Warwickshire. The Rev. Joseph Preston “missioned” Chacombe, near Banbury, about 1830 and the work prospered ...
National Children’s Day is celebrated in May, and an appropriate topic with a Warwickshire link is this letter, which was sent by Mr. J. H. Long to the minister of ...