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 ...
The 1851 Census showed that the existing chapel was too small for the growing congregation, but the local landowners were unsympathetic to the needs of the Primitive Methodists. The Circuit ...
In 1932, Brailes Primitive Methodist Chapel became part of the Banbury Circuit of the Methodist Church. In Lower Brailes, the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel also became part of the Methodist Church ...
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 ...
1 ‘Tumulus’ marked.
2 Case was told that the barrow could still be traced but had not visited the site.
4 Beesley records that a small circle of stones was ploughed up ...
The possible site of gallows, a wooden structure from which criminals were hanged during the Medieval and later periods. Documentary evidence suggests that there was a mound, possibly on which the gallows were situated. The site is located 200m east of Gallows Hill.
1 2 George inn (now hotel), High street, Brailes
Historic inn recorded on FWhite&Co.’s, and Victuallers’ databases. The latter shows it in existence in 1806.
Situated on the south side of the ...
Historic inn situated on the south side of the High street, opposite the church.
1 Drinking fountain by the roadside, Lower Brailes. It is inscribed with the date 1878. It is no longer in use. The style of the stone arched surround is similar ...
A drinking fountain dating from the Imperial period is situated on the High Street, Lower Brailes.
1 Roman Catholic Chapel of Saints Peter and Paul, built by a member of the Bishop family in 1726 and subsequently enlarged.
2 Attached to the 16th century manor house. A ...
The Roman Catholic Chapel of Saints Peter and Paul which was built during the Post Medieval period. It is situated east of Church Terrace, Lower Brailes.
1 Compton Pike, a beacon, assigned to the late 16 century.
2 Probably erected as a beacon and subsequently used as a landmark. 16th century coursed square ironstone rubble.
3 Photograph.
Compton Pike, a beacon that was built during the Post Medieval period. It is situated 200m south of Windertonroad Spinney.
1 In 1850 there was a Friends Meeting House in Brailes, said to have been erected in the time of their founder, George Fox.
2 The original building was constructed c1684. ...
The site of a chapel which was built during the Post Medieval period. A new chapel was built on the same site during the Imperial period and continued in use until the 1930s. The chapel was situated 100m south of the school at Lower Brailes.
1 2 Gate inn, Upper Brailes
Historic inn recorded on FWhite&Co.’s and Victuallers’ databases. The latter shows it in existence in 1806.
Situated on the east side of the main route through ...
Historic inn situated on east of the main route through Brailes from Shipston and Banbury.
1 Chancel with N vestry, nave, N and S aisles, S porch, and W tower. No architectural details of earlier than the late 13th century, but excavations in 1879 are ...
The Church of St George which dates back to the Medieval period. The church was restored during the Imperial period. It is situated north of the High Street, at Lower Brailes.