1 A gentleman of Bridge Street, Barford, has found a 14th century Nuremburg token at Thelsford Priory.
Findspot - a token dating to the Medieval period was found in the parish of Wasperton. The exact location of the findspot is unknown.
1 In 1086 a mill is recorded. References also occur to this mill in the 17th, 19th and 20th centuries. The mill operated until the early 1950s and restoration of ...
Charlecote Mill, a watermill recorded in the Domesday Survey and in written sources from the Post Medieval to the Modern periods. The present building dates to the 18th century, with two undershot water wheels, and two sets of milling machinery. It was restored in 1978.
1 A small hand axe was picked up in 1950 by Dr J Philp. There is an extensive deposit of second terrace gravel at this location. The axe is made ...
Findspot - a handaxe dating to the Palaeolithic period was found 1km north east of Charlecote.
1 Site of the priory of Thelsford. Of the building there are no remains above ground, but at Wasperton Manor House is a stone coffin found on Thelsford Farm.
2 Formerly ...
The site of Thelsford Priory, a Medieval priory for which there is documentary evidence. Excavation work has provided evidence of the extent of the site and of the materials used for building. The site is 1km south east of Wasperton.
1 In Rous. ‘Long since depopulated’ (Dugdale). The Lucys acquired the manor in 1492.
2 Site unknown (?). Period of desertion known, but documentary evidence inferior in quality (1).
3 There are ...
The possible site of the Medieval deserted settlement of Hunscote. The site is suggested by documentary evidence. The site is located 400m south east of Middle Hunscote Farm.
1 Late 17th or early 18th century bridge of one span over Wellesbourne Brook. End pieces surmounted by ball finials, parapet with ‘blind’ balustrading on outside formed of fluted pilasters. ...
The site of a road bridge over the Wellesbourne Brook which George Lucy had built in 1755 to divert traffic away from Charlecote Park House. It was built in the Classic design by David Hiorn and is situated 300m east of Charlecote House.
1 ‘Old Town’.
2 ‘Deserted Village?’ said to have been explored by one of the Lucys. Medieval pottery found November 1958 by Alan Dyer. NB Lucys had a key and ?skeletons ...
The site of the Medieval deserted settlement at Charlecote. Remains of the settlement are visible as earthworks which include three house platforms and a hollow way. It is located 150m south east of Charlecote Park House.
1 Simple three-arched bridge, built of brick with cast iron handrail of ‘Gothic’ design similar to the next bridge in Hampton Lucy parish.
2 The bridge is still intact and in ...
A brick bridge built during the Imperial period and still in use. The hand rail is cast iron. It crosses the Avon 200m north east of the church at Charlecote.
1 Members of the National Vegetable Research Station at Wellesbourne have, over the past five or six years, found barbed and tanged and leaf-shaped arrowheads and scrapers in the fields ...
Findspot - flint implements, including scrapers and arrowheads (both leaf and barbed & tanged), dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, were found 1km north east of Charlecote.
2 Thelsford Bridge. Rectangular enclosure with traces of adjacent features, including a circular one between an angle of the Thelsford Brook and the modern road (A429).
3 Undated subrectangular enclosure ...
Rectangular enclosures of unknown date are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. They are located 750m south east of the church, Wasperton.
3 A ring ditch with a possible central pit shows on aerial photographs.
4 Ring ditch and cursus on gravel terrace of north of the River Dene, close to confluence with ...
A ring ditch with a possible central pit, dating between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age, is visible as a cropmark on aerial photography. The site is located 500m east of the church, Charlecote.
1 The sandstone ashlar bridge was constructed between 1791 and 1839. It was widened sometime between 1840 and 1887. The bridge parapets had been repeatedly repaired in the 20th century. ...
Sandstone ashlar bridge. The earliest part of the bridge dated to the late 18th/Early 19th century. Now demolished due to it being a cause of flooding. It was formerly Grade II Listed.
1 Romano British Wappenbury-type pottery found in gravels beside the River Dene during field survey in 1978.
Findspot - pottery dating to the Roman period was found 800m south east of the church, Charlecote.
1 Flints found in gravels beside the River Dene during field survey in 1978.
Findspot - flint artefacts dating to the Prehistoric period were found 800m south east of the church, Charlecote.
1 Members of the National Vegetable Research Station at Wellesbourne have, over the past five or six years, found barbed and tanged arrowheads and scrapers in the fields of the ...
Findspot - flint implements including scrapers, arrowheads and knives dating to the Neolithic and the Bronze Age were found 1.2km north east of Charlecote.
1 Reported finds from National Vegetable Research Station of Roman (?) bone pins (1968) and polished/utilised antler point (1965) from old SMR card.
Findspot - bone pins and an antler point dating to the Roman period were found 1.2km north east of Charlecote.
1 Small prehistoric (Bronze Age?) ditch to the N of the Roman settlement (PRN 1147). Sherds and flints found.
Archaeological excavation uncovered a ditch dating to the Prehistoric period as well as fragments of pottery and flint. The site is located 1.1km south of the church, Wasperton.
1 The site was excavated in 1966, WA 6275. Under the Medieval ground surface there were indications of Prehistoric settlement indicated by post holes and scoops containing worked flints but ...
Archaeological excavation uncovered evidence of post holes and a ditch as well as finds of flint, all dating to the Prehistoric period. This evidence may represent a Prehistoric settlement. The site is located 750m south east of the church, Wasperton.
1 During the excavation of the Church (PRN 6275) in 1966 a small area of robbing trenches was emptied; they contained 16th-17th century pottery.
2 In 1972 an area of post-Dissolution ...
Archaeological excavation discovered several ditches, or robbing trenches, dating to the Post Medieval period which contained pottery from the 16th and 17th centuries. The site is located 700m south east of the church, Wasperton.
1 A flint flake from the excavation is possibly of Palaeolithic date.
Findspot - a flint flake dating to the Palaeolithic period was found 1km south of the church, Wasperton.
1 Over half a ring ditch excavated in advance of gravel extraction. An unbroken ring ditch enclosed an area 12m in diameter. Excavated part revealed seven straight sections and calculations ...
An excavation of a round barrow dating to the Neolithic period uncovered a ring ditch and a human burial with a flint knife. The site is located 850m south of the church, Wasperton.
1 Vague vegetation marks show on air photographs.
2 The features showing on air photographs are the remains of a water garden constructed in c.1682 at the instigation of Sir Thomas ...
The site of a water garden that was constructed around 1682 for Sir Thomas Fairfax Lucy. The garden was destroyed in the 18th century during the remodelling of the garden by Capability Brown. They were situated to the north of Charlecote Park house.
2 Possible enclosure shows as cropmark.
3 Fieldwalking to investigate cropmark
An enclosure of unknown date is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. It is situated 200m south of Middle Hunscote Farm.
