2 Ridge and furrow cultivation transcribed from air photographs.
Medieval and later ridge and furrow cultivation in Lower Radbourn Parish. The remains are visible on aerial photographs. In some areas of the parish the remains survive as earthworks.
1 A turnpike established between 1750 and 1775. First Act 1754-5.
A toll road running from Ryton Bridge to Banbury, via Southam. Travellers would have paid to use the road during the Imperial period.
1 There was an Upper Radbourn parish, the site of this hamlet probably being now ‘Manor Farm’. I have not been able to confirm this.
2 No visible evidence of desertion ...
The possible site of a Medieval deserted settlement at Upper Radbourn. The site lies in the area of Radbourn Manor Farm.
1 To the NW of the farm complex is an artificial pool with an island in the middle. This is marked on maps of 1634 and 1808 as a horseshoe ...
The site of a possible moat, a wide ditch usually surrounding a building. It dates to the Medieval period and is still visible as an earthwork. It is situated just ot the north west of Radbourne Manor Farm.
1 On a map of 1634 a terrace of three houses is marked, together with a strip of land called the ‘milking place’ and ‘ould garden’. This is ...
The site of a deserted settlement of three terraced houses which date back to the Post Medieval period. The houses were located 600m west of Marston Doles.
1 extant ridge and furrow identified on modern aerial photographs
Two areas of extant ridge and furrow are shown on modern aerial photographs
1 The site can be identified from the 1845 Tithe Award Map which marks two fields to the N of Chapel Bank as ‘Chapel Field’. The bank seems to have ...
The site of the Medieval deserted settlement of Lower Radbourne. Earthworks are visible on aerial photographs and documentary evidence exists for the village and its depopulation. It is located 2.5km south east of Ladbroke.
1 Near the farm are artificial ponds (fishponds or millpond?)
2 Only the fishponds of the village survive.
4 1972: the tenant at Chapel Bank Farm mentioned three fishponds around the house. ...
The site of Medieval fishponds, used for the breeding and storage of fish. They would have been associated with the Medieval deserted settlement of Lower Radbourne. They survive as earthworks, and are situated 650m east of Lower Radbourn Farm.
1 The church is recorded before the end of the 12th century as having been given to Henwood Priory, but by 1417 the advowson had been acquired by the Catesbys ...
The possible site of the church at Lower Radbroke deserted village which dated to the Medieval period. It is known from place name evidence 'Chapel Bank', and documentary evidence which suggests the church had been used as a barn until 1881.
1 The church is recorded before the end of the 12th century as having been given to Henwood Priory, but by 1417 the advowson had been acquired by the Catesbys ...
The possible site of the church at Lower Radbourn deserted village dating to the Medieval period. A tithe award map dating to 1845 records a field name to the north of Chapel Bank as being 'Chapel Field'. It is located 500m north west of Lower Radbourn Farm.
1 A hovel at Upper Radbourne Farm is constructed with four pillars, splayed at the top to support the roof. These look ecclesiastical and could have come from the ruined ...
A barn which has built into it stone pillars which possibly came from the Medieval church at Lower Radbourn when it was ruined. It is situated 1km north of the Fish Ponds at Lower Radbourn.
1 Pleasure grounds with formal pond/canal, lake, paddocks/ parkland, kitchen garden; surround house of 17th century or earlier origin. Recommended for inclusion on Local List.
2 Garden and park features shown ...
Ladbroke Hall grounds, a park dating from the Post Medieval to the Imperial period. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey maps of 1886 and 1906. The pleasure gardens consisted of a formal canal, lake and kitchen garden.
1 Pleasure grounds with kitchen garden, surrounding early 18th century house with dovecote. Recommended for inclusion on Local List.
2 Shown on OS 1:10560 1886 Sht Warks 40SE.
3 Shown on OS ...
Pleasure grounds created in the Imperial period around an early 18th century house. They are marked on the Ordnance Survey maps of 1886 and 1906, and are situated to the north west of the church at Ladbroke.
1 Saltway (Sealt Straet) referred to in a charter of AD 956. This was part of a major cross country routeway running eastwards from Stratford.
2 Maps illustrating part of route.
3 ...
Part of an Early Medieval trackway known as the 'Saltway'. It is mentioned in a charter of 969 AD. It is part of a major routeway across the country heading east from Stratford upon Avon. It may have originated during the Roman period.
1 Ford referred to as ‘stanhemeforde’ (ford of the people of Stone) in a charter of AD 998. The site is uncertain, but may have been where a track to ...
The site of a ford, a shallow point in a river where people, animals and vehicles would cross. The ford dates from the Early Medieval period and is referred to in 10th century charter. It was situated 300m south of Radbourn Manor Farm.
1 The possible extent of the Medieval settlement, including the deserted settlement 925 and the shrunken settlement 927, based on the first edition 6″ map of 1886,40SE, and on the ...
The possible extent of the Medieval settlement of Ladbroke, including the known shrunken and deserted areas.
1 Some fishpond systems include pools of enormous size, notably Chapel Ascote.
2 The field is known as Pool Meadow and is now dry and used for pasture, but the remains ...
A large fishpond, used for the breeding and storage of fish, which dates to the Medieval/Post Medieval period. The site is now dry, and grassed, but survives as an earthwork. It is situated 300m south of Ascote Hill, Chapel Ascote.
1 Churches at Hodnell, Ascote and Watergall are referred to in Medieval documents. These references are probably in fact three names for the same building.
2 1486: John Spencer asked to ...
The site of the Medieval Chapel of St Helen for which there is documentary and earthwork evidence. The location is at Chapel Ascote.
1 Within the perimeter of the ridge and furrow at Hodnell are the unmistakable outlines of a simple church. The air photograph shows the rectangular shape of a church.
2 Air ...
The possible site of the Medieval Hodnell chapel. Aerial photographs depicted what looked like a simple church, but other interpretations have suggested this is too large and are ridge and furrow earthworks. It is located 800m north east of Chapel Ascote.
1 Earthworks were recently discovered in 1873.
2 The above reference may apply to this, or, another unlocated site.
3 On the NW side of the village site is a large fishpond ...
Earthworks of a Post Medieval fishpond, used for the breeding and storage of fish. It is situated 200m north west of Hodnell Manor.
1 There was arable land here in the 13th century and Rous records its depopulation. The chapel is closely connected with Hodnell, and probably located halfway between the two villages ...
The site of the deserted settlement of Ascote which dated to the Medieval period. The earthworks of house platforms and hollow ways are visible and documentary evidence exists about its desertion. It is located 200m south of Ascote Hill.
1 Bodies buried in the Medieval period were found during drainage works in Chapel Field, Chapel Ascot.
Human burials dating to the Medieval period were found during drainage works in Chapel Field, Chapel Ascot.
Find of RB brooch.
1 A fragment of a RB dragonesque brooch found while metal-detecting in a stream bed near the village of Ladbroke.
2 Description of the brooch. Grid reference given ...
Find of a Romano British brooch near the village of Ladbroke.
1 Documentary evidence is extremely full, although it is not certain who depopulated the village. In its heyday the parish included Hodnell, Chapel Ascote, Watergall and Wills Pastures. The chapel ...
The site of the Medieval deserted settlement of Hodnell. The remains of the settlement are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and extensive documentary evidence survives. It is located 800m north east of Chapel Ascote.