1 Wayside cross – stump of octagonal staff on square socket-stone with chamfered top. Socket stone rests on pad stone, half of the thickness being chamfered. This is built up ...
The remains of a Medieval wayside cross preserved within a modern village pump. Its original location may have been on the other side of the road on a small green. The pump is opposite the end of Broad Street, Long Compton.
2 Aerial photographs show earthworks including a possible hollow way and ditched enclosures. This is probably a deserted Medieval settlement.
A possible deserted settlement dating to the Medieval period that is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs. It is situated 1km north east of the Rollright Stones.
1 Bearing a date stone marked 1881. This Methodist chapel became redundant as a place of worship in 1930. It became an antique shop, but is now a private dwelling. ...
A Primitive Methodist Chapel dating from the Imperial Period, it is situated 250m north west of the Primary School. It is now a private house.
1 In 1968 two sherds of Medieval pottery were found in the interstices of a stone wall in the garden.
2 Letter about the wall.
Findspot - two sherds of pottery dating to the Medieval period. They were found 150m south east of the church.
1 The Ebenezer Congregational Chapel dates to 1820 and is still in normal use. It is brick-built, with a facing of stone blocks at the front, and the roof is ...
A Congregational Chapel dating to the Imperial Period. It is situated in Butlers Road, 50m south of the Primary School.
1 A late 17th century stone-built building with tiled roof, now a private dwelling. The single cell on the E end of the building has a barred window and the ...
A Post Medieval gaol or prison, built of stone in the late 17th century. It is now a private house but retains some of the original features. It was situated on the south side of Broad Street.
1 Two coins: ‘First brass’ of Lucilla, ‘Second brass’ of Daza.
2 Two Roman coins that were ploughed up at Long Compton were exhibited.
5 Reference 4 gives SP2833 as grid reference, ...
Findspot - two Roman coins found 1km south west of Long Compton.
1 A ground flint celt, smoothed all over. Illustration by Bloxam.
2 This is the same axe that is said elswhere to have been found at Barton-on-the Heath (WA 3809).
3 ...
Find spot - a Neolithic stone axe. The exact location of the find spot is unknown, but it may have come from the area of Long Compton.
1 This is possibly the site of a pagan saxon temple on Harrow Hill. The name ‘Harrow’ may indicate ancient heathen worship (‘hearg’) on the hill.
2 The field ...
The suggested site of a pagan temple on Harrow Hill, the name 'Harrow' possibly refers to a place of worship. There are no earthworks present, but the site may date to the Migration Period.
1 Two 16th century Nuremberg tokens ploughed up at Long Compton.
2 Noted.
Findspot - two Post Medieval coins found near Long Compton.
1 Coin of Valens (AD 364-75) found in a field to the W of Long Compton church. It was brought for identification by a Shipston High School pupil.
Findspot - a Roman coin was found 150m north west of the church.
1 A 4th century AE3, so worn that no further details could be deduced, was found in Long Compton churchyard in 1983.
Findspot - a Roman coin found 50m south west of the church, Long Compton.
Find of a Post Medieval coin.
1 A halfpenny token of 1664 issued by Robert Fitzhugh and inscribed with the apothecaries’ arms was brought to the Museum for identification. It was ...
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1 Weston. 300 acres imparked by William Sheldon in 1546. Disparked mid 18th century.
2 The park must have included the fields called Green Park and The Park. The S limb ...
The site of a Post Medieval deer park, which is known from documentary evidence. It was situated near the hamlet of Weston.
This is duplicated by mwa 8626.
1 The 1517 Inquiry records the depopulation of land where 38 people had lived. By Dugdale’s time there was nothing here apart from 80 acres of the manor house. In ...
The site of the Medieval deserted settlement of Weston by Cherington. It is located 700m south west of Cherington. It is known from documentary evidence and aerial photography.
1 Dugdale records a Manor House with 80 acres of land at some date between 1500 and 1517.
2 The Manor House was presumably on the site of Weston village (PRN ...
The site of a Medieval manor house is suggested by documentary evidence. The site is located 400m west of Fish Pond Coppice.
1 Created in 1828 when Sir George Philip’s new house (PRN 5286) was nearing completion.
2 A cylindrical structure, in brick, with a domed top.
3 Photographs in FI file.
4 Beamon ...
The site of an icehouse, a structure built partially underground and used for storing ice during the warmer months. It was built during the Imperial period. It is located 1km south west of Cherington.
Earthworks of a fishpond.
1 In Fishpond Coppice in Weston Park is one of the original eight fishponds in the Park.
2 This is the only one to show surface indications today, ...
A Medieval fishpond used for the breeding and storage of fish. It survives as an earthwork as the last remaining one of an original eight. It is situated at Fishpond Coppice, Long Compton.
A watermill.
1 A mill is recorded towards the end of the C13. Information on ownership exists for the latter half of the C19 and early part of the C20. It ...
The site of a watermill dating from the Medieval to the Imperial period, it was located 500m south west of Mere Furlong Coppice.
1 One of the four drinking fountains on the main (A34) road through the village. This, like the others, is stone built. It has a roof of red tiles. It ...
A drinking fountain, dating to the Imperial period, is located on Clarks Lane, Long Compton.
1 One of the four drinking fountains on the main (A34) road through the village of Long Compton. It was built where Clarendon Street (Malt House Lane) joins the A34 ...
A drinking fountain, which dates to the Imperial period, is located on Malthouse Lane, Long Compton.
1 One of the four drinking fountains on the main (A34) road through the village of Long Compton. The fountain is set into the wall of Wheelwright’s Cottage garden on ...
A drinking fountain, which dates to the Imperial period, is located on 50m west of the Hollows.
1 A large standing stone, 2.43m high and 1.52m wide, with a large semicircular notch on its E edge.
4 Various interpretations for the stone include: 1. Outlier of the stone ...
The King Stone is a standing stone dating from between the Early Neolithic and the Late Bronze Age periods. It is located 850m south of The Hollows.
1 The long mound just N of the King Stone was thought by Stukeley and many others (notably Crawford) to be a long barrow. Ravenhill’s excavation appeared to suggest that ...
The site of a possible barrow which dates to between the Early Neolithic and Late Bronze Age periods. It is visible as an earthwork and is situated 850m south of The Hollows.