1 ‘The Moats w/Plantation’ marked.
2 The land is now allotment with no sign of a moat.
3 Moat is visible on an aerial photograph taken in the 1970s (SP4863/O).
The site of a possible Medieval moat, a wide ditch usually surrounding a building. It is no longer visible as an earthwork, but its existence is suggested by a tithe map of 1842. It was situated 300m east of the church at Monks Kirby.
1 A circular water-filled ‘moat’ is marked enclosing a small area of land. Two adjoining fields are called ‘House Close with Moat’ and ‘Moat Close’.
2 Moat marked with a footbridge ...
A possible moat, a wide ditch usually surrounding a building. It would date to the Medieval period, and was marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. It is partially visible as an earthwork, and it is situated 450m east of Burton Pool Wood, Monks Kirby.
1 ‘Brick Kiln Close’ marked.
2 The field now contains no surface indications of the site.
The possible site of a brickworks dating back to at least the Imperial period. The brickworks is marked on a tithe award map of 1842. It was situated 200m south of Long Spinney.
1 Fields labelled ‘Long Brick Close/Near Brick Close’ and ‘Middle Brick Close/Far Brick Close’.
2 No evidence of the site was discerned during field work.
The possible site of a brickworks dating back to at least the Imperial period. The site is suggested by documentary evidence. It is located on the south side of the Lutterworth Road.
1 ‘Mill Field or House Ground’ marked.
2 No indication of the site in the field.
The possible site of a Post Medieval windmill. The site is suggested by a tithe map of 1691. It is located 500m south of Lutterworth Road.
1 A circular wooded area surrounded by pasture land is labelled ‘icehouse and plantation’.
2 It is still there and in quite good condition. It is an artificial mound on top ...
An icehouse, a structure built partly underground and used for the storage of ice in warmer weather. It was built during the Imperial period. The icehouse is still standing and it is marked on a tithe map of 1842. It is situated 300m west of Burton Pool Wood.
1 The OS map marks a manor house. No further information, but the site is so close to the church (pre 14th century) that it is very unlikely to be ...
The site of a manor house dating to the Imperial period. It is marked on a tithe map of 1842. The manor house was situated north of the church in Monks Kirby.
1 Roman loop fastener found in 1995. Method of recovery unrecorded and no grid reference supplied.
Find of a Roman loop fastener in Monks Kirby. Exact location unknown.
1 Find of a medieval seal matrix of Peter de Wylie in March 1995 at SP463832. The area was described as the Withybrook area, but the grid reference given of ...
Find of a medieval seal matrix 100m northeast of the church at Monks Kirby.
1 Find of a French denier Tournois of the mid 13th century in March 1995 at SP46158565. The method of recovery was not described.
Find of a French medieval coin 200m southeast of Cloudesley Farm, Monks Kirby.
1 Air photographs.
2 Undated linear earthwork shows on air photographs. This appears to consist of a bank ?and ditch and may represent a dam with a pond to the E.
3 ...
A linear feature of unknown date. It is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs. The linear feature has the appearance of a bank and ditch. It was situated at Bond End, Monks Kirby.
1 In 1077 a cell or priory of Benedictine monks under obedience to the Abbey of St Nicholas at Angiers was established at ‘Kirkbury’. The priory (PRN 4242) was given ...
The site of the church of Monks Kirby Priory. The church was built during the Medieval period. It is located on the west side of Monks Kirby.
1 2010 google earth shows a cropmark of a ring ditch. It is c30m is diameter. There are other less clear linear features and possible enclosures to the east on ...
A c30m diameter ring ditch shows as a cropmark on 2010 google earth maps. It is c340m south-east of Tythe Farm, Monks Kirby
1 Site of possible old minster church, Monk’s Kirby.
Bassett states that there was ‘undoubtedly’ an old minster here. He adds that its parish may once have been as large as ...
Site of possible old minster church, pre-Conquest, on or close to the present church of St Mary and St Editha.
1 Newnham Paddox, the seat of the Earls of Denbigh, was so much altered about 1875 that architecturally it can only be called a fine modern house.
2 Now demolished. An ...
The site of Newnham Paddox Mansion, a country house that was built during the Imperial period. It was later demolished and replaced with a modern house. It was situated in Newnham Paddox Park.
1 There is a chapel attached to the mansion which was opened for Roman Catholic worship for the first time in 1866 and two years later was formally constituted a ...
The site of a Roman Catholic chapel that was built during the Imperial period. It was associated with Newnham Paddox mansion but was later demolished. The chapel was situated in the area of Newnham Paddox.
1 An early 18th century wrought iron gateway consisting of a central gate, four square piers, a screen and side gates. Elaborate scrollwork and ornamentation decorates the gateway. Grade 1. ...
A Post Medieval gate way which is situated at Newnham Paddox.
1 A drawing of Newnham Paddox house in 1708 shows two rectangular ponds. On the E side is an elaborate and extensive system of canals including a triangular pool. In ...
Fishponds for breeding and storing fish, which date to the Post Medieval period. They are visible as earthworks, and are situated to the east of The Grove, Newnham Paddox.
1 On the 1886 OS map a building at this grid reference is labelled as “Presbytery”.
2 Also referred to as “Presbytery” on the 1905 OS map.
3 On the 1968 OS ...
Park Cottage which was built during the Imperial period. The Ordnance Survey map of 1905 suggests that this may once have been a priests house associated with the chapel at Newnham Paddox. The cottage is situated west of Newnham Paddox Park.
1 Mill Field, new Newnham Paddox (Monks Kirby Tithe Map 1842). Medieval (or later). Post mill. SP4783.
2 At SP4783 there is a low mound standing amidst ridge and furrow at ...
The site of a post mill, a windmill mounted on a post. It is marked on a tithe map of 1842 and the windmill mound survives as an earthwork. It may date back to the Medieval period. The mill was situated 200m north of Cabbage Clump.
1 Dugdale states that foundations of old walls and Roman bricks (some of which he saw himself) were dug up in his own time near the church. John Morton describes ...
The possible site of a Roman settlement or cemetery. Wall foundations and cremation urns were found at the site, which is located near the church in Monks Kirby.
1 In 1077 a cell or priory of Benedictine monks under obedience to the Abbey of St Nicholas at Angiers was established at ‘Kirkbury’. The priory was given the church ...
The possible site of a Carthusian Monastery, a priory of Carthusian monks, dating to the Medieval period. The site is suggested by documentary evidence. It is located in the area of the church in Monks Kirby.
1 Chancel, nave, N and S aisles and chapels, S porch with parvise, vestry, and SW tower. Rebuilt in the later 14th century and again towards the end of the ...
The Church of St Editha, originally built in the Medieval period. It was largely rebuilt during the 14th century. The church is situated 175m west of the Post Office, Monks Kirby.
1 About a mile towards Willey from Cestersover the railway cut through an ancient burial place. The graves were filled with dark coloured sand, apparently brought from a distance. The ...
The site of a cemetery of unknown date. The cemetery was discovered during the construction of a railway cutting. The site lies 600m north east of Little Walton.