1 Dated 1905 by foundation stone inscription. Red brick with stone dressings. Tower with slender ?wooden spire. Adjacent is a church hall in similar style.
A nonconformist parish church which was built during the Imperial period. The church is situated 175m south west of the Town Hall, Rugby.
1 The original almshouses were in High Street but were pulled down to make way for the Town Hall (WA 3625).
2 The present ones were built in 1885 and consist ...
Elborough Almshouses, houses built for poor people to live in during the Imperial period. They are situated on St. John Street, Rugby. Earlier spelling Elborow(e)
1 Late medieval silver penny reported by metal detectorists.
2 A small lead ampulla has also been found from this location.
Findspot - a Medieval coin and a lead ampulla were found 500m north west of Brownsover Hall.
1 Five Roman coins, all of the 4th century reported by metal detectorists.
Findspot - five Roman coins were found 500m north west of Brownsover Hall.
1 The excavation of 24 trial trenches recorded predominantly north-south aligned furrows from ploughed out mediaeval field system, possibly associated with settlements at Coton(MWA 2778), Newton(MWA 9546) or Biggin(MWA 2778).
The excavation of 24 trial trenches recorded predominantly north-south aligned furrows from ploughed out mediaeval field system.
1 Henry de Rokeby was a benefactor of the Abbey of Pipwell (Northants). He gave land in Rugby to Pipwell Abbey and the Abbey had a grange here. In the ...
The possible site of a Medieval monastic grange, a farm or estate associated with Pipwell Abbey. The grange is known from documentary evidence. It was probably located at the Herbert Gray College, Rugby.
1 During the construction of a road on the site various finds were made. These included two polished bone implements (possibly modelling tools for pottery), several fragments of glazed ware ...
Findspot - various finds of Medieval date, including fragments of pottery and an iron arrowhead, were found 100m north west of the church at Brownsover.
1 Excavation in 1953 of an earthwork (see PRN 3391). Animal bones, late 13th century or early 14th century pottery, 14th century green glazed handled jug fragment and two sherds ...
A Medieval ditch was found during an excavation. Various finds were recovered from the ditch, including fragments of animal bone and pottery. The ditch was situated north of the church at Brownsover.
1 Part of a ditched enclosure at the above grid reference. ?Moated site.
2 ‘The Camp’ should be drawn with a double bank. It is no doubt the site of a ...
The site of a possible Medieval moat, a wide ditch usually surrounding a building. It survives as an earthwork, and is situated to the northeast of St Michael's Church, Brownsover.
1 Possible croft sites exist to NE and SE of the ‘Camp’/Moated Site. Just SE of this area two trees had been rooted up and a couple of handfuls of ...
The possible site of a shrunken village of Medieval date. Fragments of Medieval pottery were found at the site. It is situated north east of the church in Brownsover.
1 Three fishponds marked.
2 Photograph.
3 An archaeological evaluation including documentary research and ground investigation was undertaken prior to housing development. The fishponds probably belonged to the manor of Brownsover. ...
The site of a Medieval or Post Medieval bank and three fishponds, used for the breeding and storage of fish. They are marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1926. They are situated 100m west of Blaeberry Street, Brownsover.
1 Of stone, in the Early English style, with a spire. In the interior is an ancient square oak table placed here by Mr Bloxam. There is also a chapel ...
A Church of England mortuary chapel which was built during the Imperial period. It is situated in Clifton Road Cemetery, Rugby.
1 A chapel for dissenters.
2 Almost a mirror image of the C of E mortuary chapel (PRN 5478). Now used as a tool store.
A Nonconformist mortuary chapel which was built during the Imperial period. The building is still standing but is in use as a tool store. It is situated in the Clifton Road Cemetery, Rugby.
1 Rough flint blades, some trimmed. Found at Bilton Road.
2 Two flakes.
3 Museum catalogue description.
Findspot - flint artefacts of Neolithic or Bronze Age date were found in Bilton Road, Rugby.
1 The W and N C was authorised in 1794 and was built and opened simultaneously with the Warwick and Birmingham Canal in 1800. It was therefore an essential ...
The Grand Union Canal, a waterway used for transporting goods. It dates to the Imperial period, when it was the Warwick and Napton Canal, and part of the link between Birmingham and London.
1 This branch leaves the Oxford at the above NGR and goes S to serve Rugby wharf. This was once part of the original line of the Oxford canal. Its ...
Rugby Wharf, a canal wharf, where vessels would have loaded and unloaded goods during the Imperial period. It was located to the north of the canal and to the west of the Old Leicester Road.
Former canal.
1 An old canal is marked on OS 6″.
2 This is the original line of the Oxford Canal before its straghtening during the 1820s.
The site of a disused canal, a waterway used for transporting goods. It was part of the Oxford Canal. It dated from the Imperial period and was located southeast of Crow Thorns, Brownsover.
1 Possible Roman road survives as an alignment of modern roads and tracks. The course of the road is lost to the SE of Princethorpe.
3 Possible road is shown ...
A possible Roman road runs from Dunchurch to Princethorpe. The route of the road is reflected in the alignment of a number of modern roads.
1 A turnpike road established between 1725 and 1750.
A toll road, whose upkeep was paid for by the extraction of a toll from travellers. It was established as a toll road during the Post Medieval period and continued to be used during the Imperial period. The road ran from Dunchurch towards Crick.
1 Battle axe (Group XVIII) found under the roots of a tree at Hillmorton (11/ah).
2 Noted.
Findspot - a stone axe dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age was found in the area of Lower Street, Hillmorton.
2 Enclosure shows on air photographs.
An enclosure of unknown date is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. It is situated 200m north of Ashlawn Road, Rugby.
1 The banks, ditches and ridge and furrow ploughing evident on aerial photographs were mapped as part of the English Heritage National Mapping Project.
2 The bank is probably a ...
Banks, ditches and ridge and furrow ploughing are evident on aerial photographs adjacent to Bilton Hill. Rig now levelled.
1 Ridge and furrow ploughing evident as earthworks on aerial photographs to the west of Lawford Lane, Bilton was
mapped as part of the English Heritage National Mapping Project.
Ridge and furrow ploughing is evident as earthworks on aerial photographs to the west of Lawford Lane, Bilton. Now levelled.
1 Photographic Record prior to renovations of the Farmhouse.
2 Farmhouse is shown on the 1st Edition Ordnance Survey map
Farmhouse shown on the First Edition Ordnance Survey map