1 Workhouse marked on 1885 map.
2 Southam Poor Law Union was formed on 30th April 1836. The Southam Board of Guardians held their first meeting on 2nd May 1836 and ...
The site of Southam Union Workhouse which was used to house the poor during the Imperial period. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1885 and was situated 400m north west of the church.
1 Smithy marked on 1885 map.
The site of a blacksmiths workshop which was in use during the Imperial period. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1885. It was situated 250m south east of the church, Southam.
1 Gas works marked on 1885 map.
2 Some buildings, converted into a house, survive. The site is on the bank of the river on the Priors Marston (?Welsh) Road. ...
The site of gas works, where gas was produced during the Imperial period. Some of the buildings survive, now converted into a house. The site is in the area of Priors Meadow, Southam.
1 There is a public stone pit at this location.
The site of a quarry that was in use during the Imperial period and is marked on the 1761 Enclosure map as a public stone pit. It is situated 200m south of Leamington Road, Southam.
1 Ten Royalist burials (c. 1642) still wearing tattered clothes were discovered by labourers digging for stone during 1815. This would be during construction of a farm after the Enclosures. ...
The possible site of a cemetery dating to the Post Medieval period. This may be the burial place casualties from the Royalist side in the Civil War battle of Southam in 1642. The site was discovered in 1815 and is situated 800m south east of Bascote.
1 Chancel with N aisle, nave with N and S aisles, W tower with spire, N and S porches and vestry. 14th century, altered in the 15th century when the ...
The Church of St James, built in the Medieval period, with modifications in the Imperial period. The church is situated 50m south west of the Southam war memorial.
1 Some traces of an old bridge can be seen in the bed of the stream on the west side of the present bridge.
2 There is no evidence for this ...
Thorpe Bridge, the possible site of a bridge of unknown date. It crossed the River Itchen on the Leamington Road south west of Southam.
1 An ancient British gold coin is said to have been found at Southam. The particulars given are not very precise, but it appears that one side of the coin ...
Findspot - a coin dating to the Iron Age was found near Southam.
1 Coins, (one Allectus, two Magnentius) found about 1850 in the Bury Orchard below the church.
2 OS card.
Findspot - 3 coins dating to the Roman period were found 200m south west of the church, Southam.
1 Two denarii of Vespasian; 1 of Geta; 1 copper of Probus (Alexandrian Mint), and others found in Southam.
2 OS card.
Findspot - coins dating to the Roman period were found near Southam.
1 Derelict truncated red brick tower cemented over, in poor condition, empty. Three storey. Dates from c1800. Rebuilt after fire in 1849. Had four storeys, four patent sails and three ...
Southam 'Old Mill', the derelict remains of a windmill built in the Imperial period. Documentary sources suggest that a windmill may have stood at the site during the Medieval period. The site is located to the north of Mill Road, Southam.
1 Southam New Mill. 1775: Not marked on Earl of Craven’s Estate Map. 1830: West’s Directory gives three millers. c1834: FirstEdition OS map gives both Old Mill and New Mill. ...
Southam 'New Mill', the site of a windmill in use in the Imperial period. It was marked on the first edition Ordnance Survey map, and it stood 125m north east east of Stoneton Close.
1 In a field known as Mill Pits, the River Itchen makes a sharp loop. The loop has been cut by what appears to be an artificial leet, thus creating ...
This may be the site of the watermill at Southam recorded in the Domesday survey. The mill did not survive the Medieval period, but a possible watercourse is still visible as an earthwork. The site lies 200m north east of Thorpe Bridge.
1 Widening of the Warwick Street bridge over the River Stowe in 1969 involved the destruction of a building which had been used as a tannery. In the Warwickshire County ...
The site of a tannery which may have been established in the Medieval period. The tannery burned down in 1657 and was replaced in 1659. It ceased as a tannery in 1830 and an excavation in 1969 uncovered cattle horns. It was situated on Warwick Street, Southam.
1 A cannon ball was dug up in the garden of a house in 1970. Possibly connected with the Civil War battle of Southam.
Findspot - a cannon ball, which may date to the Post Medieval period, possibly from the Civil War battle of Southam, was found in Southam.
1 Boundary stone recorded in 998 as ‘Maerstanae’. References to this stone occurs in a number of later documents. It was at the junction of the parishes of Southam, Long ...
The site of a boundary marker which is mentioned in an Early Medieval charter. The stone had disappeared from the site by 1894 and the field in which it stood was quarried away in the early 20th century. It stood 1km north of Southam.
1 This earthwork does not appear to have been noted in print. It occurs in Southam Holt and is called ‘The Courtyard’ on the Palmer Estate Map of 1775 with ...
The site of a possible moat, a wide ditch usually surrounding a building. It would have dated to the Medieval period, and some traces remain as an earthwork. An Estate Map of 1775 marks it as 'The Courtyard'. It is 1.5km south east of Southam..
1 On 23rd August 1642 a skirmish took place at Southam, in the direction of Bascote, between the King and the Parliamentary forces. A cannon ball and an inlaid spur ...
The site of the Civil War battlefield of Southam, where a skirmish took place during 1642. A cannon ball and a spur have been found at the site. It is situated to the north west of Southam.
1 The field rises up from the stream up to Abbey Green and the Stoneythorpe Hotel. The rise is broken by a large horizontal platform, about 10m wide and 50m ...
The possible site of a house of unknown date. An earthwork of a possible house platform is visible. A map of 1775 names the field here as 'The Homestead', although no house is marked on it. The site is situated 200m south west of the church, Southam.
1 There is a stone pit at this location on the enclosure map of 1761.
2 Map.
3 A small water-filled hollow situated here, may be the remains of a stone pit.
4Area ...
The site of a quarry, or a stone pit, that was in use during the Imperial period. It is marked on a map of 1761. An earthwork which may represent the quarry is visible. The site is situated 800m north west of the sewage works, Southam.
1 A trade token was found by the sexton when digging graves. It was a farthing of T H Coles, date range 1650-75. Obverse – T.C.I. Reverse – shield with ...
Findspot - a token dating to the Post Medieval period was found north of the church, Southam.
1 A coin of Charles I was found by the sexton when digging graves. This was a silver two pence piece, date 1640.
2 Aberystwyth mint. Identified by BM.
3 Source 1 ...
Findspot - a silver coin minted in Aberystwyth and dating to the Post Medieval period was found north of the church, Southam.
1 A brass coin of the house of Valentinian (‘Securitas Rei Publicae’ Siscian mint) was found by Sexton while digging.
2 Source 1 is listed as being in the FI file. ...
Findspot - a coin dating to the Roman period was found north of the church, Southam.
1 A double tournois of Louis XIII of France found in the garden of Southam Windmill. With owner.
Findspot - a French coin of Louis XIII (1610-1643) dating to the Post Medieval period was found 600m north west of the church, Southam.