1 A near square homestead moat, the S and W arms of which are waterfilled, the remainder dry. The enclosed area is now occupied by two buildings and there is ...
The site of a moat, a wide ditch surrounding a building, which dates to the Medieval period. It is still partially visible as an earthwork, and is situated 500m east of Black Waste Wood at Stoneleigh.
1 The tenants of Stoneleigh called Sokemen, were compelled every three weeks to do their suit at the King’s Court held for the manor, upon a place called Motslow Hill, ...
The site of a mound that may have been a Medieval meeting place. The mound is situated 300m south of the church at Stoneleigh.
1 Â…part of a field named ‘Cunneyore’? in 1597 the ‘Conery’ in 1749 and ‘Cunnery Close’ in 1766. Thses names suggest that the field was the site of an artificial ...
Possible site of an artificial rabbit warren associated with the South Garden of Stoneleigh Abbey, suggested primarily be place name evidence. There is some doubt about its interpretation as a medieval/post-medieval warren; it has also been interpreted as part of the drain system.
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Medieval Wood formerly The Frith
1 The possible extent of the medieval settlement based on the OS map of 1886, 26SE.
2 The entry in Domesday has the village in Stoneleigh Hundred. The Phillimore edition gives ...
The possible extent of the medieval settlement at Stoneleigh based on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886.
1 A number of earthworks survive, the most siginificant of which may represent the remains of a medieval watermill. There are a number of possible mill pools linked to a ...
A series of earthworks indicate the presence of a watermill. Documentary evidence suggests that the mill may date to the Medieval Period. The site lies 600m south of the National Agricultural Centre.
1 The bruillum of Echells included meadows to the north, west and south of the sixteenth century wood, and fields to the east.
The bruillum of Echells included meadows to the north, west and south of the sixteenth century wood, and fields to the east.
1 A map of 1766 shows an area of woodland far more extensive than the present wood. At that time it was divided into Great Munkes Hays, Little Munkes ...
Woodland mentioned in Medieval documentary sources with possible wood banks and ditches surviving as earthworks.
1 Find of a pilgrim ampulla in 1994. The grid reference supplied was the area of SP333705, there were no details about the method of recovery.
2 Drawing of 1.
Find of a pilgrim ampulla, a miniature phial worn around the neck, from the medieval period. It came from near the river in Stoneleigh Deer Park.
1 In 1535 the last Abbot surrendered to the Crown. The Abbey lay a roofless ruin until 1561. An Elizabethan building was constructed and remained substantially unaltered until 1710. The ...
The remains of Stoneleigh Abbey buildings that are of Medieval date. Parts of the abbey cloister, chapter house and dormitory survive and have been incorporated into a later building. The abbey buildings were located 500m north west of The Grove.
1 A mound at SP33077235 is likely to be the Hundred mound of Motslow.
2On modern OS maps this is shown as a quarry.
The site of a mound which is visible as an earthwork. The mound may have been the Post Medieval meeting place of the hundred of Motslow. It is situated 400m south of Stoneleigh.
1 At Hill, Hulle or Kings Hulle the monks of Stoneleigh had a grange.
2 Another grange was that of Helenhill, later treated as identical with the hamlet of Kingshill in ...
The site of a grange, a Medieval farm or estate associated with Stoneleigh Abbey. The grange was situated 300m north east of King's Hill.
1 Deserted hamlet of Homburn described in Rous(c.1490) may be Home Grange in Stoneleigh. Ref 2 clearly identifies it with Sambourne, but this is wrong.
3 ‘DMH’ marked N of the ...
Documentary evidence suggests that the site of a Medieval deserted settlement lies in the area to the west of Stoneleigh Abbey.
1 Before the Conquest Kenilworth was a member of Stoneleigh and had a castle (Regist de Stonle F 4a) on the banks of the Avon in the woods opposite Stoneleigh ...
The possible site of an early castle, the remains of which are visible as earthworks. It is located 700m north east of Glasshouse Wood.
1 The field name ‘Cunneyore?’ shown on Goodwin’s map of 1597, ‘Conery’ on Wilkes plan of 1749 and ‘Cunnery Close’ on Baker’s map of 1766 suggests that this field may ...
The site of a possible medieval rabbit warren was indicated through a field name on 16th century mapping. No trace of this feature was identified through archaeological evaluation carried out on this site ahead of housing development.
1 Two medieval pins found in April 1992 in “Field 24 R.A.S.E. near Abbey”. The method of recovery was not recorded.
Two medieval pins found in Stoneleigh parish near the Abbey.
1 Site visit revealed extensive network of Medieval banks and ditches, probably associated with woodland management. Also evidence of coppicing.
Weston and Waverley Woods. A site visit to the wood revealed an extensive network of Medieval banks and ditches associated with woodland management. The woods lie to the south west of Bubbenhall.
1 Millburn Grange is mentioned in the Stoneleigh Ledger Book of 1305 which gives details of the Stoneleigh Abbey estates. The site is adjacent to a possible DMV.
2 A possible ...
The site of Millburn Grange, a Medieval farm or estate that was associated with Stoneleigh Abbey. The site of the grange is located 100m north east of Millburn Viaduct.
1 Documentary research carried out in connection with archaeological observations at Finham Sewage Works (WA 7973) suggests that the site of Finham DMV marked as WA 2917 is incorrect. An ...
The possible site of the Medieval deserted settlement of Finham is suggested by documentary evidence. The site of the settlement lies 300m to the south of Finham Green.
1 About 1154-55 monks at Radmore (Staffs) were granted the right to establish a Cistercian foundation at Cryfield within the royal manor of Stoneleigh, on the grounds that the Cannock ...
The possible site of a Cistercian monastery dating to the Medieval period. The site lies to the west of Cryfield Village.
Find of seal matrix.
1 Pointed oval type seal matrix (personal seal of William de Brewode) found by metal detector on farmland.
Find
1 An evaluation of land in a field known as the Cunnery at Stoneleigh Abbey revealed evidence of Medieval field systems and a boundary ditch
During an excavation, the remains of a Medieval field system and ridge and furrow were found. A large boundary ditch was also found. The site is located 500m east of Stonleigh Abbey.
1 This field contains a mound at its northern end and is entitled “Mill Hill Field” on the 1766 Stoneleigh estate map. It is therefore likely to have been the ...
The site of a possible windmill mound, a mound on which a windmill stood. It is probably of Medieval or Post Medieval date. It lies to the north of Cryfield Village.
1 A possible fishpond associated with the Cryfield House sites (WA 8350, 8351). There was formerly a second pond to the south east of the marked site, across which a ...
The site of a possible fishpond, used for the breeding and storage of fish. The fishpond may have been used as a marl pit. It dates to the Medieval/Post Medieval period, and is situated 200m northwest of Cryfield Village.