2 Faint traces of a possible earthwork enclosure show on air photographs.
3 Suspiciously man-made looking mound, irregularly shaped, profiled and contoured, with a maximum height of 6.7m. It has a ...
The site of a possible mound of unknown date which is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs. It is located 700m north of Eathorpe.
1 On an early 19th century sketch map of Eathorpe Manor, a field centered on this NGR is labelled Marlpit Close.
2 No surface indication of the site was identified.
The site of a possible quarry which was in use during the Imperial period. A field on a map from the 19th century is called 'Marlpit Close'. It is located 300m west of Eathorpe.
1 Mid 19th century sketch plan of Wappenbury shows two fields centered on the above grid reference called Cole Pit Coppice Close, and Cole Pit Close.
2 It is assumed they ...
The possible site of a coal mine dating to the Imperial period, recorded in place name evidence. The site lies to the south east of Wappenbury Wood. It is possibly refers to charcoal burning.
1 On a mid 19th century sketch plan of Wappenbury, two adjoining fields centered on the above NGR are called Sand Pit Close and Sand Pit Hill.
2 It is assumed ...
The site of a quarry or sand pit dating to the Imperial period. It was located to the south east of Wappenbury Wood.
1 On a mid 19th century sketch map of Wappenbury, a field at this location is called Moat Close.
2 As this corresponds to the NW corner of the earthwork (WA ...
Documentary evidence suggests that this may be the site of a moat, a wide ditch usually surrounding a building, of Medieval date. It is situated 1km north east of Hunningham Bridge.
1 A halfpenny, minted in Ireland 1747-1755 (reign of George II). No further information.
Findspot - a coin of late Post Medieval/early Imperial date was found 600m north of Hunningham Bridge.
1 ‘Stepping stones’ marked.
2 Also recorded with three stones drawn on a sketch map of Wappenbury dated 1830.
3 No stones now visible, though there may be when the water level ...
The site of a ford of uncertain date but the spot is marked as 'Stepping Stones' on the Ordnance Survey map of 1906. Traces of the track leading down to the ford are still visible on both sides of the river. It was situated 200m south east of the church, Wappenbury.
1 A field centred at the above grid reference and lying within the Wappenbury earthwork contains traces of village earthworks and ridge and furrow. The NE corner contains ridge and ...
The site of an area of shrunken village at Wappenbury, dating to the Medieval period. Earthworks are visible on aerial photographs and these include several house platforms and hollow ways, as well as ridge and furrow.
1 The field at this location showed remains of ridge and furrow, and a possible hollow way or headland extending right around the E and N sides of the field. ...
Ridge and furrow, which are the earthwork remains of a field system, that was used during the Medieval and Post Medieval period. A trackway is also visible as an earthwork. The site is located at Wappenbury.
1 The field at this location contained classic ridge and furrow earthworks: it now lies across the modern road from the ridge and furrow described in WA 2985 but was ...
Ridge and furrow, which are the earthwork remains of a field system, that was used during the Medieval and Post Medieval period. The site is located at Wappenbury.
1 Marked as Wappenbury Hall on OS maps.
2 Although this building is marked as Wappenbury Hall on the latest O.S. maps, technically it is not so. The present owner ...
Wappenbury Hall, a house which was extended during the Imperial period from a small farm house and which has seen further extensions during the 20th century. It is situated 400m north east of the church, Wappenbury.
1 Of brick with stone copings, and a stone set in the W parapet records ‘This bridge was built by Samuel Shepheard AD 1862’. He was the owner of Eathorpe ...
Eathorpe Bridge (Wappenbury Bridge), a brick and stone bridge from the Imperial period. It crosses the River Leam to the west of Eathorpe.
1 A survey indicated a heavy concentration of pottery and kiln debris over an area of 8.3 ha of ploughed field, indicating the presence of pottery kilns. The probable extent ...
An archaeological survey indicated that this was a site of Roman pottery manufacture, with high concentrations of pottery and kiln debris. Some kilns have been excavated. The site lies 200m east of the church at Wappenbury.
1 A quantity of 4th century pottery and a bronze armlet were found at this location during the layout of a field drain. At the time they were thought ...
Findspot - pottery and a bronze armlet dating to the Roman period were found in Wappenbury.
1 Chancel, W tower, nave, S aisle, S porch and S transept.
2 Built in the early 13th century when it consisted of chancel and nave. Early 14th century W tower ...
The Church of St John the Baptist, originally Medieval, was rebuilt in the Imperial period. It is situated 375m south west of the Wappenbury Hall.
1 Sir Thomas Preston, Lord of Wappenbury, entered the Jesuit order in 1674. His daughter Anne brought the property by marriage to Hugh, second Lord Clifford. In 1676 there was ...
A Roman Catholic Chapel built in the Imperial period, and located at Wappenbury.
1 There are bridges across the Itchen east to Marton, and across the Leam north to Princethorpe, and west to Wappenbury. This last named bridge crosses by Eathorpe corn mill, ...
Documentary, Place Name
1 A leaf arrow, presumably of Neolithic date, of dark flint, found in December 1957 at Wappenbury, in the field E of the earthwork (SP3869). It is thicker than the ...
Findspot - flint arrowhead which probably dates to the Neolithic period was found 400m north east of the church, Wappenbury.
2 Part of an irregular oval enclosure shows on aerial photographs. This appears to be interrupted by quarrying and there is an internal rectangular feature (?quarry).
The site of an enclosure of unknown date. It is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. It is located 600m east of the church, Wappenbury.
1 A brooch and a fitting found in 1996 in Wappenbury. No grid reference given. Method of recovery unrecorded.
A brooch and an ornamental fitting from the Roman period were found in Wappenbury
1 Find of two medieval coins, a pin head and a possible sword or dagger chape in Wappenbury in 1996. No grid reference given and method of recovery unrecorded.
Find of medieval items in Wappenbury
1 Find of two Roman coins and a brooch. No grid reference given and method of recovery unrecorded.
Find of Roman items in the parish of Wappenbury
1 The probable extent of the medieval settlement based on the OS map of 1886, 43NW.
2 Wappenbury is listed in Domesday; in Marton Hundred. The Phillimore edition has a grid ...
The probable extent of the medieval settlement based on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886, and including the known shrunken area WA 2985.
1 Silver penny of Alexander III of Scotland and a silver penny of Henry III found in 1996. No grid reference was given and the method of recovery is unrecorded.
Two medieval coins found in Wappenbury. The exact location of the find is unknown.