1 Major route and saltway running east via Alcester and Stratford, then south east towards the Foss Way and eventually out of the county. The course to Alcester is very ...
The Saltway, a major Roman road running east and southeast from Droitwich, which can be traced across much of Warwickshire.
1 A possible Roman Road or trackway.
2 Marked as ‘saltway’.
3 Probable course of road shown by cropmark.
A road, possibly of Roman origin, parts of which are referred to in Early Medieval charters. Its probable course can be traced on aerial photographs.
1 A probable Roman road, running SE from Tiddington.
A probable Roman road which runs south east from Tiddington.
1 Probable Roman road.
The site of a probable Roman road on the Tiddington Road, Stratford upon Avon.
1 A drovers road with wide verges for pasturing animals. The road winds its way through farming country, generally avoiding centres of population. Road is mentioned on 18th ...
A trackway or drove road, known as the Welsh Way, which has existed since the Medieval or Post Medieval period. It was used by drovers to move cattle to the markets. The Leamington Road out of Kenilworth now marks the line of the trackway.
1 A turnpike road constructed between 1729-50. The first Act was 1729.
2 The Act for repairing the Road leading from a Gate called Shipston Toll Gate, at Bridge Town, in ...
A toll road which ran from Stratford to Long Compton Hill. It was built during the Post Medieval period and continued in use into the Imperial period.
1 A turnpike road established between 1750 and 1775, part of the Alcester/ Evesham network.
2The road from Alcester to Feckenham was turnpiked in 1753-4.
The site of a toll road dating to the Imperial period and which ran from Stratford to Bradley Brook, via Alcester.
1 A turnpike road established between 1750 and 1775.
A toll road from Warwick to Stratford upon Avon established during the Imperial period. Travellers would have had to pay to use the road.
2 Probable Roman road on the line of the road located in excavation (WA 4468) shows as a cropmark.
3 During evaluation work on the site in 1998 (WA 8319), some ...
A possible Roman trackway which shows up as a cropmark on aerial photographs. Archaeological work has uncovered ditches, but no material with which to make a positive dating. It is located to the east of New Street, Tiddington.
1 A turnpike road established from 1770.
A toll road which ran from Wellesbourne to Stratford. It was established in the Imperial period. Travellers would have had to pay to use the road.
1Built in 1702-3 to replace half-timbered buildings, possibly almshouses or rented chambers.
Early 18th century building. Was the vicarage for Holy Trinity and later became the Headmaster of the Edward VI School's residence.
1Built in c.1503 probably as a result of a legacy left to the guild in 1502 by Thomas Handys. The timbers were felled in 1502.
2 Dendrochronology of the Pedagogue’s ...
Early 16th century building. Currently part of Edward VI school.
1 ‘The New House lately erected in the Rother Markett’ was registered for Presbyterian use in 1714. In 1783 the congregation was re-formed as an Independent church. Major alterations made ...
The site of a nonconformist chapel, originally Presbyterian, built in the Post Medieval period. It was demolished in 1976. It was located off Rother Street, behind the present Congregational Church.
1 Plain building of 1835; monumental Doric portico and pediment.
2 Photograph in RCHME Inventory.
A nonconformist Baptist Chapel built in the Imperial period. It is located in Payton Street, Stratford on Avon.
1 Settlement features from the 1st/2nd centuries AD were found. A later 4th century ditch also contained stone which may have come from a building.
Four pits and a post hole dating from the late 1st or 2nd century were found. One pit was cut by a 4th century ditch. Possible building stone was also found. The site forms part of the Romano-British settlement of Tiddington.
1 The Shakespearean Theatre in Chapel Lane is the only one of the early Stratford theatres with any continuous history. It was built by a company formed in 1826, which ...
The site of The 19th century Shakespearean Theatre, Chapel Lane, built 1827 and demolished 1872 by Halliwell Phillips.
1 A series of stone-built walls were recorded during a watching brief at 12, Bridge Street, of possible medieval date. They are indicative of backyard activity; one wall may ...
A series of stone-built walls were recorded during a watching brief at 12, Bridge Street, of possible medieval date. They are indicative of backyard activity; one wall may have marked a pit used for some sort of industrial process, such as the soaking and retting of flax.
1 2 Site of Anchor inn, 1 Bridge street, Stratford upon Avon
Site of historic inn recorded in F White & Co.’s and Pigot’s databases. The latter shows it in existence ...
Site of historic inn situated on the south side of Bridge street at the junction with Waterside.
1 The Clopton estate was one of a number envisaged and developed by the Stratford Borough Council for social housing in the inter-war years and, especially, in the post-World War ...
The Clopton estate was one of a number envisaged and developed by the Stratford Borough Council for social housing in the inter-war years and, especially, in the post-World War II period. Inaugurated in 1929, the estate was expanded significantly from 1946 on. The houses were erected in accordance with an undertaking dated 26th August 1947 and being completed in late 1950 and early 1951. The houses are unusual on the estate being of 'non-traditional', pre-fabricated construction, to a standard design by the company of Unity Structures Ltd. of Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire. Planning permission for the demolition of the buildings to allow for the erection of 15 new-build homes was approved in June 2013.
1 Plan of the Chancel, nave, W tower and N porch.
2 Description: The Guild Chapel of the Holycross was probably begun when the Guild was founded in 1269. The ...
The Guild Chapel of the Holy Cross. Some of the original 13th century structure survives, but the building is mainly 15th century with later alterations and restorations. Wall paintings have been uncovered. The Chapel is at the top of Chapel Street, Stratford upon Avon.
1 A concrete footbridge erected in 1934; but a stone let into one of the side piers records the existence of a bridge on the site in 1599. Information exists ...
The site of a bridge which was in use from the Post Medieval to the Imperial periods. It crossed the Avon 70m south of Lucy's Mill, and was of wood with stone piers. The present concrete footbridge was erected in 1934.
1 Plan of the Church of Holy Trinity. Chancel, central tower, N and S transepts, nave, N and S aisles and N porch. The nave is deflected considerably to the ...
Holy Trinity, a Medieval church with later additions and alterations, possibly on the site of an earlier monastery (PRN 1026). The church contains Shakespeare's monument. It is situated 200m north of Lucy's Mill, Stratford upon Avon.
1 At the N end of Rother Market, opposite Wood Street, stood a stone cross, which in the memory of the inhabitants stood to 0.7m to 0.9m. The foundations were ...
The site of a market cross which stood in Rother Street, Stratford on Avon. No trace of the cross now remains above ground.
1 The pillory stood at the crossing at the Town Hall, between High Street and Chapel Street in 1328.
Documentary evidence suggests that this was the site of a Medieval pillory, a wooden frame through which the head and hands of the offender were clamped, inviting ridicule. The site is at the intersection of High Street and Sheep Street. Stratford upon Avon.