1 Trial excavation conducted in 1981 in advance of construction of Sports Hall by Greig Memorial Trust. Three trenches were excavated by JCB. Nothing was located in Trenches ...
A section of a Post Medieval ditch or pit was found during an excavation. The feature was situated near Gunnings Bridge, Alcester.
1 A copper farthing of 1700 and a trade token of the 17th century were found in the back garden of a house in Evesham Street. The top soil was ...
The chance find of a post medieval coin and token in the Evesham Street area of Alcester.
1 Chance find of George III halfpenny in the back garden of a house in Evesham Street. The top soil was reported to have come from Newport Drive in 1967/8.
The chance find of a George III coin in Alcester
1 Post-medieval finds recovered during the construction of a rear extension. These included 110 sherds of post-medieval pottery of 18th/19th century date, 2 sherds of post-medieval pottery, a clay ...
Post-medieval finds, including 18th/19th century pottery and two clay pipe bowls, recovered during the construction of a rear extension. The site is located at 18 Bleachfield Street, Alcester.
1 A watching brief during the excavation of foundation trenches recorded a large quantity of hand-made brick fragments within the northerly sections. The building contractor reported that they had encountered ...
Hand made bricks and cellaring were recorded during building works. The absence of the building on the late 19th century first edition OS map suggested that the cellaring belonged to an earlier, possibly 18th century building. The site is located at 18/20 School Road, Alcester.
1 A lead cloth seal was found during building work in an unstratifed context. It had been stamped with the initials WA.
Find of post medieval cloth seal during fieldwork in Bleachfield Street, Alcester.
1 The present bridge, of three arches in red brick with stone dressings and modern parapets, may well have been built in 1814.
2 Photographed in 1978.
Gunnings Bridge, a bridge which was built of red brick with stone dressing during the Imperial period, possibly in 1814. It is situated on Henley Street, Alcester.
1 Find with a metal detector in 1984: A ?18th century merchant’s bale seal.
Findspot - a lead object, possibly a seal, dating to the Post Medieval period was found at Captain's Hill, Alcester.
1 Find made with a metal detector in 1985: Commonwealth penny (1649-60).
Findspot - a Post Medieval coin was found 100m north west of The Cherrytrees Public House.
1 A small scale excavation in advance of building work revealed Medieval and Post-Medieval surfaces and features.
Post Medieval features were found during an excavation. The site was located on the west side of Bleachfield Street, Alcester.
1 A coin of the 17th to 18th century found at this location.
Findspot - a Post Medieval coin was found in the area of Cross Road, Alcester.
1 A spring catchment tank. Late C19 square chamber in engineering bricks, roofed with sloping concrete slabs. Built to catch spring water which was then piped to Alcester waterworks pumping ...
A water storage site used to catch water from a spring which was then pumped to a pumping station in Arrow. It was used during the Imperial period and was situated 200m south west of Oversley Mill.
1 Oversley Bridge is on the site of an earlier bridge mentioned in 1543. It had become a county bridge by 1659 and considerable repairs were carried out ...
Oversley Bridge, a road bridge which was built during the Post Medieval period with later alterations made during the Imperial period. It is situated on Stratford Road, Alcester.
1 A 2-storied building of C17 date. The lower story consists of a stone colonnade, filled in in 1873, and was built around 1618, in which year Sir ...
Alcester Town Hall, a building originally constructed during the Post Medieval period as a market hall. It is situated in the High Street, Alcester.
1 In the C19 some sort of industrial activity took place on this site. This entailed at least two large barrels being set in the ground to their full depth, ...
A possible industrial site dating from the Imperial period. The site comprised a well and two barrels that were set into the ground, which were found during an excavation. The site is located to the west of Bleachfield Street, Alcester.
1 Collection of iron objects of small size consisting of discs 2.5 cm in diameter with eight perforations and a central perforation, nails, two needles, knife, twisted wire and boar’s ...
Findspot - various iron objects of Post Medieval or later date were found in Meeting Lane, Alcester.
1 A probable RB well was cleaned ouit and reused in the Imperial period, probably to supply the almshouses.
A well, probably dating from the RB period, had been re-used, probably during the Imperial period.
1 Post Medieval coin found at Birch Abbey.
2 This coin was found. It was a bronze coin of Louis XIII of France (1610-43).
Findspot - a Post Medieval coin was found in the area of Birch Abbey, Alcester.
1 Coins of the 16th and 17th century reported by metal detectorists. (See map in FI file 3976).
2 Farthing of James I found in area 3 of the Alcester ...
Find spot - coins dating to the Post Medieval period were found 100m south west of Ragley House.
1 Collection of artefacts comprising a three lead shot of the 17th to 18th century and coins of the 17th century reported by metal detectorists. (See map in FI ...
Find spot - various finds of Post Medieval date were found 300m south west of Oversley Wood.
1 Assorted post medieval finds from ‘Area 8’ of Alcester bypass – see PRN 3992.
2 Copper alloy rim fragment and copper alloy six-point wheel. Area 8 of Alcester bypass collection ...
Find spot - various finds of Post Medieval date were found 500m south west of Oversley Green.
1 A coin of the 16th century reported by metal detectorists.
Find spot - a Post Medieval coin was found 100m west of Jephcott Close, Alcester.
1 Five coins of the 16th and 17th centuries and a dagger scabbard of the late 15th or early 16th century found in 1989.
2 Portable Antiquities Scheme find provenance information:
Date ...
Find spot - various finds of Post Medieval date were found on Alcester Heath.
1 Four 17th century coins found in September 1989 at SP085565.
2 Find of a musket ball mould in August 1990 on the Alcester By Pass at SP08475655.
Findspot - various finds of Post Medieval date, including coins and a musket ball, were found in an area lying 500m east of Arrow.