1 An inscription cut on a rock on the S side of Blacklow Hill, near the top has, among other letters: ‘1311 P GAVESTON EARL OF CORNWALL BEHEADED HERE.’
2 This ...
The site of a Post Medieval inscribed stone on Blacklow Hill. The stone has, among other letters, the inscription, "1311 P GAVESTON EARL OF CORNWALL BEHEADED HERE" The stone is on the site of Gaveston's Cross.
1 A coin from the 16th century reported by metal detectorists.
Find spot - a Post Medieval coin was found near Nevill Close, Whitnash.
1 Soon after 1757 Samuel Greatheed built a new and larger house on the site of the old house (PRN 2234). Later alterations and additions have obscured this house except ...
Guy's Cliffe House, a ruined building dating to the Imperial Period. It is situated on the outskirts of north Warwick.
1 A building known as the Deer House. It backs onto a small wood. Photographs were taken in 1980 and by 1981 it had collapsed. The building was 19.8 by ...
The site of Deer House, now a ruined building. The house was built during the Imperial Period. It lies close to the southern weir between Goodrest Farm and Fox Covert.
1 In connection with survey work for the Kenilworth By-Pass, these parallel ditches were shown to be part of the Post Medieval field system.
2 The By-Pass covers part of the ...
The site of a Post Medieval field system. Part of the field system still lies in fields between Warwick Road, Leek Wootton and the Warwick bypass, approximately 100m south of Wootton Road.
1 A 17th century farthing token found at a farm at Leek Wootton. The grid reference is approximate. Type Temp. Commonwealth or Charles II c1660. The reverse has the initials ...
Findspot - a Post Medieval farthing was found behind houses on the east side of Warwick Road, Leek Wootton.
1 Stocks located at the Saxon Mill, in close proximity to the main wheel. The stocks have a plaque which says, ‘These original public punishment stocks were removed and restored ...
Wooden stocks dating to the Post Medieval period, in which an offender's wrist's and/or ankles were locked as a punishment. The original site of these stocks is unclear. They were restored in 1957 and are now at The Saxon Mill public house just north of Warwick.
1 Manor house shown.
2 In 1861 Mr Wise pulled down the old manor house and built a new one.
Documentary evidence shows a Post Medieval manor house on an early map. It was pulled down in 1861 to make way for a new house. The site lies 50m north of the radio mast at Warwickshire Constabulary Headquarters, Woodcote.
1 When the old manor house of Goodrest Lodge (WA 2558) was pulled down a new one was built outside the moat in 1784. It was further modified in ...
Goodrest House, which was built during the Imperial period. It replaced Goodrest Lodge (WA2558), which was pulled down. The house lies approximately 1.5km west of Leek Wootton.
1 Not marked on a map of 1719. The pond may have been constructed after this. It is part of the extensive grounds of Wootton Court, which was built ...
A fishpond used for the breeding and storing of fish. It is visible as an earthwork and dates to the Imperial period. It is situated 200m south east of Wootton Court, Leek Wootton.
1 Tollbar marked at the V-junction between the road to Leek Wootton and Hill Wootton.
2 The N most roundabout of the Warwick bypass now covers this area.
Documentary evidence indicates that there may have been a toll gate at the junction between the Leek Wootton / Hill Wootton roads. The site is now covered by the northern most roundabout on the Warwick bypass.
1 Brick Kiln Close marked. Field names come from Tithe Apportionment map 1748.
2 This document could not be located in the County Record Office, but an 1822 Award (without plan) ...
The site of a possible brickworks dating to the Imperial period. An eighteenth century tithe map marks a brick kiln close at a location to the east of Wedgnock Rifle Range.
1 Lime Kiln Close marked. Field names come from Tithe Apportionment map 1748.
2 This document could not be located in the County Record Office, but an 1822 Award (without plan) ...
Documentary evidence suggests that this is the site of a lime kiln dating to the Imperial period. The site was 200m west of Blacklow Hill.
1 Quarry Close is recorded on the Annotated Map, and a note says this information came from a Tithe Apportioment from the CRO from 1748. No trace of this document ...
Documentary evidence suggests that there may once have been a quarry at this location. The site is located at Middle Woodloes Cott, just north east of Warwick.
1 The old vicarage was pulled down in 1824.
2 Part of this building is contained in the new one which was built in 1824. This is a regular 3 ...
The site of a vicarage probably dating to the Post Medieval period. It was later pulled down and rebuilt in the Imperial Period. The building is now a private residence at Wootton Paddox, close to All Saint's Church.
1 ‘Windmill Field’.
2 The area now forms the grounds of a house called Stone Edge and there are no traces of a windmill.
There is documentary evidence to suggest that this is the possible site of a Post Medieval windmill. Its location was 300m west of the church, Leek Wootton.
1 Leek Wootton Vicarage garden, Leek Wootton.
Lovie reports drive, terrace, formal gardens, paddock with boundary planting.
Some 19th century planting remains at time of Lovie’s report (1996/7) but he states that ...
Formal gardens, terrace, paddock with boundary planting.
1 Woodcote garden, Leek Wootton.
Lovie reports parkland with boundary planting, 2 lakes, 2 drives, villa-style pleasure grounds with terrace, kitchen garden.
House became County Police HQ 1949; building extended, some new ...
Villa-style pleassure ground with terrae, kitchen garden, parkland, 2 lakes. Becamse Country Police HQ; some new structures in grounds.Recommended for inclusion on Local List by Lovie.
1An agricultural building, part of the Stud Farm complex at Hill Wootton, dating to the 17th century. This barn is of timber framed construction. Photographed prior to conversion.
An agricultural building, part of the Stud Farm complex at Hill Wootton, dating to the 17th century.
1 Two separate rubbish dumps containing 18th/19th century pottery and bottles were found during an archaeological observation.
An archaeological investigation showed that there were dumps of 19th and 20th century rubbish at this site. No evidence for a Medieval settlement was found. The site lies behind houses on Hill Wooton Road, Leek Wooton.
1 An evaluation prior to the development of a golf course at Leek Wootton identified a trackway. The trackway was seen as a gravelly layer at the base of ...
The site of a field boundary dating to the Post Medieval or Imperial period. The boundary survives as an earthwork and lies on the western side of Woodcote.
1 A sandstone cross on Blacklow Hill marks the place where Piers Gaveston was beheaded in 1311.
2 1832 by J C Jackson. Heavy short cross on a high pedestal of ...
A sandstone cross marks the spot where Piers Gaveston was beheaded in 1311. The cross was erected during the Imperial period and lies on Blacklow Hill, north of Warwick