1 St.Mary’s Priory was founded in 1832 for nuns of the Order of St. Benedict, with a girl’s school attached. The buildings, which include a church with a bell-tower, are ...
St Mary's Priory which was founded in the Imperial period for an order of Bendictine nuns. The priory is situated to the west of Princethorpe Great Wood.
1 In 1580 the appurtenances to the manor of Princethorpe included two mills and a fishery in the Leam.
Documentary evidence from the Post Medieval period records two mills at Princethorpe. This is a possible site of one of the mills.
1 Priory farmhouse, listed Grade II, is a large farmhouse, basically early 19th century alterations to older buildings. At the time of the construction of St. Mary’s Priory, the building ...
Priory Farmhouse. During the Imperial period the building was used as an inn and a toll house, where travellers would pay a toll to use the toll road. It is situated 400m south east of Princethorpe College.
1 A turnpike established between 1750 and 1775. First Act 1754-5.
A toll road running from Ryton Bridge to Banbury, via Southam. Travellers would have paid to use the road during the Imperial period.
1 A bank seen on aerial photographs starting at the northern boundary of Princethorpe colledge Lodge and then curving towards the College grounds was mapped as part of the English ...
A bank can be seen on aerial photographs starting at the northern boundary of Princethorpe college Lodge and then curving towards the College grounds.
12 St. Mary’s Priory, Princethorpe, Rugby
Lovie reports parkland/paddocks to N and S with boundary planting and walk, pool, formal terrace, orchard and large, walled kitchen garden. Grounds, at time of ...
Parkland with boundary planting, formal terrace and kitchen garden.
Special Landscape Area.
Recommended for inclusion on Local List by Lovie
1 Reservoir marked on 1886 map.
The site of a reservoir which was in use during the Imperial period. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. The reservoir was situated 200m north of Princethorpe College.
1 Smithy shown on 1886 map.
The site of a blacksmiths workshop where iron was worked during the Imperial period. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. It was situated at the end of Sheep Dip Lane, Princethorpe.