1 Find of a toy cannon by a metal detectorist in 1997. Grid reference given of SP268915.
Stray find of a toy cannon from the Post Imperial period in the Monwode Lea area.
1 The site of a Guide Post, an early sign post, marked on the OS 1st edition map of 1887.
The site of a Guide Post marked on the Ordnance Survey first edition map of 1887.
1 In 1658 Humphrey Jennings, the great iron master, possessed very extensive forges at Furnace End.
2 Poole Bank Furnace at Furnace End appears in a list of 1711 and had ...
The site of a forge, where cast iron was made into wrought iron during the Post Medieval period. It was situated at Furnace End, 75m east of Furnace End Bridge.
1. Holt Halll and chapel on 1686 map
2. Holt Halll farm shown on tithe map 1842
3.Verbal communication with North Warwickshire conservation officer. 17th century elements of Holt Hall incorporated into ...
Holt hall is shown with an associated chapel (see MWA86) on a map dated 1686. The present farmhouse has been much altered but incorporates elements of the 17th century building within its fabric. The gate and gate piers associated with Holt Hall are Listed (see DWA379). Holt Hall is located approximately 1.5km to the north west of Furnace End.
1 Hoare Hall garden, Hoare hall, Over Whitacre.
Lovie reports that there are grounds with lake, and a kitchen garden.
Grounds with lake and kitchen garden.
Recommended for inclusion on Local List by Lovie
1 Over Whitacre Manor House garden, Over Whitacre.
Lovie did not visit. He reports that the extent of garden survival is unknown. Extent of original garden plotted using old map.
Extent of garden survival unknown.
1 Ice house, The Quarry House, Nuneaton Road, Over Whitacre.
Beamon and Roaf report a chamber lined with sandstone rubble of irregular plan; exhibiting four ribs to a groin vaulted roof. ...
Ice house of irregular plan with vaulted roof close to the turnpike road with foundations of which it shares one side wall.
1 Map of Holt Hall shows a chapel.
2 ‘Chapel Field’ marked.
3 The remains of the chapel were partially extant into the 20th century, but a cow unit has now been ...
The site of a chapel which was built during the Post Medieval period. It was situated 1km north east of Whitacre Fields.
1 Turnpike house/toll house marked.
2 This cottage would have been constructed in the spring of 1762. The gable end of the toll gate cottage facing the road is almost certainly ...
A toll house, where travellers would have paid a toll to use a toll road. It was built during the Imperial period and is situated 400m south of Monwode Lea.
1 A mill of red sandstone and brick. The mill race is said to date from Monastic times, but the house is not of great age.
2 There was a ...
A watermill which was built from red sandstone. It was constructed during the Post Medieval period and is situated at Furnace End.
In times gone by, the way to learn a craft and earn a living was to be apprenticed to a master. You would be legally bound to the master for ...
1 Site of smithy marked on OS map of 1886.
The site of a blacksmiths workshop, where iron was worked during the Imperial period. It was situated 200m north of Furnace End.
1 Site of quarry marked on OS map of 1886.
The site of a quarry which was in use during the Imperial period. It was situated 800m north west of Furnace End.
1 Site of smithy marked on OS map of 1886.
The site of a blacksmiths workshop, where metal would have been worked. It dates to the Imperial period. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. It was situated on the north west edge of Over Whitacre.
1 Site of brick kilns marked on OS map of 1902.
The site of several brick kilns used for the firing of bricks, which date to the Imperial period. They are marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1902. The site lies 700m north east of Over Whitacre.