1 Chapel dedicated to St Mary Magdalene near the site of a hermitage (PRN 2233). In 1423 Richard, Earl of Warwick, was licensed to found a chantry in honour of ...
The Chapel of St Mary Magdalene at Guy's Cliffe, Warwick. It was built in the Medieval period, possibly in the 13th century, and rebuilt in the 15th century.
1 A well, traditionally associated with Guy of Warwick.
2 A spring head at the base of a cliff enclosed in a fairly modern arched recess of ashlar sandstone.
3 Circa 1751-7 ...
Guy's Well, a Medieval holy well, associated with Guy of Warwick, can be found 215m south of The Saxon Mill public house.
A sketch map of part of Woodcote drawn in c.1815 shows High Wood adjoining Kenilworth. A high Wood was named in 1633, but at that time was part of ...
Medieval Woodland ajoining Kenilworth
1 To the north of Warwick was Guy Cliffe Grove, recorded in 1422-3 and 1483 The site is suggested by the enclosure award for St. Nicholas’s parish, which included ...
Medieval woodland formerly Guy Cliffe Grove
1 The probable extent of the medieval settlement at Leek Wootton based on the OS map of 1886, 33NW.
2 The 1886 map shows settlement clustered around the central intersection of ...
The probable extent of the medieval settlement at Leek Wootton based on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886.
1 The possible extent of settlement based on the OS map of 1886, 33NW.
2 The Dugdale map marks Hill Wootton and gives it a tiny circle – the symbol for ...
The possible extent of the medieval/post medieval settlement based on documentary evidence.
1 Thomas Beauchamp the Younger had an oratory here in 1375.
Documentary evidence suggests that this is the site of a Medieval oratory, a private chapel associated with Goodrest Lodge. It is located approximately 1.5km west of Leek Wootton.
1 Remains of a large fish pool.
2 Two ponds can be seen S of the moat platform, the lower one being the larger. The upper pond is 28m by 16m ...
Medieval fishponds, used for the breeding and storage of fish, which survive as earthworks. They are situated 500m north west of Nine Acre Plantation, Leek Wootton.
1 An enclosure about 33m square, surrounded by a well-defined moat. Outside this is another moat which is not so clearly defined. The entrance is by a well-built, double-arched stone ...
Goodrest Lodge double moat, a wide ditch that surrounded a Manor House, of Medieval date. There is documentary evidence for its existence, and it remains visible as an earthwork. It is situated 450m north west of Nine Acre Plantation, Leek Wootton.
2 Linear cropmarks and enclosures show on aerial photographs. Traces of possible ridge and furrow to the NE appear to be integrated into the enclosure system and may indicate that ...
Linear features and an enclosure are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. Ridge and furrow is also visible, suggesting that the enclosure may be of Medieval date. The site lies under the A46, 80m north east of the intersection with the rail bridge near Leek Wootton.
1 A Saxon origin is claimed. The mill was the property of Kenilworth Priory in the 12th century. There are many references in the 16th century relating to two, and ...
The Saxon Mill at Guy's Cliffe, a watermill which may be Saxon in origin.There is documentary evidence for a mill at this site from the Medieval onwards. In 1952 the stone buildings were converted into a restaurant. A small waterwheel survives.
1 A mill is recorded in 1279 probably at Yartford, probably where the lane to Chesford Bridge crosses the ‘Holebrok’, or Cattle Brook. This mill is recorded again at the ...
Documentary evidence suggests that this may be the site of a watermill in use from the Medieval to the Post Medeival period. The location is 400m north east of Gaveston's Cross.
1 Excavations in advance of the Kenilworth bypass have revealed a series of enigmatic circular pits 1.2m in diameter cut into the sandstone bedrock at the E end of Blacklow ...
An arrangement of pits, post holes and two burials were discovered during excavations on Blacklow Hill. The site may represent an Anglo Saxon religious site dating to the Migration period.
1 Medieval decorated tile from Leek Wootton.
2 From the ‘Old Church’.
Findspot - Medieval decorated tiles came from the 'Old Church' (All Saint's Church) at Leek Wootton.
1 The hamlet of Heath was probably in what is now called Hill Wootton but part of it stood on the other side of the Holbroke.
2 Holbroke is now Cattle ...
The possible site of the deserted settlement of Heath which was occupied during the Medieval period. The site is known from documentary sources and is believed to have been located 500m north of the modern hamlet of Hill Wootton.
1 Rescue excavation in advance of the construction of a housing estate on part of the deserted settlement. Surface indications included a hollow way running E-W along the S of ...
The site of the Medieval deserted settlement of Leek Wootton. An excavation of the site showed Medieval period activity including a hollow way, house platform and enclosures. The site lies under houses on Tidmarsh Road and The Hamlet.
1 Excavation inside the moat revealed the foundations of a number of walls, usually about 0.23m below the surface. Several of these were followed, but insufficient work was done to ...
The site of Goodrest Lodge, a Medieval/Post Medieval manor house with double moat, bridge, fishponds and well. Remains of these features are visible as earthworks. On excavating the site, walls and floors were revealed. It is situated at Leek Wootton.
1 A probable mill-bay. Up to 2.3m high on both sides with roughly squared blocks visible where the dam has been breached.
2 Fishpond marked on a map of 1845.
3 The ...
The remains of a dam associated with a probable mill pond. The dam and the pond survive as earthworks. They date to the Medieval/Post Medieval period and are situated 350m south west of Fox Covert, Leek Wootton.
1 ‘Little Moat Close’ marked. Field name comes from Tithe Apportionment map 1748.
2 This document could not be located in the County Record Office.
3 The proximity of three other moats ...
The site of a possible moat, a wide ditch usually surrounding a building. It would have dated to the Medieval period, and was situated 400m west of Goodrest Lodge Moat.
1 A probable moat is visible at the above grid reference on aerial photographs. The site was under crop and could not be investigated.
2 No reference could be found on ...
The site of a possible Medieval moat, a wide ditch surrounding a building. The moat is visible on aerial photographs. A geophysical survey and trial trenching have taken place at the site, which is located 200m west of the Police Headquarters at Leek Wootton
1 The two Woodcotes (Upper and Lower) are among the hamlets mentioned by Rous at the end of the 15th century as being completely destroyed.
2 There is nothing visible from ...
Documentary evidence suggests that this may once have been the site of the Medieval settlement of Lower Woodcote. The site lies just south of the Police Head quarters at Leek Wootton
1 Upper and Lower Woodcote are among the hamlets mentioned by Rous at the end of the 15th century as being completely depopulated.
2 Dugdale also mentions these two settlements, but ...
Documentary evidence suggests that this may have been the site of the Medieval deserted settlement of Upper Woodcote. The site is located to the south of the current Police Headquarters.
1 Once a village, now reduced to a single farm according to Dugdale. Rous’ list contains ‘both Wodlows’. The 1:10000 map shows three farms with this name – Upper, Middle ...
The site of the Medieval deserted settlement just west of Middle Woodloes. The site is known from documentary evidence.
1 Rous’s list of depopulated places lists both Wodlows as depopulated. There are three farms with this name, Upper, Middle and North. Beresford says that from the air North Woodloes ...
The possible site of a Medieval deserted settlement as indicated by Beighton's map of 1725. The site of the settlement is located in the area of North Woodloes.
