1 The almshouses…were probably built about 1427 but altered and perhaps enlarged in the 16th century and later.
2 OS reports still in use in 1968.
3 Still in use in 1984 ...
Almshouses built in the Medieval period to provide shelter for the poor people of the parish. They were enlarged in the 16th century, and continue to offer housing in the 21st century. They are situated in Church Street, Stratford upon Avon.
1 In the centre walk of the garden of the Shakespeare Birthplace Museum is the base of the old 14th century market cross of the town.
2 Square ornamental socket stone ...
The base of a Medieval market cross, being all that remains of the cross that originally stood in the centre of the town. It is now in the garden of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in Henley Street.
2 There was a corn mill here by 1550. In about 1670 it was demolished and an iron forge built by Francis Watts. After about 1730 the mill seems to ...
Clifford Mill, 600m north of the church, for which there is documentary evidence from the late Medieval period. It became a forge in the Post Medieval period, and then reverted to a corn mill. The present building dates from 1853 and a chimney of auxiliary steam power survives.
1 The chapel of St Peter at Bishopton was endowed in the reign of King John (1199-1216). The old chapel was pulled down and rebuilt in 1836 (MWA5304).
2 Duplicate of ...
The site of the chapel of St Peter dating to the Medieval period, which was pulled down and rebuilt in the Imperial period. It was situated north of The Avenue, Bishopton.
1 Lower part of house is 15th century or earlier. The west wing is 16th century.
2 Listed as Grade 1. Mainly 16th century. Timber frame and plaster, with later ...
A farmhouse which dates back to the Medieval period. It is the reputed birthplace of Shakespeare's wife, Anne Hathaway, and is located in Shottery.
1 1970: Four palisade trenches ran N-S at the W end of the excavation. Two of these cut an Anglo Saxon grave and the most W contained early Medieval pottery. ...
The site of an Early Medieval settlement. Archaeological work has identified evidence of a palisade, a burial, and enclosures. Pottery was found in one of the palisade trenches. The location is to the northeast of the Alveston Manor Hotel.
1 A drovers road with wide verges for pasturing animals. The road winds its way through farming country, generally avoiding centres of population. Road is mentioned on 18th ...
A trackway or drove road, known as the Welsh Way, which has existed since the Medieval or Post Medieval period. It was used by drovers to move cattle to the markets. The Leamington Road out of Kenilworth now marks the line of the trackway.
1Built in c.1503 probably as a result of a legacy left to the guild in 1502 by Thomas Handys. The timbers were felled in 1502.
2 Dendrochronology of the Pedagogue’s ...
Early 16th century building. Currently part of Edward VI school.
1 A series of stone-built walls were recorded during a watching brief at 12, Bridge Street, of possible medieval date. They are indicative of backyard activity; one wall may ...
A series of stone-built walls were recorded during a watching brief at 12, Bridge Street, of possible medieval date. They are indicative of backyard activity; one wall may have marked a pit used for some sort of industrial process, such as the soaking and retting of flax.
1 Plan of the Chancel, nave, W tower and N porch.
2 Description: The Guild Chapel of the Holycross was probably begun when the Guild was founded in 1269. The ...
The Guild Chapel of the Holy Cross. Some of the original 13th century structure survives, but the building is mainly 15th century with later alterations and restorations. Wall paintings have been uncovered. The Chapel is at the top of Chapel Street, Stratford upon Avon.
1 Plan of the Church of Holy Trinity. Chancel, central tower, N and S transepts, nave, N and S aisles and N porch. The nave is deflected considerably to the ...
Holy Trinity, a Medieval church with later additions and alterations, possibly on the site of an earlier monastery (PRN 1026). The church contains Shakespeare's monument. It is situated 200m north of Lucy's Mill, Stratford upon Avon.
1 At the N end of Rother Market, opposite Wood Street, stood a stone cross, which in the memory of the inhabitants stood to 0.7m to 0.9m. The foundations were ...
The site of a market cross which stood in Rother Street, Stratford on Avon. No trace of the cross now remains above ground.
1 The pillory stood at the crossing at the Town Hall, between High Street and Chapel Street in 1328.
Documentary evidence suggests that this was the site of a Medieval pillory, a wooden frame through which the head and hands of the offender were clamped, inviting ridicule. The site is at the intersection of High Street and Sheep Street. Stratford upon Avon.
Site of possible Medieval windmill.
1 Ely Street takes its present name from ‘Eale Mill’, presumably used for crushing seeds for oil. This was probably the ‘Ullemylle’ recorded in 1407. Further ...
There is documentary and place name evidence to suggest that this may have been the site of a mill used to crush seeds for oil during the Medieval period. Ely Street takes its name from 'Eale Mill'.
1 The remoteness of the church (MWA1022) from the centre of the town is probably to be explained by the conjecture, mentioned by Leland, that it occupies the site of ...
Documentary evidence suggests that this might be the site of an Early Medieval monastery, beneath the present Holy Trinity Church, at Stratford on Avon.
1 At the S end of Clopton Bridge was a chapel of St Mary Magdalene and a hermitage, probably on the site of the present Swan’s Nest Hotel. The Clopton ...
Documentary evidence suggests that this is the site of the Chapel of St Mary Magdalene and of a hermitage, both of Medieval date. The site is at the south east end of Swan's Nest Lane, Stratford upon Avon.
1 A mill is mentioned in 1086. By the mid 13th century there were three corn mills under one roof and a fulling mill. The fulling mill had gone by ...
Lucy's Mill, a watermill for which there is documentary evidence from the Medieval to the Imperial period. During this time it was used as a corn mill and fulling mill. It was derelict by the 1960s, but some features survive under the converted building, 200m south of the church.
1 Leland records a ‘poore bridge of tymber’ which was replaced by Sir Hugh of Clopton (d 1497) by this great and sumptuous bridge. It has fourteen great arches of ...
Clopton Bridge, which dates back to the Medieval period. It was built in the 15th century to replace the earlier timber bridge. This bridge was made of stone with 14 segmental pointed arches. It was widened in 1814. It crosses the Avon at Stratford on Avon.
1 Details of a manorial history exist.
2 Temple Hill is a large isolated mainly natural mound, with a flattened top and a spiral path up to it. In its present ...
The remains of a possible Medieval castle survive as earthworks. Documentary evidence and finds at the site support the theory that there was once a castle here. The location is on Temple Hill, south of the Welcombe Hotel.
1 There was a cross, sometimes called the White Cross, opposite the Guild Chapel, which is mentioned before the end of the 13th century and was standing in 1608.
2 Site ...
The site of a Medieval cross for which there is documentary evidence from the 13th century. It stood opposite the Guild Chapel, Stratford upon Avon.
1 The Roman road running south-east from Tiddington is recorded as the hrycg wege (ridgeway) in a charter of AD 985, which recorded part in use along the Alveston parish ...
An Anglo-Saxon ridgeway recorded in fragmentary form in Early Medieval charters. It probably represents the reuse of a Roman road.
1 Reuse of part of Roman road evidenced by references in charters of AD 985 and AD 988; in the latter the road is called the ‘mycelan straete’ or great ...
Mycelan Straet, meaning Great Road, an Early Medieval road running south east from Stratford. It partially follows the line of an earlier, Roman, road and is mentioned in two charters in 985 and 988 AD. In documentary evidence from 1340 it is called 'Saltstret'.
1 Aelfric’s Bridge is mentioned in a charter of Bishopton in Old Stratford dated AD 1016. It probably stood on the S boundary of Bishopton at SP 1956.
Aelfric's Bridge, the probable site of an Early Medieval bridge for which there is documentary evidence in the early 11th century. The bridge was located at Bishopton.
1 A hedgerow assessment was carried out in advance of road improvements. Historical section of report traces history of and documentary evidence for the lane at this point, and suggests ...
The site of a road known as a saltway. It dated to the Early Medieval period and is known from documentary evidence to be called Sealt Stret. It would have run from Droitwich, but this section has been traced running between Bishopton and Salford.