1 Legends about the foundation survive and place the foundation at a number of dates between 839 and 1066. A certain amount of the history of the Abbey is known. ...
Polesworth Abbey, a nunnery house governed by an abbess. The Abbey dates to the Early Medieval period and lies 200m east of Bridge Street, Polesworth.
1 BRETFORD is recorded as a Borough in 1279 and in 1334 Subsidy was valued at £31.13. A market charter for Tues granted 2 Sept 1227, by K ...
On the Fosse. Granted a market and a fair in the 13th century. Recorded as a borough at around this time.
1 The possible extent of the Medieval settlement, based on the first edition 6″ map. 44NE 1886.
2 Domesday lists Alveston in Pathlow Hundred. Grid ref: 2356
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The possible extent of the Medieval settlement of Alveston. The area of settlement is suggested by the Ordnance Survey map of 1886.