1 The Abbey of Radmore was transferred to Stoneleigh in 1154-5. The foundation stone of the church of the new Cistercian Abbey was laid in 1155. In 1241 the monastery ...
The site of Stoneleigh Abbey, a Cistercian monastery that was founded during the Medieval period. Few traces of the abbey buildings survive above the ground except for the gatehouse. The site is located southwest of The National Agricultural Centre.
1 The S aisle of the conventual church partly survives in the N side of the present house. The semicircular arch at the E end was apparently between the aisle ...
Stoneleigh Abbey Church was built during the Medieval period. The church no longer exists in its own right but parts of if have been incorporated into a house that was on the same site. It is located to the east of the abbey remains.
Possible site of a Medieval moat.
1 An estate map from 1766 calls this field ‘Moat Close’.
2 This was not accessible during a site visit in 1983 so it was impossible ...
The site of a moat, a wide ditch usually surrounding a building. It is marked on an Estate Map of 1766 but might date back to the Medieval period. The site is located 800m northwest of Wainbody Wood, Stoneleigh.
Earthworks of Medieval fishponds.
1 Fishponds marked.
2 Fishponds marked.
3 1979: An area of ground around the old stew ponds was cleared. The intention was to clear the two ponds and possibly ...
Medieval fishponds used for the breeding and storing of fish, probably connected with the Medieval Abbey of Stoneleigh. There is documentary evidence for them from the 18th century. They are situated 1km southwest of the present Abbey.
1 There is a slide of a Medieval drain at the County Museum.
2 This area is now covered by agricultural buildings at the NAC and no traces remain.
The site of a Medieval drain. It was situated 500m north of Brick Kiln Spinney but the area has now been built upon.
1 Stareton is shown as populated on Dugdale’s map and is in the approximate position of the modern village.
2 An estate map from 1597 shows about 17 houses around Stareton ...
The possible site of an area of Medieval deserted settlement at Stareton. Some house platforms are visible as earthworks. The settlement lies in the area of Stareton.
1 At Fynham anciently were twelve houses, of which eight were gone before the reign of Henry VII. There are here four houses and a mill.
2 Finham Park marked at ...
Documentary evidence suggests that the site of a Medieval deserted settlement lies 500m south east of Finham Bridge.
1 Fieldwork revealed a previously unrecorded deserted Medieval village site which lay immediately W of the Bypass route. House platforms are visible on either side of the present lane. Excavation ...
The site of King's Hill Medieval deserted settlement. A trackway, house platforms and an area of ridge and furrow cultivation are visible as earthworks. The settlement has been partially excavated. The site is located 400m south west of Finham Green.
1 Probably a ‘petty village’. It is recorded by Rous at the start of Henry VII’s reign as having been depopulated. There is one farm house.
2 Poor archaeology (C), period ...
The possible site of the Medieval deserted settlement of Milburn. A series of earthworks may represent the remains of the settlement. The site is located in the area either side of Milburn viaduct.
1 In 1564 this village paid a stone of wax yearly for maintenance of the lights in Stoneleigh Abbey. This place has also been depopulated; for, of twelve tenements that ...
The site of a Medieval deserted settlement is known to have existed from documentary evidence. The settlement was located 500m west of Gibbet Hill.
1 There are mill dams at SP2974 and SP3074. The N dam is 1m high with modern mutilation. The S dam is also mutilated. There are no traces of a ...
There is documentary evidence for a watermill at Cryfield Grange from the Medieval to the late Post Medieval period. It was recorded as a fulling mill in 1535. The dam banks remain visible as earthworks, 700m north east of Crackley Wood.
1 In 1086 there were two priests in Stoneleigh and one of them had a chapel at Cloud. The priest was called Edmund the Hermit, presumably because this was a ...
The site of a possible hermitage, a retreat used in this case by a priest. The hermitage dated to the Medieval period. It was situated to the east of Cloud Bridge.
1 A near square homestead moat, the S and W arms of which are waterfilled, the remainder dry. The enclosed area is now occupied by two buildings and there is ...
The site of a moat, a wide ditch surrounding a building, which dates to the Medieval period. It is still partially visible as an earthwork, and is situated 500m east of Black Waste Wood at Stoneleigh.
1 The tenants of Stoneleigh called Sokemen, were compelled every three weeks to do their suit at the King’s Court held for the manor, upon a place called Motslow Hill, ...
The site of a mound that may have been a Medieval meeting place. The mound is situated 300m south of the church at Stoneleigh.
1 Â…part of a field named ‘Cunneyore’? in 1597 the ‘Conery’ in 1749 and ‘Cunnery Close’ in 1766. Thses names suggest that the field was the site of an artificial ...
Possible site of an artificial rabbit warren associated with the South Garden of Stoneleigh Abbey, suggested primarily be place name evidence. There is some doubt about its interpretation as a medieval/post-medieval warren; it has also been interpreted as part of the drain system.
1 The possible extent of the medieval settlement based on the OS map of 1886, 26SE.
2 The entry in Domesday has the village in Stoneleigh Hundred. The Phillimore edition gives ...
The possible extent of the medieval settlement at Stoneleigh based on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886.
1 Find of a pilgrim ampulla in 1994. The grid reference supplied was the area of SP333705, there were no details about the method of recovery.
2 Drawing of 1.
Find of a pilgrim ampulla, a miniature phial worn around the neck, from the medieval period. It came from near the river in Stoneleigh Deer Park.
1 A mound at SP33077235 is likely to be the Hundred mound of Motslow.
2On modern OS maps this is shown as a quarry.
The site of a mound which is visible as an earthwork. The mound may have been the Post Medieval meeting place of the hundred of Motslow. It is situated 400m south of Stoneleigh.
1 Deserted hamlet of Homburn described in Rous(c.1490) may be Home Grange in Stoneleigh. Ref 2 clearly identifies it with Sambourne, but this is wrong.
3 ‘DMH’ marked N of the ...
Documentary evidence suggests that the site of a Medieval deserted settlement lies in the area to the west of Stoneleigh Abbey.
1 Before the Conquest Kenilworth was a member of Stoneleigh and had a castle (Regist de Stonle F 4a) on the banks of the Avon in the woods opposite Stoneleigh ...
The possible site of an early castle, the remains of which are visible as earthworks. It is located 700m north east of Glasshouse Wood.
1 The field name ‘Cunneyore?’ shown on Goodwin’s map of 1597, ‘Conery’ on Wilkes plan of 1749 and ‘Cunnery Close’ on Baker’s map of 1766 suggests that this field may ...
The site of a possible medieval rabbit warren was indicated through a field name on 16th century mapping. No trace of this feature was identified through archaeological evaluation carried out on this site ahead of housing development.
1 Two medieval pins found in April 1992 in “Field 24 R.A.S.E. near Abbey”. The method of recovery was not recorded.
Two medieval pins found in Stoneleigh parish near the Abbey.
1 Millburn Grange is mentioned in the Stoneleigh Ledger Book of 1305 which gives details of the Stoneleigh Abbey estates. The site is adjacent to a possible DMV.
2 A possible ...
The site of Millburn Grange, a Medieval farm or estate that was associated with Stoneleigh Abbey. The site of the grange is located 100m north east of Millburn Viaduct.
1 Documentary research carried out in connection with archaeological observations at Finham Sewage Works (WA 7973) suggests that the site of Finham DMV marked as WA 2917 is incorrect. An ...
The possible site of the Medieval deserted settlement of Finham is suggested by documentary evidence. The site of the settlement lies 300m to the south of Finham Green.