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 An inscription cut on a rock on the S side of Blacklow Hill, near the top has, among other letters: ‘1311 P GAVESTON EARL OF CORNWALL BEHEADED HERE.’
2 This ...
The site of a Post Medieval inscribed stone on Blacklow Hill. The stone has, among other letters, the inscription, "1311 P GAVESTON EARL OF CORNWALL BEHEADED HERE" The stone is on the site of Gaveston's Cross.
1 On the S side of Blacklow Hill large quantities of glass waste have been found. Masonry walls are also evident, covered by dense shrub.
Large quantities of glass and the remains of masonry walls have been observed on the south face of Blacklow Hill. This may indicate the presence of a Post Medieval glassworks.
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.
1 A coin from the 16th century reported by metal detectorists.
Find spot - a Post Medieval coin was found near Nevill Close, Whitnash.
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 In connection with survey work for the Kenilworth By-Pass, these parallel ditches were shown to be part of the Post Medieval field system.
2 The By-Pass covers part of the ...
The site of a Post Medieval field system. Part of the field system still lies in fields between Warwick Road, Leek Wootton and the Warwick bypass, approximately 100m south of Wootton Road.
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 A 17th century farthing token found at a farm at Leek Wootton. The grid reference is approximate. Type Temp. Commonwealth or Charles II c1660. The reverse has the initials ...
Findspot - a Post Medieval farthing was found behind houses on the east side of Warwick Road, 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 Stocks located at the Saxon Mill, in close proximity to the main wheel. The stocks have a plaque which says, ‘These original public punishment stocks were removed and restored ...
Wooden stocks dating to the Post Medieval period, in which an offender's wrist's and/or ankles were locked as a punishment. The original site of these stocks is unclear. They were restored in 1957 and are now at The Saxon Mill public house just north of Warwick.
1 Manor house shown.
2 In 1861 Mr Wise pulled down the old manor house and built a new one.
Documentary evidence shows a Post Medieval manor house on an early map. It was pulled down in 1861 to make way for a new house. The site lies 50m north of the radio mast at Warwickshire Constabulary Headquarters, Woodcote.
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.