1 There are places called Grafon in ten English Counties including Warwickshire. The first syllable in this compound is now thought to be the Oold English graf, meaning Grove. ...
1 Find made with a metal detector in 1987: A 16th century or 17th century bronze buckle.
Findspot - a Post Medieval bronze buckle was found at Ardens Grafton.
1 Find made with a metal detector in 1985: Bronze double loop buckle.
Findspot - a bronze buckle of Medieval date was found 400m west of Croft Lane.
1 A Hundred meeting place (see PRN 5211). This was described in 1640 as ‘place about eight yards square inclosed with a hedge and ditch uppon the topp of a ...
A possible boundary marker of Medieval or Post Medieval date is situated on Haselor Hill. It is a wooden post set into a modern concrete base.
1 In 1540 the manor (PRN 1725) passed to the Crown. A modern building now stands on the site and replaced an ancient manor house which was destroyed in 1804.
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The site of a Post Medieval manor house which was destroyed in 1804. The manor house stood 500m south of Temple Grafton.
1 Barlichway Hundred. The earliest known reference is in 1175. Its name is derived from Barlichway Greve, where the Hundred Court held its meetings (see PRN 1528 for a possible ...
The site of Barlichway Hundred Meeting Place, where the hundred court held its meetings during the Medieval period. The site is suggested by documentary evidence and is situated on Haselor Hill.
1 There was a church at Grafton in 1086. Both the rectory and the advowson were acquired by the Hospitallers, their earliest recorded presentation being in 1277.
2 The drawing of ...
Documentary evidence suggests that there was a Medieval church in Temple Grafton. It was replaced by a later church in 1875. The Medieval church was situated at Church Bank.
1 Coarse Medieval pottery sherds, oyster-shell, timber with peg-hole. Probably from deserted Medieval village of Hillborough.
Findspot - fragments of Medieval pottery, oyster shell and a piece of timber were found 800m west of Welford-on-Avon.
1 Assorted finds comprising a 17th century to 18th century belt or strap hook, a 16th century bronze belt buckle, a 16th century pewter counter and 19th century model cannon ...
Findspot - various finds of Post Medieval date, including a belt buckle and a model canon, were found in the area of Temple Grafton.
Ridge and Furrow cultivation in Temple Grafton Parish.
2 Ridge and furrow cultivation transcribed from air photographs.
Medieval ridge and furrow cultivation in the parish of Temple Grafton. In some areas it is visible as an earthwork. Elsewhere it is visible on aerial photographs.
1 Find made in 1987: 23 pieces of Medieval pottery of which 4 were rims.
Findspot - 23 fragments of Medieval pottery were found at Ardens Grafton.
2 Linear features and a possible enclosure show as earthworks.
An enclosure and possible linear features thought to be of Medieval date are visible as earthworks. The features are situated 600m east of Croft Lane.
1 Possible site of Medieval manor house associated with Hillborough deserted settlement.
2 In the garden of Hillborough Manor are two pieces of masonry and several squared slabs of building stone.
3 ...
The possible site of a Medieval manor house situated at Hillborough.
Ridge and Furrow cultivation in Temple Grafton Parish.
2 Ridge and furrow cultivation transcribed from air photographs.
3visible on lidar.
Medieval ridge and furrow cultivation in the parish of Temple Grafton. In some areas it is visible as an earthwork. Elsewhere it is visible on aerial photographs.
1Ridge and furrow shows on lidar images.
Ridge and furrow earthworks to the south of Temple Grafton village.
1Ridge and furrow shows on lidar images.
Ridge and furrow earthworks to the east of Temple Grafton village.
1 Moat Close and a waterfilled moat marked.
2 Only the W and S sides are marked.
3 Probably the original site of a manor house (PRN 1725). The S and W ...
The site of a possible Medieval moat, a wide ditch usually surrounding a building. Two sides of the moat are visible as an earthwork and the moat is marked on a map dating to 1815. It is situated 100m east of Grafton Court Hotel.
1 The Graftons were the principal landowners during the later C12. The first mention of the Knights Hospitallers occurs in 1189 when they were granted land here. By 1338 they ...
The site of a Medieval preceptory, a manor or estate run by an order of knights. The site is suggested by documentary evidence. It was situated 500m south of Temple Grafton.
1 Windmill marked.
2 A windmill is recorded at Temple Grafton in 1571, although it is not certain that it was on this site.
3 The hill is called Windmill Hill.
4 There ...
The site of a Post Medieval windmill is suggested by documentary evidence. The windmill was situated on Windmill Hill, 1km south of Temple Grafton.
1 Medieval churchyard cross situated SE of the church. Square socket stone with square opening not filled. Found buried below grass level.
2 No trace of cross base in the churchyard. ...
The site of a Medieval cross which was situated in Temple Grafton Churchyard.
1 There were thirteen entries in the lay subsidies for this village. A chapel here (PRN 1733) was destroyed in the C16.
2 Medium archaeology (B), no entry under ‘History’.
3 A ...
The site of the deserted settlement of Hillborough which is of Medieval date. House platforms, ridge and furrow cultivation, and house platforms are visible as earthworks. The site is located 100m south of Hillborough Manor.
1 A stone-built dovecote is situated within Hillborough DMV (PRN 1728). It is about 24ft dia externally and the walls are about 1 yard thick inclusive of the stone ...
Hillborough Dovecote, a building used for housing pigeons or doves. It is of Post Medieval date and is situated south of Hillborough Manor.
1 There was a mill at Hillborough in 1086, but there is no other reference to it until 1571, when it was in the possession of John Hubaud.
2The location has ...
The site of a Medieval watermill which is known from documentary evidence. The watermill was situated in the area of Hillborough.
1 A chapel at Temple Grafton, formerly belonging to the Hospitallers, was included in the grant of 1545 to William Sheldon and John Draper and was granted by the latter ...
The site of a Medieval chapel which is known from documentary evidence. It was situated at Temple Grafton, west of the present church.