1 The dredging of a deep channel resulted in the discovery of an area of compact gravel, which when cut into by the bucket of the drag-line, was seen ...
The site of a ford, a shallow point used by people, animals and vehicles for crossing the River Avon. The ford dates back to the Roman period and was found during an archaeological excavation. It is situated 100m east of Bidford Bridge.
1 A possible causeway, noted during trenching by contractors for sewers, immediately west of the Bridge. The “causeway” was overlaid by up to 2 metres of post medieval material ...
The site of a ford, a shallow point used by people, animals and vehicles for crossing the River Avon. It dates to the Roman period and is situated 50m west of Bidford Bridge.
1 The Ryknild Street crossed the Avon by the ford at Bidford ‘where the original pavement still exists under the turf in the meadow adjoining the river.’
2 Severn River Board ...
The possible site of a ford, a shallow point in a river where people and vehicles crossed. The ford would have served the Roman Ryknield Street, known in the Early Medieval period as Byda's Ford. The site was located south of the church at Bidford on Avon.
1 Possible site for the Wihtlac’s Ford mentioned in 1086, but probably less likely than the site west of Wixford. This site is the crossing point of the Roman Ryknield ...
A second possible, but less likely, site of a ford, known as Withlac's Ford, dating from the Roman and Medieval periods. It is a crossing point over Hay Brook on the line of the Roman Ryknield Street. It is known from documentary evidence and is located east of Wixford.
1 Dicforde in 1086, the place where the Fosse Way crosses the Paddle Brook.
The site of a ford on the Fosse Way over the Paddle Brook, noted in 1086. It was situated 500m south of Stretton on Fosse. The ford dates back to the Roman period and is recorded in the Medieval period.