1 Field survey in 1987 produced a single Migration period pot sherd.
Findspot - a single fragment of Anglo Saxon pottery, dating to the Migration period, was found during a field walking survey, 400m north east of Wimpstone.
1 One Saxon pot sherd found during field survey.
Findspot - a single fragment of Anglo Saxon pottery, dating to the Migration or Early Medieval period, was found 500m north west of Wimpstone. It was found during an field walking survey.
1 The Roman road running south-east from Tiddington is recorded as the hrycg wege (ridgeway) in a charter of AD 985, which recorded part in use along the Alveston parish ...
An Anglo-Saxon ridgeway recorded in fragmentary form in Early Medieval charters. It probably represents the reuse of a Roman road.
1 Reuse of part of Roman road evidenced by references in charters of AD 985 and AD 988; in the latter the road is called the ‘mycelan straete’ or great ...
Mycelan Straet, meaning Great Road, an Early Medieval road running south east from Stratford. It partially follows the line of an earlier, Roman, road and is mentioned in two charters in 985 and 988 AD. In documentary evidence from 1340 it is called 'Saltstret'.
1 The Shipston Road following the Stour Valley. It is referred to as the ealden straete (old road) in an Alderminster charter of AD 972.
2 Illustrative map.
Ealdan Straet, an Early Medieval trackway referred to in a 10th century charter. The route follows the Stour Valley towards Shipston.
1 A ‘salt maere’ (pool, possibly providing refreshment for pack animals) is referred to on the boundary of Alveston in a charter of AD 985. The fishpond in Goldicote Park ...
There is Early Medieval documentary evidence for the existence of a 'salt mere' at this site, associated with a trackway. The present fishpond in Goldicote Park, 300m south west of Long Coppice, may be its descendant.