1 Alveston ford was the ‘Doddanford’ of the charters and was a continuation of the trackway on the E side of Alveston Pasture called ‘Hryaveg’ (Ridgeway) in the bounds of ...
The second of two possible sites for the Early Medieval Dodda's Ford, a shallow part of the river where animals, people and vehicles would have crossed. It is referred to in a 10th century charter. The site lies 500 m north of Alveston.
2 A mill is known to have existed at Alveston since 966 and in the Domesday survey there were three mills. In 1240 there were two mills and a mill ...
Alveston Mill, the site of a watermill for which there is documentary evidence from the early Medieval period. Derelict by 1886, it was demolished in the 1940s. Only a weir survives. The mill was 400m north east of the church.
1 Probably the more likely location of Dodda’s Ford, mentioned in a charter of AD 985. At this point a routeway crossed the Avon to run towards Hampton Lucy.
The possible site of a ford. It is mentioned as Dodda's Ford in a 10th century charter. The ford was situated on the eastern edge of Alverston.