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Shrunken Post Medieval Settlement

1 A map shows buildings at the above grid reference. 2 This main area is now under grass. The road, now known as Main Street, divides into two at this point ...

The site of a shrunken village of Post Medieval date at Wolston. The remains are visible as earthworks. The site is located off Main Street.
Findspot - Post Medieval or Imperial coin

1 A halfpenny, minted in Ireland 1747-1755 (reign of George II). No further information.

Findspot - a coin of late Post Medieval/early Imperial date was found 600m north of Hunningham Bridge.
Findspot - Post Medieval iron weapon

1 A 16th century ‘child’s rapier’. The exact location of this find is not certain. The find is in Birmingham Museum.

Findspot- a Post Medieval iron weapon. The exact location of this find is not certain.
Shrunken Post Medieval Settlement at Sawbridge

1 There were 29 houses at Sawbridge in 1730. 2 Today there are fewer than ten houses and this indicates depopulation after 1730. There are probable house platforms on either side ...

The possible site of a Post Medieval shrunken village for which documentary evidence survives. House platforms, a hollow way and ridge and furrow cultivation are all visible as earthworks. The site is located 500m to the east of Sawbridge.
Shrunken Post Medieval Settlement at Sawbridge

1 There were 29 houses at Sawbridge in 1730. 2 Today there are fewer than ten houses and this indicates depopulation after 1730. See PRN 3044 for one possible area of ...

The site of a Post Medieval shrunken settlement. The earthworks show traces of house platforms and a pond, probably for watering stock. It is situated at the Manor Farm at Sawbridge.
Post Medieval pit/ditch near Gunnings Bridge, Alcester

1 Trial excavation conducted in 1981 in advance of construction of Sports Hall by Greig Memorial Trust. Three trenches were excavated by JCB. Nothing was located in Trenches ...

A section of a Post Medieval ditch or pit was found during an excavation. The feature was situated near Gunnings Bridge, Alcester.
Flecknoe Village Stocks

1 Stocks marked. 2 The stocks are restored and in good condition.

Flecknoe Village Stocks, a wooden structure in which the feet and/or hands of criminals would have been locked as a punishment. The stocks were used during the Post Medieval and Imperial periods. They were situated near the centre of Flecknoe.
Findspot - Post Medieval Dagger

1 Decorated dagger dating from 17th to 18th Century found during renovation of building. Il

Findspot - a dagger, dating to the Post Medieval period, was found 500m north west of Warwick Castle. The dagger was decorated and was found during building rennovation work.
Findspot - Post Medieval finds

Find of Post Medieval objects. 1 Find of 16th-17th century items by D Taylor of 22 Mansfield Close, Stratford. Brought into the Museum by finder and now returned: a small silver ...

Findspot - a brooch, child's bracelet and a token all dating to the Post Medieval period found in Weston on Avon.
Findspot - Post Medieval inscribed tiles

1 Seven inscribed tiles found in 1877 in demolishing a building, supposed to be 200 years old. The texture of the tiles and the forms of the letters suggests ...

Findspot - several Post Medieval inscribed tiles were found when a building was being demolished in the Bubbenhall area.
Post Medieval burial

1 Skeleton found a few years ago with the point of a sword sticking in the breast bone. This sword fragment is preserved in Edge Hill House together with other ...

The site of a Post Medieval burial. The skeleton had the point of a sword sticking into the breast bone. It was found 800m west of Sun Rising Covert.
Inner moat at Compton Wynyates House

1 A moat originally enclosed the house but this was partly filled in in the 19th century. The W arm was close to the house and was crossed by a ...

The remains of a water-filled inner moat, a wide ditch that surrounded the 16th century house. It is situated at Compton Wynyates House,
Findspot - Post Medieval stone gargoyle

1 Stone gargoyle found December 1957 by a man cleaning out a ditch. Death’s head gargoyle from a mural monument erected in a church?

Findspot - a stone gargoyle, possibly of Post Medieval date, was found 150m south west of the Police Station, Shipston on Stour.
Findspot - Post Medieval silver coin

1 An Elizabethan silver 6d of 1562 found in 1912 in a sewer trench in Church Street, Shipston on Stour (Seaby 1953 Standard

Findspot - a Post Medieval coin found in Church Street, Shipston on Stour.
Findspot - Post Medieval coin

1 A ‘Rose’ farthing of Charles I (1625-40) was found in 1982 in the garden of a house in Telegraph Street, Shipston on Stour. Condition – fair, patinated (Seaby 3206).

Findspot - a Post Medieval coin found in Telegraph Street, Shipston on Stour.
Findspot - Post Medieval copper coin

1 Found in 1978 in a ditch in the grounds of the High School, Shipston: A copper farthing of Charles II dated 1673.

Findspot - a Post Medieval coin found in the grounds of Shipston High School.
Site of Post Medieval Enclosures at Pillerton Prior

2 Earthwork enclosures and linear earthworks show on air photographs. The site was ploughed in spring 1987 and during a swift examination only Post Medieval and Imperial tile and pottery ...

Enclosures and linear earthworks are visible on aerial photographs. They are probably of Post Medieval or later date. The features are located 400m south west of the church at Pillerton Priors.
Site of Post Medieval Windmill S of Millfield Farm, Pillerton Priors.

1 Millfield Farm no doubt marks the site of the windmill referred to in various Elizabethan records. 2 In a field S of Millfield Farm there are earthworks consisting of a ...

Documentary evidence suggests that this was the site of a Post Medieval windmill. Earthworks of a possible associated mound survive. It stood north of the graveyard at Pillerton Priors.
Findspot - Post Medieval pottery

1 Three sherds of Worcester porcelain were found in the fabric of Westgate wall.

Findspot - three sherds of pottery dating to the Post Medieval period were found 300m north west of Warwick Castle.
Findspot - Post Medieval pottery object

1 A 17th century pottery bird whistle was found at Northgate Street.

Findspot - a Post Medieval pottery bird whistle was found in Northgate Street, Warwick
Findspot - Post Medieval pot

1 A six-handled jug was found at Barrack Street.

Findspot - a Post Medieval jug was found in Barrack Street, Warwick.
Findspot - Post Medieval glass object

1 A medicine bottle from the late 16th century was found in Northgate Street, Warwick.

Findspot - a Post Medieval medicine bottle was found in Northgate Street, Warwick.
Site of Cemetery at Offchurch Bury

1 A large quantity of human bones were found on excavating for a sunken fence in front of Offchurch Bury, but no accurate observations were made thereon. The ground seems ...

The site of a cemetery which dates back to at least the Post Medieval period. It is located 1km east of the golf course, Newbold Comyn.
Manor Farm, Holywell

1 The house has many fine timbers, two great hearths and an interesting staircase. Ownership is noted between 1548 to 1665. This is building No.3 on the 1550 ...

A timber framed house which was possibly built in the Post Medieval period and contains two great hearths. It is situated at Holywell.