1 Many writers have made mention of the curious ancient ‘covered way’ near Brinklow called Tutbury Lane. It runs up the hill from the old ford at Bretford to the ...
Tutbury Lane, a trackway of unknown date. The trackway is mentioned in documentary sources and is visible as an earthwork. It runs from north from Bretford, towards Brinklow and eventually Tutbury. The name comes from links between Tutbury priory and the area.
1 A flat axe head from the early-mid Bronze Age. No grid reference given and method of recovery unrecorded. Line drawing FI file 10002.
Find of an early-mid Bronze Age axe at Bretford Fields.
1 Find of a penny of Edward I and a pitcher foot in the area of Bretford Field Farm. No grid reference given and method of recovery unrecorded.
Find of a medieval coin and a pitcher foot in the area of Bretford Field Farm.
1 Find of a penny of Edward I and a foot from a tripod pitcher at “Bretford Farm Field”. No grid reference was given and the method of recovery was ...
Find of medieval items near Bretford. The exact location is unknown.
1 Although Medieval in design the size and uniform construction suggest an 18th century date at the earliest. It is known to have been in need of repair in the ...
Bretford Bridge, a road bridge that was built during the Post Medieval or Imperial period. It replaced the Medieval bridge which stood on the same site. The bridge is situated at the southern end of Bretford.
2 Undated enclosure shows on aerial photographs.
An enclosure of unknown date is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. It is situated 500m south west of Bretford.
1 Dense flint scatter discovered during field survey. Finds concentrated in a specific area. Most of the flints are waste rather than tools. No obvious signs of occupation.
2 Dating extended ...
A flint scatter dating to between the Mesolithic and the Bronze Age periods was found 1km east of Brandon. It comprised mainly waste flakes rather than flint tools.
1 A coin of the 13th century reported by metal detectorists.
Findspot - a Medieval coin was found 200m north west of Bretford Bridge.
1 A bridge is mentioned in 1279, and in 1653 when it was in great decay and was repaired at the cost of the county.
2 The existing bridge is 18th ...
The site of Bretford Bridge which was built in the Medieval period. It is known from documentary evidence. It was situated to the south of Bretford.
1 In the reign of Edward I (1272-1307) a permanent gallows for the execution of criminals was erected at Bretford.
2 John de Vendon obtained a grant of a market in ...
The site of Medieval gallows, a wooden structure from which criminals would be hung as a method of execution. The exact location of the gallows is unknown but they were situated to the south of Bretford..
2 Traces of up to three possible undated enclosures show on aerial photographs.
3 The cropmarks apparent on aerial photographs were mapped as part of the English Heritage National Mapping Project. ...
Three possible enclosures of unknown date are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. Fieldwalking suggests that they are prehistoric in date and possibly represent settlement activity. They are situated between Bretford and Wolston.
1 The younger Geoffrey de Clinton gave land to Noemi the Nun, for the establishment of a small house of nuns. The scheme was speedily abandoned and the endowment given ...
Documentary evidence suggests that a small Benedictine Nunnery was founded at Bretford during the Medieval period. The exact location of the nunnery is unknown.
1 There was a chapel at Bretford unconnected with the nunnery of which a list of the incumbents from 1303-1360 exists. The site is now lost.
2 Founded in 12th century ...
Documentary evidence suggests that a Medieval chapel existed in Bretford. It had originally been built as a leper hospital. The exact location of the site is unknown.
1 Dense flint scatter discovered during field survey. Finds concentrated in a specific area. Most of the flints are waste rather than tools. No obvious sign of domestic occupation.
2 Dating ...
A flint scatter dating to between the Mesolithic and the Bronze Age periods was found 1km east of Brandon. The flint scatter comprised mainly waste flakes, although there were a small number of tools.
1 Aerial photographs.
2 Aerial photographs show a large circular enclosure adjacent to, and partly cut by, the Fosse Way. Site visit showed no visible indications; the area has been ploughed.
A circular enclosure of unknown date is visible on aerial photographs as a cropmark. It is situated 300m north east of Bretford.
1 Possible ring ditch and undated enclosure show on air photos.
A ring ditch of Neolithic or Bronze Age date is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. An enclosure of unknown date is also visible. The features are situated 500m south west of Bretford.
1 A collection of flints were recorded during fieldwalking undertaken in 2005. The flints appeared to be in a loose scatter and so do not represent specific settlement sites. They ...
A collection of flints were recorded during fieldwalking undertaken in 2005. The flints appeared to be in a loose scatter and so do not represent specific settlement sites. They range in date from Mesolithic to Iron Age.
1 Ridge and furrow ploughing evident as earthworks on aerial photographs in an area imeadiately to the north of Hill
Farm Bretford was mapped as part of the English Heritage ...
Ridge and furrow ploughing is evident as earthworks on aerial photographs in an area imeadiately to the north of Hill Farm, Bretford
1 2 Ridge and furrow ploughing is evident as crop marks on aerial photographs in an area imeadiately to the north of Bretford and to the east of the Fosse ...
Ridge and furrow ploughing is evident as cropmarks on aerial photographs in an area imeadiately to the north of Bretford and to the east of the Fosse Way
1 A circular ditch 1.5m wide with a diameter of approximately 6m seen on aerial photographs 100m north of the Queens Head public house Bretford was mapped as part of ...
A circular ditch about 1.5m wide with a diameter of approximately 6m can be seen on aerial photographs 100m north of the Queens Head Public House, Bretford.
1 Linear banks seen on aerial photographs on both sides of the Fosse Way at Bretford were mapped as part of the English Heritage National Mapping Project.
2The current route of ...
Linear banks can be seen on aerial photographs on both sdes of the Fosse way at Bretford.
1 The hollow way seen on aerial photographs on the sothern bank of the River Avon 50m to the east of the B4029 Fosse Way, near to Bretford Bridge ...
A hollow way can be seen on aerial photographs on the sothern bank of the River Avon 50m to the east of the B4029 Fosse Way near to Bretford Bridge.
1 Interconnecting linear Ditches seen on aerial photographs 100m to the east of the bridge at Bretford were mapped as part of the English Heritage National Mapping Project.
2 These would ...
Interconnecting linear Ditches can be seen on aerial photographs 100 mto the east of the bridge at Bretford.
1 Ridge and furrow ploughing seen on aerial photographs in five fields to the west of Bretford was mapped as part of the English Heritage National Mapping Project.
Ridge and furrow ploughing can be seen on aerial photographs in five fields to the west of Bretford