1 Two coins from the 12th and 13th century reported by metal detectorists.
Findspot - two Medieval coins were found 100m north of the church at Atherstone on Stour.
1 A coin from the 16th century reported by metal detectorists.
Findspot - a Post Medieval coin, from the 16th century, was found 100m north of the church at Atherston on Stour.
1 One ‘third brass’ coin of Constantine the Great.
Findspot - a Roman coin of Constantine the Great was found in the area of Atherstone on Stour. The exact location of the findspot is unknown.
1 Mile Post marked.
2 One of a series of cast iron mile markers placed exactly one mile apart on the Stratford on Avon to Oxford turnpike road, the first being ...
The site of a cast iron milepost dating to the Imperial period, and marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1938. It was located 600m north of the former church at Atherstone on Stour.
1 The church is recorded in 1251. In 1820 it consisted of chancel, nave, S porch and W tower with pyramidal roof. A number of ancient stones, mostly dating from ...
The site of the Medieval Church of St Mary. The church was replaced in the 19th century with a new building. The Medieval church was located on the site of the present church in Atherstone on Stour.
1 Finds made with a metal detector in 1991: Coins of the 12th and 13th century and a horse pendant from the 14th century.
Findspot - Medieval coins, from the 12th and 13th centuries, and a horse pendant, from the 14th century, were found 200m north west of the church in Atherstone on Stour
1 A turnpike road constructed between 1729-50. The first Act was 1729.
2 The Act for repairing the Road leading from a Gate called Shipston Toll Gate, at Bridge Town, in ...
A toll road which ran from Stratford to Long Compton Hill. It was built during the Post Medieval period and continued in use into the Imperial period.
2 Possible linear features forming a network of enclosures show on air photographs. These enclosures are rather irregular, and it is possible that they are natural rather than archaeological.
The site of undated, and possibly natural, linear features. They form enclosures that appear as cropmarks on aerial photographs. The features are located 1km west of Atherstone on Stour.
1 Chancel, nave, N vestry and SW tower. Rebuilt in 1876 with walls of grey rag-faced rubble and yellow freestone dressings. A number of ancient, mostly early 14th century stones ...
The Church of St Mary which was built during the Imperial period. Some of the building material within the walls of the church is 14th century stone that has been reused. The church is located in Atherstone on Stour.
1 Alscot Park was apparently established NE of the Stour in 1401, when the lord of Alscot was granted free warren. The park was infringed in 1593 and was possibly ...
The site of Alscot Park. The deer park dates back to the Medieval period and was remodelled in the 18th-19th centuries to become a landscape park. It was situated 500m east of Preston on Stour.
1 A mill is recorded in 1086, 1497, 1526, 1653, 1660, 1725. Although included in a conveyance of 1794, the mill must have been demolished shortly afterwards. On the site ...
The site of Atherstone on Stour Mill, a watermill which is documented from the Medieval to the Post Medieval period. No buildings survive, but the watercourses remain as earthworks. The site is 250m south east of the former church at Atherstone.
1 The River Stour has been diverted between SP2050 and SP2050, to form a water course for Atherstone Mill (WA1345). The channelling of the river is almost certainly contemporary ...
The site of a watercourse associated with the Medieval/Post Medieval watermill at Atherstone on Stour. The watercourse is still visible as an earthwork. It is situated 300m north west of Lion's Pond.
1 The waters of the Stour no doubt fed the fishpond for the stocking of which the Constable of Kenilworth was directed in 1231 to give Godfrey de Crawecumb 200 ...
Possible fishponds, used for the breeding and storage of fish. There is documentary evidence to suggest that they were Medieval in origin. They are still visible as earthworks, and are situated 100m east of the church at Atherstone on Stour.
1 The cottage was surveyed prior to the relocation of the building. On stylistic grounds, it is not likely to be earlier than the late 16th century and it is ...
Cutlin Mill Cottage, the remaining structure from a vanished mill. The mill was demolished before 1752. The cottage is located 200m south east of the church at Atherstone on Stour. The cottage appears to have been largely destroyed by a fire in 2011.
1 Warren indicated by ‘Warren Ground’ name on Devayne’s estate map, c.1811.
2 Illustrative map for 1.
The site of a rabbit warren which existed at Ailstone in the Imperial period. It is marked on an early 19th century map.
1 Building set within well treed grounds, with avenues leading SW. Shown on map of 1738.
2 Map illustrative of 1.
3 Lovie reports a farm with paddocks showing boundary planting. House ...
The site of a park dating back to the Post Medieval period. The park was associated with Atherstone Hill Farm, located in the parish of Atherstone on Stour.
1 The possible extent of the Medieval settlement, based on the first edition 6″ map, 44SW 1887.
2 Market Charter for Tuesdays granted 28 october 1246 by King Henry III to ...
The possible extent of the Medieval settlement of Atherstone on Stour. The area of settlement is suggested by the Ordnance Survey map of 1886 and archaeological records.
1 The Medieval Alscot Park was enlarged in the period 1742-47. In the early 18th century it was described in Atkyns Gloucestershire as delightful. In 1747 it was described ...
Alscot Park, a landscape park which was created in the Post Medieval period. A variety of garden features were added in the 19th and 20th centuries. The landscape park is located to the south of Atherstone on Stour.
1 Map.
2 Built by Dr Thomas, editor and Continuator of Dugdale’s `Antiquities of Warwickshire’.
3 Early 18th century.
4 Not outstanding.
5 Built by Dr Thomas (1680-1738) of red and blue patterned brick ...
Atherstone Hill Farmhouse, a building which was constructed during the Post Medieval period. It is built from red and blue patterned brick and has a tile roof. The farmhouse is situated in the parish of Atherstone on Stour.
1 A target wall and firing positions can be seen adjacent to the railway embankment. The size and strength of the target wall show that this range was for the ...
The site of a Second World War firing range associated with the airfield to the north east of Atherstone on Stour. The firing range was located on the east side of the airfield, 700m north of Fir Grove.
1 A three runway bomber airfield, with extra facilities for use by fighter aircraft, opened 12 July 1941. From July 1941 to Sept 1942 was a satellite to RAF Wellesbourne ...
RAF Atherstone on Stour, a Second World War bomber airfield with three runways. It opened in 1941 and closed in 1945. The airfield was situated to the north east of Atherstone on Stour.
1 A type T1 hanger for aircraft parking and repair. From a distance appears in good condition.
2 Vertical AP of airfield.
3 Airfield plan of 1942.
The site of an aircraft hangar, where aeroplanes were parked and repaired during the Second World War. The hangar was located within the Atherstone on Stour airfield, to the north east of Atherstone on Stour.
1 Originally a three storey brick building with a ‘look out’ principally used to control aircraft. Originally part of a range of other buildings, the control tower now stands by ...
A control tower associated with the Second World War airfield north east of Atherstone on Stour. The control tower was a three-storey brick building which is still largely standing.
1 An arrangement of concrete pathways laid out in geometric shapes so as to be visible from the air. Each shape, or signal, had a special meaning (eg land on ...
The site of a signal square, a series of concrete shapes laid out on the ground. They were associated with the Second World War airfield to the north east of Atherstone on Stour. The signal square was designed to provide instructions to pilots flying over the airfield.
