1 A single span red sandstone bridge over Rocky Lane by the Lodge. No definite date is evident for the construction of the bridge, but the Lodge was at one ...
A sandstone bridge dating to the Imperial period that crosses Rocky Lane at the northern end of Thickthorn Wood.
1 A bridge is marked.
2 The present bridge is iron, probably late Victorian, and is still usable.
An iron footbridge from the Imperial period, on the site of an earlier bridge. It is marked on a tithe map of 1843. The footbridge crosses a loop of the Avon, 300m southwest of Stoneleigh Abbey, and is still usable.
Ashow is a village hidden away down a cul-de-sac near Stoneleigh Abbey. The charming timber-framed cottages have been altered since 1900, which caused me some problems in identifying them. Many ...
1 A bridge is shown.
2 A bridge is shown.
3 The present footbridge is fairly modern in appearance, but the sandstone bridge footings seem considerably older.
4 A footbridge is shown here ...
A footbridge which dates from the Post Medieval period, and which first appears on a map in 1597. The present sandstone footings are probably older than the superstructure. It crosses the Avon 900m southeast of Stoneleigh Abbey.
1 A bridge is marked.
2 The present bridge is iron, probably late Victorian, and is still usable.
The site of a Post Medieval bridge which is marked on a tithe award map of 1843. It was situated 100m southwest of the Adventure Playground in Stoneleigh Park.
1 Wooden pound (kept in order until fairly recently). Information from local inhabitant, 1951.
2 Pound marked.
3 There are no longer any traces of the pound.
The site of a wooden pound, used for penning livestock in the Imperial period. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1905. The pound was situated at the north end of Ashow.
1 In 1086 there were two mills on the Avon in Ashow.
2 ‘Old Mill Close’ marked.
3 ‘Old Mill Close’ marked.
4 These are good indications that at least one of the ...
Documentary evidence suggests that two watermills, dating back to the Medieval period, were situated on the River Avon, in the area of Ashow. One of the watermills might have been located 800m south west of Brick Kiln Spinney.
1 There were said to be two mills at Ashow in 1086. Documentary evidence appears to indicate that one mill was located at approximately SP3270.
2 Beighton shows what appears ...
The possible site of a Medieval watermill is suggested by documentary evidence. The site lies to the west of the church at Ashow.
1 A mill is recorded at Bericote in 1086. In 1291 two mills are recorded. A fulling mill had fallen down by 1547.
2 It is difficult to ascertain where the ...
The site of a possible Medieval watermill, suggested by documentary sources, and by the sandstone remains on one bank of the brook. Its use as a fulling mill is recorded. The location was 300m south of the church at Ashow.
1 Before the Conquest Kenilworth was a member of Stoneleigh and had a castle (Regist de Stonle F 4a) on the banks of the Avon in the woods opposite Stoneleigh ...
The possible site of a castle is suggested by documentary evidence. The site is located at The Grove, 700m north east of Ashow.
1 A glasshouse on the E side of Kenilworth first appears in the Parliamentary Survey of 1650 where a Glasshouse Coppice is recorded. A map of 1692 of Kenilworth Castle ...
The site of a glass works which was in use during the Post Medieval period. When trial trenches were dug the remains of walls and fragments of fused glass were uncovered. The site lies between Glasshouse Wood and Glasshouse Spinney, on the east edge of Kenilworth.
1 Discovered during fieldwork on the line of the Kenilworth Bypass. The site consisted of a possible field system and a house platform, or enclosure, on the edge of Glasshouse ...
A Roman enclosure or platform, visible as an earthwork, was recorded during fieldwork. Trial trenches revealed the remains of a Roman building and a cremation burial suggesting that this is the site of a Roman settlement. It is situated at Glasshouse Wood.
1 A rectory is shown in close proximity to the church on an estate map from 1766.
2 According to the Anot. map a stone built rectory was pulled down around ...
The site of a vicarage which probably dates to the Post Medieval period. It is marked on an estate map of 1766. The vicarage was demolished in 1851. It was situated to the north of the church at Ashow.
1 There is quite a lot of material on the Stoneleigh bridge in the Leigh MSS, Series D, Warwickshire Papers, Bundles 17 and 37-8. Built 1814-5, of Cubbington stone, at ...
New Bridge, a rusticated stone bridge built in the Imperial period to carry the drive to Stoneleigh Abbey across the Avon. It is situated 500m northwest of the Abbey.
