1 The primary role of the Royal Observer Corps (ROC) was the recognition and identification of hostile aircraft. With the start of the cold war and the increasing threat of ...
Royal Observer Corps Underground Monitoring Post at Beaudesert. Monitoring posts were to be used for the reporting nuclear bursts and monitoring fall-out in the modern period. The post was demolished some time after it closed in 1968.
1 Piece of unidentified iron found here Oct 1959.
2 Fragment of an undated iron horseshoe.
Findspot - fragment of an undated iron horseshoe and found 300m south west of The Mount.
1 From Waterloo Cottages to Pinks Farm this bank is on the boundary of the parishes of Nuthurst and Beaudesert. A section of the bank just N of Pinks Farm ...
A linear feature is visible as an earthwork which forms part of the Hobditch Causeway and dates to the Iron Age. It is probably part of a boundary and is situated north east of Dean's Green.
1 Small bronze axe found in a garden at Arden Crofts on the Birmingham Road. It was found at a spade’s depth on a bed of gravel in clay. It ...
Findspot - bronze axe dating to the Bronze Age was found 500m west of Buckley Green.
1 Beaudesert Hill – Alleged solitary fragment of Roman pottery, found 1807. Age doubtful.
2Moved from some point in Henley to a frankly random point on the castle hill.
Findspot - a pottery sherd, possibly dating to the Roman period, was found near Beaudesert.
1 A park known as ‘Henley Little Park’ surrounded Beaudesert Castle and extended N to Buckley Green. It was mentioned in 1326 and again in 1411. A moor within the ...
The site of Medieval deer park, where deer were kept for hunting. It was situated near Henley in Arden.
1 Chancel, nave and W tower. A fine example of the mid 12th century, but has suffered alterations of a peculiar nature. It preserves most of the original chancel walls, ...
The Church of St Nicholas which was originally built during the Medieval period. It is situated 300m south east of the police station, Henley in Arden.
1 At the foot of the natural slope to the N of the castle lies a fishpond, almost certainly associated with a castle.
2 The fishponds have been surveyed.
4 The upper ...
Fishponds, used for the breeding and storage of fish, which date to the Medieval period, and would have been associated with Beaudesert castle. They are still visible as earthworks and are situated 100m north of the Mount, at Henley in Arden.
1 Remains of earthworks on a steep hill called ‘The Mount’, which forms a promontory. The site is by nature strong and commanding. The extant remains consist of a flat-topped ...
The site of Beaudesert Castle which dates to the Medieval period. The castle is a large ringworkwith two probable baileys. The ringwork was eventually surrounded by a stone curtain wall and is known to have contained several stone buildings. It is visible as an earthwork and is known from documentary evidence. It is situated 400m east of Henley in Arden.
1 Whilst working on the chancel reflooring in June 1965, a vault was exposed on the south side. It was roughly 7’6″ square with a brick division forming two ...
A vault was found under the Church of St Nicholas during the reflooring of the chancel. The vault dates back to at least the Imperial period. Four coffins were found inside the vault, only two of which appear to have been used.
1 ‘Camp’.
2 Considered to be Roman.
3 The feature is situated on a hillside. It is completely devoid of any defensive qualities and is undoubtedly a quarry.
4 The idea that this ...
A linear earthwork, possibly dating to the Iron Age, is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs. It is located 700m north east of Bird in Hand public house.
1 ‘Windmill Hill’.
2 No documentary evidence has been found in the sources covered. The field rises to quite a high eminence in the S and would have been a suitable ...
Documentary evidence suggests that this may have been the site of a windmill of unknown date. It was marked on a tithe award map of 1841, but no surface traces survive. It was located 300m north of Johnson Place, Henley in Arden.
1 The settlement is not mentioned in Domesday when it is believed it was part of the parish of Preston Bagot.
Market granted by Empress Maud (ie queen Matilda) to ...
Beaudesert, possible extent of the medeival settlement based on the 1880s OS map.