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.
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 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 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 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
1 Banks and ditches seen on aerial photograhs beside the River Avon to the west of Bretford were mapped as part of the English Heritage National Mapping Project. Two ...
Banks and ditches can be seen on aerial photographs beside the River Avon to the west of Bretford.
1 2 3 4 Ridge and furrow ploughing seen on aerial photographs in nine fields to the west of Bretford surrounding Brandon Grange Farm were mapped as part of the ...
Ridge and furrow ploughing can be seen on aerial photographs in nine fields to the west of Bretford surrounding Brandon Grange Farm
1234 Ridge and furrow seen as cropmarks on aerial photographs to the east of Bretford was mapped as part of the English Heritage National Mapping Project.
Ridge and furrow can be seen as cropmarks on aerial photographs to the east of Bretford
1 A number of features visible on aerial photographs were mapped as part of the National Mapping Programme. They include a rectalinear and subcircular enclosure. The source of the aerial ...
A number of features visible on aerial photographs were mapped as part of the National Mapping Programme. They include a rectalinear and subcircular enclosure.
1 BRETFORD is recorded as a Borough in 1279 and in 1334 Subsidy was valued at £31.13. A market charter for Tues granted 2 Sept 1227, by K ...
On the Fosse. Granted a market and a fair in the 13th century. Recorded as a borough at around this time.
Railway.
1 The Rugby to Birmingham branch of the LNWR is shown on the OS 1st ed 25″ map.
2 Railway from London-Birmingham, built under powers granted by Act of May 6th ...
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