1 Dugdale records the depopulation of Upper and Lower Smite during the foundation of Combe Abbey in 1150. The old parish name is preserved in Smite Brook, Smeeton Lane and ...
The site of the Medieval deserted settlement of Upper Smite. The settlement is known to have existed from documentary evidence. Some traces of it are visible as an earthwork and as cropmarks on aerial photographs. The site is located 100m south of Mobbs Wood.
1 Upper and Lower Smite may be Warwickshire’s oldest lost villages. The foundation of Coombe Abbey in 1150 created pasture where formerly two villages had stood. The old parish name ...
The Medieval deserted settlement of Lower Smite. The settlement is known to have existed from documentary evidence. It was situated 800m north east of Coombe Countryside Park.
1 Documentary evidence is extremely full, although it is not certain who depopulated the village. In its heyday the parish included Hodnell, Chapel Ascote, Watergall and Wills Pastures. The chapel ...
The site of the Medieval deserted settlement of Hodnell. The remains of the settlement are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and extensive documentary evidence survives. It is located 800m north east of Chapel Ascote.