1 The original C18th century brick built cottage had undergone a number of alterations during its lifetime. A two-storey extension was built onto the east during the early 19th Century ...
An Imperial Period Lock Keeper's Cottage associated with Dunton Wharf, Curdworth.
1 The probable extent of medieval settlement based on the OS first edition 6″ maps of 1887, 9NW and 9SW.
2 Curdworth is listed in Domesday in Coleshill Hundred. Grid ref ...
The probable extent of the medieval settlement at Curdworth based on the Ordnance Survey map of 1887.
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 Curdworth. Monitoring posts were to be used for reporting nuclear bursts and monitoring fall-out in the modern period. The post lies on the west sideof Wiggins Hill Road, Curdworth.
1 The present brick built bridge was erected during the middle of the 19th century about 50 yards E of the site of the old bridge (MWA51).
2 Photograph.
3 Archaeological observation ...
Curdworth Bridge which was constructed during the Imperial period. It replaced an earlier bridge which was situated nearby. The bridge is situated 300m south of Spring Farm.
1 At the SE corner of Curdworth churchyard was a Medieval cross-shaft with a modern head and set in a modern base. In 1953 the rector recalled that this ...
The site of a cross which was situated 20m south of the Church of St. Peter and St. Nicholas, Curdworth. The cross shaft is Medieval in date but the base and head are modern.
1 The 1903 25″ OS shows a wharf at this location.
2 There is a discernible widening of the canal just west of the bridge where the old wharf is shown ...
Curdworth Wharf, where vessels would have loaded and unloaded goods during the Imperial period. It was located soutwest of Curdworth Bridge, and is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1903.
1 The 1886 OS 6″ map shows a wharf at this location on the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal. The adjacent bridge is called Dunton Wharf Bridge on later maps. ...
The site of a canal wharf known as Dunton Wharf, where vessels would have loaded and unloaded goods. It was built during the Imperial period and was situated 450m north east of Baylis's Bridge.
1 The Birmingham to Fazeley Canal projected from Birmingham to Fazeley on that part of the Coventry Canal which had not yet been built, to break the Birmingham Canal Company’s ...
The Birmingham and Fazeley Canal, which was built during the Imperial period.
1 A regular 3 storeyed brick built house, c.1680. It is said to have been the home of Dr. Johnson’s maternal grandparents, Cornelius and Anne Ford. The house ...
Dunton Hall, a three-storeyed house built during the Post Medieval period. It is situated 600m south west of Mullensgrove Farm.
1 Brick built pigeon house c.18th century. Now used as a stable.
2 Foster dovecote number 9
3 Photographed in 1977.
Dunton Hall Dovecote, a building used for housing doves or pigeons. It was built during the Post Medieval period and is still standing at Dunton Hall, 600m south west of Mullensgrove Farm.
1 Cuttle mill (disused). Building and millponds shown.
2 Elevation of the mill in 1763 showing a timber framed building.
3 Little is known of the history of the mill, although ...
Cuttle Mill, a watermill and associated mill ponds and buildings dating from the Post Medieval period. It is situated at Cuttle Mill Farm.
1 Tradition has it that the then-existing bridge was built by John Vesey, Bishop of Exeter, during the reign of Edward VI in 1553. It was reputedly built of stone ...
The remains of Curdworth Bridge which was built during the Post Medieval period. The site is located 300m south of Spring Farm.
1 Moat enclosing a building at Curdworth Hall Farm.
2 A manorial history exists for the period 1086 to the 19th century.
3 The moat at Curdworth Hall Farm is reputed by ...
A moat, a wide ditch surrounding a building, which dates from the Medieval period. It is visible as an earthwork and is situated at Curdworth Hall Farm.
1 A large bronze ‘celt’.
2 Bronze palstave, unlooped, with shield pattern. Thomas gives a grid reference of SP1892.
3 The grid reference of SP 1692 is given, although it is ...
Findspot - a Bronze Age axehead, known as a palstave, was found east of Curdworth.
1 One sherd of Romano British mortarium discovered during construction of M42.
Findspot - one sherd of Roman pottery was found near Junction 10 of M42 near Tamworth
1 Of c1700. A plain brick house with a gabled crosswing. The barn is of late 17th century brick and is reputed to have been the rectorial tithe barn, but ...
The site of a house and barn that were built during the Post Medieval period on Church Lane, Curdworth. The site is now under a housing estate.
1 The remains charcoal manufacturing sites appear as dark, roughly circular soil marks on aerial photographs near Dunton Hall, Curdworth mapped as part of English Heritage (EH) National Mapping Project ...
The remains of charcoal manufacturing sites appear as dark, roughly circular soil marks on aerial photographs near Dunton Hall, Curdworth.
1 A ring ditch and linear features 350m to the north west of Newlands Farm, Curdworth are evident as crop marks on aerial photographs mapped as part of English Heritage ...
A ring ditch and linear features 350m to the north west of Newlands Farm, Curdworth are evident as crop marks on aerial photographs.
1 A group of fields to south of Curdworth show evidence of ridge and furrow ploughing on aerial photographs. The area is now a waste water treatment plant mapped ...
A group of fields to south of Curdworth show evidence of ridge and furrow ploughing on aerial photographs.
1 The Hermitage, Over Green, Curdworth
Lovie did not visit. No details other than moat and orchard.
Moat, orchard
1 The Hollies garden, The Hollies, Curdworth (incorrectly referenced by Lovie in Lea Marston).
Lovie provides few details; villa with formal gardens and pond.
2 Marked on the OS 2nd edition as ...
Formal gardens and pond. Marked on the OS 2nd edition as The Mount.
