1 Brick tower mill. Built c1820. Lofty tower with ogee cap and finial; staging four sails and cap gallery with rotating wheel. Worked by steam for a period. Ceased working ...
The site of a tower mill, a type of windmill, which was built during the Imperial period. The windmill was demolished in 1925. It was situated 1km north east of Lower Green.
1 ‘Windmill Hill’.
2 Post Mill. Built by 1725. Ceased by late 18th century.
3 The site could not be investigated in detail, but there is a slight ‘unnatural’ rise which may ...
The site of a post mill, a windmill mounted on a post. It was built towards the end of the Post Medieval period. The windmill is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1834. It was situated 1km north west of Grandborough.
1 Windmill marked on the 1849 Tithe Map. Medieval (or later). Post mill. A mill at Woolscott is recorded in 1668 and may be the same mill (but see PRN ...
The site of a post mill, a windmill mounted on a post. It was in use during the Imperial period and is marked on a tithe map of 1849, although it may have been built before this. The post mill was situated 600m north east of Lower Green.
1 In 1086 the mill at Grandborough was worth 16d. Two watermills were recorded in the late 13th century. By 1531 the watermill was attached to the manor of Thomas ...
Grandborough Mill, a watermill which was originally built during the Medieval period. The Medieval mill building was replaced during the Imperial period. This building is still standing but has been converted into cottages. It is situated 400m north east of Grandborough.
Possible watermill in vicinity of Grandborough.
1 A deed of 1280 mentions two watermills, Cuttole and Baggole in Grandborough Parish.
2 One of these was probably Grandborough Mill (WA 3018).
3 There is ...
Documentary evidence suggests that there was a watermill in the area of Grandborough in the Medieval period. A sluice is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1884, but any traces of a mill have now gone.
1 There is what may be one arm of a moat marked on the present OS map, but there are no signs that it ever had any other limbs. It ...
A Medieval moat, a wide ditch usually surrounding a building. It is still partially visible at this site. The moat is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. It is situated 400m southwest of St Peter's Church, Grandborough.
1 ‘Moat Farm’.
2 There is what appears to be one arm of a moat in the form of a long narrow pond SW of the farmhouse.
3 The possible moat is ...
The site of a possible Medieval moat, a wide ditch surrounding a building. It is partially visible as an earthwork and is situated 200m north of St Peter's Church, Grandborough.
1 A “Manor House” appears at this site on the 1849 tithe map.
2 Woolscott Manor Farm is an isolated house. ‘Quite clearly it was the nucleus of a lost deserted ...
The site of a possible Medieval manor house. The present house on this site appears to have been built during the Imperial period. It is situated on Daventry Road.
1 Castle Farm is called Woolscott Castle on a Tithe Map from 1849.
2 The older part of the house is 17th century stonework built in an unusual manner with alternate ...
A house that was originally built during the Medieval period. Near the house there is a series of earthworks that may represent the remains of a hollow way and house platforms. The site is located between Woolscott and Grandburgh.
1 The Wolsey Inquisition of 1517 records three depopulations at Wollescote in 1503, 1514 and 1515. Wollescote may include Walcote. No obvious signs of desertion exist in the vicinity of ...
Documentary evidence suggests that a deserted settlement of Medieval date exists in the area of Woolscott.
1 On the Tithe Award Map of 1849, there were two houses and eleven cottages in Walcote. Most of these have now disappeared and there are now only three occupied ...
The site of a shrunken village at Walcote of Medieval to Imperial date. The tithe award map of 1849 shows buildings that no longer exist. They were situated in the area of Lower Green.
1 This site was located and reported as a clear one with the usual mounds and ditches. Rous reports it as depopulated. Dugdale calls it ‘long since depopulated’. It does ...
The site of the Medieval shrunken village of Caldcote. The remains of the village are visible as earthworks. The site is located 700m east of Tomlow Bridge.
1 The River Leam divides the hamlet of Woolscott from the village of Grandborough. The road connecting the two at Grandborough Mill is carried over the river by two bridges, ...
Documentary evidence suggests that this is the site of a Post Medieval bridge called Chayne Bridge. The present brick bridge is undated. It crosses the Leam 300m northeast of St Peter's Church at Grandborough.
1 The River Leam divides the hamlet of Woolscott from the village of Grandborough. The road connecting the two at Grandborough Mill is carried over the river by two bridges, ...
Documentary evidence suggests that this is the site of a Post Medieval bridge called Fines Bridge. The present brick bridge is undated and has been altered since construction. It crosses the River Leam 100m northeast of St Peter's Church at Grandborough.
1 Milestone marked.
2 It still remains intact and in place.
A milestone dating to the Imperial period is marked on the tithe award map of 1849. It is situated on Daventry Road.
1 ‘Windmill Close’ marked.
2 Woolscott windmill, recorded by 1668.
3 Windmill Close may be the site of Woolscott windmill (although see also PRN 3017). No trace of the mill was evident ...
The site of a windmill which dates back to at least the Imperial period. It was situated between Woolscott and Grandborough.
1 A house is shown at this location on an 1849 Tithe map.
2 Woolscott Manor is a two storeyed red brick building with a tiled roof, attic dormers and a ...
Woolscott Manor, a manor house which was built during the Post Medieval period. It is situated in Woolscott.
1 A coaching inn existed on the site.
2 There are now no visible traces.
The site of a coaching inn dating back to at least the Imperial period. It is marked on a tithe award map of 1851. The inn was situated 1km north east of Lower Green.
1 A pit containing the base of a late 17th/mid 18th century Manganese Mottled Ware beer tankard and a layer containing 18th or 19th century pottery were recorded during the ...
A pit containing the base of a late 17th/mid 18th century ceramic beer tankard and a layer containing 18th or 19th century pottery were recorded during the archaeological observation at.the former Old Royal George Inn, Grandborough.
The tithe map for Grandborough is one of a handful of ‘first class’ tithe maps produced in Warwickshire, as opposed to the majority of ‘second class’ tithe maps. As well as the ...
1 To the S of the shrunken Medieval settlement (PRN 3028) is what appears to be a shallow fishpond, which curiously, was crossed by later ridge and furrow.
2 1983: The ...
The possible site of a Medieval fishpond used for the breeding and storage of fish. Any earthworks that remained have been ploughed out. The fishpond was situated 500m east of Tomlow Bridge, Caldecote.
1 A contiguous block of ridge and furrow extending eastwards of the shrunken settlement of Walcote is visible on LiDAR imagery. A number of areas of headland are visible as ...
The site of a Medieval shrunken village. The remains of the village are visible as earthworks. A tithe map of 1849 shows a number of houses that no longer exist. The site is located at Lower Green, Walcote.
2 The field behind Moat Farm contains a series of earthworks which may represent croft boundaries, trackways etc.
The possible site of a Medieval shrunken village. House platforms and trackways are visible as earthworks. The site lies on the north west edge of Grandborough.
1 This was part of the first route in Warwickshire to be turnpiked. The section from Stony Stratford to Dunchurch was turnpiked under an Act of 1706-7 and that from ...
A toll road, whose upkeep was paid for by the extraction of a toll from travellers. It was established as a toll road during the Post Medieval period and continued to be used during the Imperial period. The road ran from Ryton Bridge towards Braunston.
