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 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 Round horseshoe or platen ploughed up. It is presumably similar to Welsh Road drover’s platen.
Findspot - a Medieval or Post Medieval horseshoe was found in the area to the north of Willoughby.
Ridge and furrow cultivation in Grandborough Parish which dates from the Medieval period onwards. In some areas the ridge and furrow survives as earthworks. Elsewhere it is visible on aerial photographs.
1 A well-made, substantial pebble surface was recorded during observation on land adjacent to Burley House. The only secure dating evidence for the surface was a single sherd of medieval ...
A well-made, substantial pebble surface was recorded during observation on land adjacent to Burley House. The only secure dating evidence for the surface was a single sherd of medieval pottery, which is not conclusive. !Timetrail Test!
1 The possible extent of the Medieval settlement, based on the first edition 6″ map of 1886, 35SW, but not including the possible shrunken area, 5367.
2 There are two listings ...
The possible extent of the Medieval settlement at Grandborough. The area of settlement is suggested by documentary evidence.
1 The possible extent of the Medieval settlement, other than the suspected shrunken area WA 5362, and the deserted area WA3024, based on the first edition 6″ map of 1886, ...
The possible extent of Medieval settlement, other than the suspected shrunken and deserted areas. The area of settlement is suggested by documentary evidence.
1 The results of the aerial photograph and earthwork surveys have revealed that ridge and furrow, albeit poorly preserved in places, does survive on the site. The ridge-and-furrow survives better ...
An area of ridge and furrow cultivation dating to the Medieval or Post Medieval period. The ridge and furrow survives in places as an earthwork. It is situated on the west side of Grandborough.