1 The probable extent of medieval settlement based on the OS first edition of 1888, 10NE.
2 Listed in Domesday under Coleshill Hundred. The Phillimore edition gives a grid ref of ...
The probable extent of the medieval settlement at Hartshill based on the Ordnance Survey map of 1888.
1 One of the Caldecote mills, mentioned in 1584, may have stood on this site. By the 1830’s it was known as ‘Leather Mill’. Some information exists on ownership in ...
The site of a watermill which was built during the Post Medieval period. It is now visible as an earthwork which is situated 225m south east of Leather Mill Farm.
1 Garden at Hartshill Castle, Hartshill.
Lovie reports a late 16th century house with garden built in the NE corner of former castle walls. Also the earthwork remains of the castle. ...
Earthwork remains of castle; late C16th house with garden.
1 In 1567 Sir Anthony Cook leased the house and park to Michael and Edward Parker. It is suggested that at this time the timber and red brick house ...
A timber framed house which was built during the Post Medieval period. It is situated on the east side of Hartshill Hayes Country Park.
1 Stands in a commanding position. Fortified in the time of Henry I (1100-35) as a motte and bailey castle (PRN 241), possibly by Hugh de Hardreshull. Only the earthworks ...
The remains of Hartshill Castle, which was originally built during the Medieval period. It is situated on the east side of Hartshill Hayes Country Park.
1 A stone-built chapel inside the bailey. Practically the whole of the E wall remains, with its small window and a portion of the S wall including the piscina. Built ...
The remains of a Medieval chapel which was associated with Hartshill Castle. Only two walls of the chapel remain and they are situated to the east of Hartshill Hayes Country Park.
1 After the Norman Conquest the nuns were expelled from Polesworth Abbey and settled at Oldbury. They later returned to Polesworth although a cell at Oldbury continued until the time ...
The site of a Medieval Benedictine nunnery which was located on the south side of Oldbury Camp.
1 One of the cottages on the Green, said to be the birthplace of the poet Michael Drayton, who was born at Hartshill in 1563, was pulled down for road ...
The site of a house dating from the Post Medieval period which was known as 'The Chapel'. It was situated at the village green, Hartshill.
1 Rendered front with tall round-arched windows and pedimental gable. Built in 1840 to replace a chapel of 1807-8.
2 Photographed in the early 1900s. The photograph shows the Chapel ...
A Congregational chapel which was built during the Imperial period. It is situated on Coleshill Road, Chapel End.
1 Sherds of Medieval pottery found. Also evidence of iron smelting.
Findspot - Medieval pottery was found 200m west of Grange Farm as well as evidence for iron smelting.
1 It is possible that around 1330, during the reconstruction of Hartshill Castle in stone, that several embankments were thrown across the valley on the E, forming a series of ...
Ponds of Medieval or Post Medieval date which are visible as earthworks. They are situated 50m east of Hartshill Castle.
1 Field survey by RCHME in 1997 identified the earthwork remains of several stretches of woodbank. The main bank runs along the NW and SW perimeters of the wood (the ...
Several boundary banks, possible of Medieval date, survive as earthworks and are situated in Hartshill Hayes Country Park.
1 Fieldwork produced Medieval pottery and roof slate from the site. There is no reference to who conducted the survey.
2 Material from the field survey was found unlabelled in the ...
Findspot - pottery and roof slate dating to the Medieval period were found 300m south of Leather Mill Farm.
To me Warwickshire has always felt like border country, the end of the southern half of Britain. This is marked by the old Roman highways of Watling Street from London ...
1 A homestead moat, surrounding a raised central area, now covered by fir trees. There are signs of masonry within the enclosed area. The moat is waterfilled and its general ...
A moat, a wide ditch surrounding a building. It is Medieval in date and is visible as an earthwork. The moat is situated 1km west of Caldecote.
