1 On the 1886 OS map, a wharf is indicated in this area and presumably occupied a corner of a larger field still separate, and now partially wooded over and ...
The site of a canal wharf, where vessels would have loaded and unloaded goods during the Imperial period. It was located at the north west side of Rising Bridge, Lapworth, and is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886.
1 Find of a harness pendant which was found in 1991 and brought in to the Museum for identification. Method of recovery unreported, and no detailed grid reference. SP17SE.
2 Illustration ...
Find of a medieval harness pendant in Lapworth. No specific grid reference.
1 The probable extent of the medieval settlement based on the first edition OS map of 1886, 25SW.
2 The ridge and furrow plotting for the parish.
3 Domesday lists Lapworth; in ...
The probable extent of the medieval settlement at Lapworth based on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886 and on aerial photographs.
1 Cleycrofte, a piece of land which was bequeathed in the 15th century for the maintenance of St Mary’s Church Lapworth. There is documentary evidence from the 19th century which ...
The site of a piece of land south of the church at Lapworth, for which there is documentary evidence for the medieval open field system and for the division of land into strip fields.
1 Traces of the site of the capital messuage of Es’eneford can be seen in the field on the opposite side of the main road from Brook House (Lapworth Brook). ...
The site of a possible Medieval moat, a wide ditch usually surrounding a building. It is still just visible as an earthwork, and is situated 200m south of Lapworth Bridge.
1 Stone block exposed in East boundary of churchyard at St. Mary the Virgin, Lapworth by site clearance of overgrowth. Inscribed ‘1893 RH’ and further small inscription ‘1918 ADM’. ...
Churchyard associated wih St. Mary the Virgin, Lapworth
1 A map shows a moat in approximately this position.
2 ‘Moat (site of)’ marked just S of Fetherston House.
3 A site visit required to assess the state of preservation of ...
A moat, a wide ditch usually surrounding a building. The moat is of Medieval date and is situated at Fetherston House, Lapworth.
1 About the beginning of Edward I (1272-1307), William de Harcourt granted to Henry de Braunteson and his heirs, that part of his capital court or mansion ‘by the wall ...
The site of a possible Manor House dating to the Medieval period. It is known from documentary evidence. It was situated 900m south west of Copt Green.
1 A linear bank with traces of a ditch to the E follows Lapworth Street on its W side. The earthwork is cut by the drives of the houses ...
A linear earthwork, possibly of Iron Age date. It probably forms part of the Hobditch, a boundary feature. It is located 500m north east of the Boot Inn.
1 A short but well-defined length of bank and ditch are visible in a pasture field. The earthwork is about 15m wide and the total elevation appears to be about ...
A linear earthwork, possibly dating to the Iron Age. It is probably part of the Hobditch, a boundary feature. It is located 500m north of Lapworth.
1 During 1989 a watching brief of two holes observed no archaeologically significant finds or features. The only feature was a modern ditch, 2m wide by 1.5m deep. ...
A ditch, dating to the Imperial period, was found during archaeological work. It was located 400m west of Kingswood Bridge.
1 A number of small gullies and oval pits of unknown date were recorded within the limits of an earthwork site believed to be an Iron Age hillfort. The former ...
A number of small gullies and oval pits of unknown date were recorded within the limits of an earthwork site believed to be an Iron Age hillfort.
1 A manorial history exists. In 1410 the Prior of Coventry had ‘a manor surrounded with pools’.
2 The moated site containing the Medieval manor was Scheduled as an Ancient Monument ...
The site of a moated manor house dating to the Medieval period. The house is known from documentary evidence. It is situated 100m west of the church at Packwood. A post hole was found during an archaeological works. It is likely to have held a large timber upright probably forming part of the timber-framing from a long demolished section of the house. Glazed ridge tile fragments were found inside the posthole suggesting the medieval buildings high status.
1 There is a pondbay at the above grid reference. The pondbay carries a farm road and is 24m long and 1m high. It is below the moat, not the ...
The site of a dam, possibly dating to the Medieval period. It is visible as an earthwork. The dam is located 700m north west of Packwood House.
1 The contract for the building of a hall at Lapworth dated 1314 still exists, and Dugdale supposes this to be what is now known as Bushwood Hall.
2 The present ...
The site of a manor house dating to the Medieval period. It is known from documentary evidence. It was situated 700m north west of Bushwood.
1 A 1st century brooch of the Polden Hill type reported by metal detectorists.
Findspot - a brooch dating to the Roman period was found near Bushwood.
1 Former coal wharf, with nearby lock and characteristic barrel roofed cottage. Former Dick’s Lane wharf provides a winding hole.
2 No access was afforded to this site.
The site of Dick's Lane Wharf, a canal wharf, where vessels would have loaded and unloaded coal during the Imperial period. It was situated 250m north of the M40.
3 Ridge and furrow cultivation transcribed from air photographs.
Ridge and furrow cultivation, in Lapworth parish, dating to the Medieval period. Some areas of ridge and furrow are survive as earthworks, whilst others are visible on aerial photographs.
1 Kingswood junction marks the junction between the Stratford upon Avon Canal and the Warwick and Birmingham Canal. The orignal plan was for the connection to be one and ...
Kingswood Junction, a canal junction between the Stratford on Avon Canal, and the Warwick and Birmingham Canal, dating from the Imperial period. It is located 300m southwest of Kingswood Bridge.
1 A turnpike road established between 1750 and 1775.
The route of the Old Warwick Road, a toll road dating to the Imperial period. It ran between Hatton and Hockley Heath. This is also the site of a toll gate dating to the same period.
1 The only evidence for this section which is visible on the ground consists of a typical stretch of bank and ditch forming part of a farm road, called Tinkers ...
A linear earthwork possible dating to the Iron Age, which was a boundary feature being part of the Hobditch. It is visible in parts as an earthwork and is located south of Lapworth.
2 Group of ring ditches and a small rectangular enclosure show on aerial photographs. The site is probably that of a Second World War searchlight battery or anti aircraft battery ...
A group of ring ditches and a small enclosure are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. The features probably represent the remains of a Second World War searchlight battery or anti aircraft battery. It is situated 500m north west of Copt Green.
1 Brome Hall garden, Brome Hall, Lapworth.
Lovie reports pools, moat and orchard.
Pools, moat and orchard associated with C17th house.
1 Bushwood Hall garden, Lapworth.
Lovie reports a garden with orchard on a moated site. Moat survives in modern woodland garden setting at time of Lovie’s report (1996/7).
Garden and orchard on moated site.