1 Quarry marked on the 6″ Ordnance Survey map of 1886.
The site of a quarry which was being worked during the Imperial period and is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. It was located 600m south of the church, Lighthorne.
1 A smithy marked on the 25″ Ordnance Survey map of 1905.
The site of a forge which was in use during the Imperial period and is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1905. It was situated in Lighthorne.
2 Ridge and furrow cultivation transcribed from air photographs.
Medieval and later ridge and furrow cultivation in Lighthorne Parish. In some areas it is survives as an earthwork. Elsewhere it is visible on aerial photographs.
2 Circular mark on aerial photographs probably relates to modern agriculture.
The site of an enclosure which is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. It is of unknown date but may possibly be a modern feature. It is located 600m east of Moreton Morrell.
1 Suggestions of a long barrow. No further information.
2 This is dubious and requires a site visit.
The site of a possible long barrow of Neolithic date. It is located 300m south of Lighthorne.
1 The Fosse Way probably originated as the link road along a temporary frontier line and was in existence by AD 47. Between Cirencester and High Cross it runs remarkably ...
The Fosse Way, a Roman road of mid 1st century origin, running from Cirencester to Leicester, partly along a temporary frontier line. The road runs to the south east of Stretton on Fosse.
1 A possible Roman Road or trackway.
2 Marked as ‘saltway’.
3 Probable course of road shown by cropmark.
A road, possibly of Roman origin, parts of which are referred to in Early Medieval charters. Its probable course can be traced on aerial photographs.
1 Turnpike road from Birmingham to Warwick and Banbury, established between 1725 and 1750. Under the control of the same trust which ran the Birmingham to Edgehill route. The stretch ...
A toll road, where travellers had to pay a toll to use the route. The road was built during the Post Medieval period. It runs from Warmington to Birmingham via Warwick.
2 Enclosures and linear features show on air photographs.
3 The site occupies an elevated position on a ridge of lias with clay capping. Finds have been collected from the field ...
The site of a Roman villa. Various finds, including fragments of tile, bone, pottery and part of a whetstone, have been found at the site. Enclosures and boundaries are visible as earthworks. The site lies 500m south west of Chesterton Wood.
1 Lightorne Recotry (Old Rectory), Lighthorne.
Lovie reports a vill with pleasure grounds; paddocks with boundary planting and pond; kitchen garden.
C17th house with pleasure grounds, paddocks and kitchen garden.
1 Saltway (Sealt Straet) referred to in a charter of AD 956. This was part of a major cross country routeway running eastwards from Stratford.
2 Maps illustrating part of route.
3 ...
Part of an Early Medieval trackway known as the 'Saltway'. It is mentioned in a charter of 969 AD. It is part of a major routeway across the country heading east from Stratford upon Avon. It may have originated during the Roman period.
1 A quantity of Roman pottery was collected (mainly 2nd and 3rd century) during field survey. A bronze brooch was also found.
Findspot - fragments of Roman pottery and a brooch were found during a survey of the area 800m north west of the church at Lighthorne.
1 Built of stone in late 13th century style. Chancel, N chapel, nave, N aisle, S porch, and W tower. The W tower was rebuilt in 1771 ...
The Church of St Laurence which was built during the Imperial period. It replaced a Medieval church that had existed on the same site. The church is located on Church Lane, Lighthorne.
1 A gentleman remembered digging up old skeletons in a field called ‘Old Borough’. This field is fairly flat with a sharp fall to a ditch. Nine skeletons were ...
The site of a cemetery of unknown date. A number of skeletons were found when quarrying was taking place. The cemetery site was located 400m south of the church at Lighthorne.
1 Immediately after passing Chesterton Wood on the road from Warwick to Banbury, some remains of a Roman camp may by traced in a field on the left. Coins are ...
Findspot - several Roman coins have been found to the east of Chesterton Wood over the years.
1 Two fishponds marked.
2 Situated in a small steep-sided valley to the SW of the church. One of these ponds (SP3355) is now silted up and marshy. The other (SP3356) ...
Medieval/Post Medieval fishponds, used for the breeding and storage of fish. They are still visible as earthworks and are situated 200m west of the church at Lighthorne.
1 Museum donation – ‘Roman antiquities from Lighthorne’.
2 Four bronze fibula, two bronze rings, one bronze pin, one piece of bronze.
Findspot - Roman brooches, pins and rings, all made of bronze, were found in the area of Lighthorne.
1 The possible extent of Medieval settlement, based on the first edition 6″ map of 1886, 45NE.
2 The ridge and furrow plotting of the parish shows patchy survival
3 Lighthorne is ...
The possible extent of Medieval settlement of Lighthorne. The area of settlement is suggested by documentary evidence and the remains of ridge and furrow cultivation.
1 A windmill belonging to the manor of Lighthorne is recorded in 1316 and in 1627.
2 Great Mill Field.
3 Great Mill Field centred on the above grid ...
The possible site of a Medieval windmill suggested by documentary sources. It may have stood 300m north west of the church at Lighthorne.
1 c1870: On the formation of the Warwick-Banbury road through Chesterton Wood three male skeletons were found about 0.76m below the surface. They were all laid with their feet to ...
Three human burials of unknown date were found on the south west edge of Chesterton Wood. The skeletons were all male and all had their feet pointing to the east.
1 Civil War hoard 1642-49. SP342558. Half crowns, shillings and sixpences – England, Scotland and Ireland. Edward VI to Charles 1: 1551-1645/6. Their value in 1645 would have been £4 ...
Findspot - a hoard of silver coins, all dating to the Post Medieval period, were found in Old School Lane, Lighthorne.
1 Very little remains. Would appear to have been a square socket stone, but impossible to state with any degree of certainty details of shaft. The whole ...
The remains of a Medieval cross. Only the socket stone and a small part of the shaft survive. It is situated in the churchyard of St Lawrence's Church, Lighthorne.
1 A gentleman of Little Wolford, found c1950 an As., Severus Alexander, 222-235, in a field at SP3356. The coin is still in his possession.
2 Mentions the find of ...
Findspot - a Roman coin, of the Emperor Severus Alexander, was found on the west side of Lighthorne.
1 Brickworks marked on the 6″ Ordnance Survey map of 1886.
The site of a brickworks which was in operation during the Imperial period and is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. It was situated 1km north east of Lighthorne.