1 Coins and jettons from the 12th and 15th to 17th century reported by metal detectorists.
Findspot - coins dating to the Medieval and Post Medieval periods were found 100m west of St. Bartholomew's Church, Little Packington
1 Finds made with a metal detector in 1989: Two coins of the 16th century and a medieval cast iron ornament in the shape of a little man.
2 Find made ...
Findspot - various finds dating to the Medieval and Post Medieval periods were found 100m north of St. Bartholomew's Church.
1 Finds made with a metal detector in 1990: Coins of the 14th and 15th century, a 14th century horse pendant, and a 16th century strap-end.
Findspot - various finds of medieval and Post Medieval date were found in Little Packington. They included coins and a decorated strap-end.
1 Site of quarry marked on OS map of 1886.
The site of a quarry which was in use during the Imperial period. It was situated 500m east of The Bogs Farm.
1 Waterfilled moat measuring 80m NW-SE by 50m transversely.
2 The NW half of the moat remains, the NW arm being 50m in length, the NE and SW arms ...
A moat, a wide ditch surrounding a building, which is Medieval in date. It is visible as an earthwork and is situated 400m west Mulliner's Rough.
1 Deserted medieval settlement of Little Packington. A forest settlement, so not likely to be a compact village. Its disappearance is probably to be explained this way ...
The site of a possible deserted settlement of Medieval date at Little Packington.
1 Flint knife found c1950 (in Birmingham Museum).
3 Birmingham Museum have no knowledge of this find.
4 The knife was was stolen in 1977.
5 Dating changed from ...
Findspot - a flint knife of Prehistoric date was found 600m north west of Little Packington.
1 Chancel with modern N vestry, aisleless nave with a W bell-cote, and a modern S porch. The nave is C12, the chancel is late C13 addition, and ...
The parish church of St. Bartholomew which has its origins in the Medieval period. It is situated 600m north east of Park Farm.
1 Hermitage Farm is an early C18 brick house enclosed by the remains of a rectangular moat. SE of the house, within the moat, are the foundations of ...
The site of a moat, a wide ditch surrounding a building, which is Medieval in date. It is visible as an earthwork and is situated 100m north of Hermitage Farm.
1 A hermitage is said to have been built at Little Packington parish by Hemeric, incumbent temp. Henry I (1100-1135).
2 The moated site at Hermitage Farm (PRN 416) ...
The possible site of a Medieval hermitage which was situated 100m north of Hermitage Farm.
1 Of little importance after July 1842. Passenger service withdrawn on 1st January 1917. Freight service withdrawn on 24th April 1930. A service to Maxstoke was maintained from ...
Stonebridge Railway, once the Hampton Branch of the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway. It was built during the Imperial period.
1 Over the river Blythe near Little Packington is a packhorse bridge of C17 date. This carries the track which crosses the N part of Packington Park.
2 ...
Little Packington Bridge, a road bridge dating from the Post Medieval period. It is situated 250m east of Brook Farm.
1 The most prominent village boundary yet noted is at Little Packington, one of the few small deserted nucleated settlements within the Arden Forest. Here, a small rectangular enclosure including ...
A medieval enclosure, the boundary of which survives as an earthwork bank. It surrounded the medieval village of Little Packington and was situated 100m east of St. Bartholomew's Church.
1 Packington Park was until the second half of the C18 bisected by an important thoroughfare which formed part of the main London to Holyhead route. It ran from Meriden ...
The former line of a road that was constructed during the Post Medieval period. It was part of the main London to Holyhead route.
1 Bronze Age axe found at Little Packington at the above grid reference.
2 Drawing.
3 Middle Bronze Age date given.
Findspot - an axehead of Bronze Age date was found 100m south west of Church Farm.
1 A lead object was found at the above grid reference. The object has possible impressions of grain of wooden mould.
2 Drawing.
Findspot - a lead object of unknown date was found 100m south west of Church Farm.
1 A bronze object was found at the above grid reference.
2 This may be the foot of a Medieval candlestick.
3 Drawing.
Findspot - a bronze object which may be the foot of a candlestick was found 100m west of Church Farm. It may be Medieval in date.
1 A flint knife was found at this grid reference.
2 Drawing.
Findspot - a Neolithic or Bronze Age flint knife was found 250m south west of Todd's Rough.
In part one, I investigated the attendance of the children at Little Packington school. This article will explore what else the school’s logbook can tell us.
School building
The school building is also mentioned in ...
Little Packington is a parish made up of scattered farms and dwellings in the north-west corner of Warwickshire. A charity to provide schooling in Little Packington was set up in ...
1 Site of quarry marked on map of 1886.
The site of a quarry which was in use during the Imperial period. It was situated 600m north west of St. Bartholomew's Church.
