1 Find of a groat of Henry VIII. Method of recovery unrecorded. Grid reference given of ” area of SP461835″.
Find of a coin of Henry VIII 400m northwest of the church at Monks Kirby.
1 Bloxam quotes from a letter of Dr Stukeley (1722) which records various features at Cestersover including ‘dams or stanks for fishponds’ across a valley.
2 In the stream valley on ...
Medieval fishponds, used for the breeding and storing of fish. They are visible on aerial photographs, and are partly visible as an earthwork. They are situated 300m southwest of Cestersover Farm.
Site of a Medieval windmill.
1 Post mill. Kirby Windmill (Priory of Monks Kirby). Built by 1291. Exact location not known.
2 In 1291 the Priory of Monks Kirby had a windmill ...
Documentary sources suggest that there was a windmill at Monks Kirby belonging to the Priory. It was of the post mill type, and in use from the Medieval to the Post Medieval period. Its exact location is unknown.
1 Newnham Paddox listed as a deserted Medieval settlement.
2 There is no other evidence to back this up.
The possible site of the Medieval deserted settlement of Newnham Paddox. The site is located 500m west of Burton Pool Wood.
2 Possible faint earthworks show on air photographs.
3 This field is still under pasture and has at least three possible hollow ways and some possible evidence for house platforms. Immediately ...
The site of the Medieval shrunken village of Monks Kirby. The remains are visible as an earthwork. The site is located 200m north west of the church at Monks Kirby.
1 ‘The Moats w/Plantation’ marked.
2 The land is now allotment with no sign of a moat.
3 Moat is visible on an aerial photograph taken in the 1970s (SP4863/O).
The site of a possible Medieval moat, a wide ditch usually surrounding a building. It is no longer visible as an earthwork, but its existence is suggested by a tithe map of 1842. It was situated 300m east of the church at Monks Kirby.
1 A circular water-filled ‘moat’ is marked enclosing a small area of land. Two adjoining fields are called ‘House Close with Moat’ and ‘Moat Close’.
2 Moat marked with a footbridge ...
A possible moat, a wide ditch usually surrounding a building. It would date to the Medieval period, and was marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. It is partially visible as an earthwork, and it is situated 450m east of Burton Pool Wood, Monks Kirby.
1 Find of a medieval seal matrix of Peter de Wylie in March 1995 at SP463832. The area was described as the Withybrook area, but the grid reference given of ...
Find of a medieval seal matrix 100m northeast of the church at Monks Kirby.
1 Find of a French denier Tournois of the mid 13th century in March 1995 at SP46158565. The method of recovery was not described.
Find of a French medieval coin 200m southeast of Cloudesley Farm, Monks Kirby.
1 In 1077 a cell or priory of Benedictine monks under obedience to the Abbey of St Nicholas at Angiers was established at ‘Kirkbury’. The priory (PRN 4242) was given ...
The site of the church of Monks Kirby Priory. The church was built during the Medieval period. It is located on the west side of Monks Kirby.
1 Mill Field, new Newnham Paddox (Monks Kirby Tithe Map 1842). Medieval (or later). Post mill. SP4783.
2 At SP4783 there is a low mound standing amidst ridge and furrow at ...
The site of a post mill, a windmill mounted on a post. It is marked on a tithe map of 1842 and the windmill mound survives as an earthwork. It may date back to the Medieval period. The mill was situated 200m north of Cabbage Clump.
1 In 1077 a cell or priory of Benedictine monks under obedience to the Abbey of St Nicholas at Angiers was established at ‘Kirkbury’. The priory was given the church ...
The possible site of a Carthusian Monastery, a priory of Carthusian monks, dating to the Medieval period. The site is suggested by documentary evidence. It is located in the area of the church in Monks Kirby.
1 Chancel, nave, N and S aisles and chapels, S porch with parvise, vestry, and SW tower. Rebuilt in the later 14th century and again towards the end of the ...
The Church of St Editha, originally built in the Medieval period. It was largely rebuilt during the 14th century. The church is situated 175m west of the Post Office, Monks Kirby.
1 In January 1467 Sir Henry Waver was granted a licence to erect and crenellate walls and towers at Cesters Over.
2 Dugdale saw the manor house reduced to so mean ...
The site of a manor house which dates to the Imperial period. The house may incorporate parts of an earlier manor house of Medieval date. It is situated 1km north west of Ryehill Spinney.
1 1960: The N arm and the N halves of the E and W arms of the moat survive wet. There are traces of the remainder of the moat visible ...
The site of a moat, a wide ditch usually surrounding a building. It is of Medieval or Post Medieval date. It is visible on aerial photographs and survives as an earthwork. It is situated at Cestersover, Monks Kirby.
1 In 1776 Stukeley saw a chapel converted into a barn.
2 A chapel was established by the ancestors of Sir William de Waver, who made a complaint to Pope Honorius ...
The possible site of a Medieval chapel is suggested by documentary evidence. The site is located 1km north west of Churchover.
1 Documentary references to Walton exist from 12th century on.
2 A reference exists to an estate here in 1328, but Walton had no separate manorial existence after the Dissolution.
3 Walton ...
The site of the shrunken settlement of Walton. It dates to the Medieval and Post Medieval periods. The site is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs. It is situated to the south of Little Walton.
1 Remains of a 15th/16th century cruck building found during excavation, together with other medieval features. The building that formerly stood on this site was a Grade II* Listed Building ...
The remains of a Medieval cruck house found during an excavation, together with other related features of medieval date. The house was situated at Bond End, Monks Kirby.
1 The Monks at Monks Kirby were granted a charter by Henry III in 1266. The market may have been held on the open land adjacent to the priory ...
The site of a market of Medieval date. The market may have been held in the open and adjacent to the priory precinct and church at Monks Kirby even before the granting of the charter by Henry III in 1266.
4 Ridge and furrow cultivation transcribed from air photographs.
Medieval ridge and furrow cultivation in the parish of Monks Kirby. The ridge and furrow survives as an earthwork in some areas. In other areas it is visible on aerial photographs.
1 Possible extent of Medieval settlement of Monks Kirby as suggested by earthworks. These have been plotted on the ridge and furrow plot for Monks Kirby Parish (PRN 6465).
3 ...
The possible extent of the Medieval settlement at Monks Kirby. It was planned, partly as a result of the market charter given to the monks by Henry III in 1266. The extent of the settlement is suggested by documentary evidence and is partially visible as an earthwork.
Earthworks of medieval moat.
1 Earthworks of a probable moat show on air photographs. These have been plotted on the ridge and furrow plot for Monks Kirby Parish (PRN 6465).
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A moat, a wide ditch usually surrounding a building. It is of Medieval date and survives as an earthwork. The moat can be seen on aerial photographs. It is situated 500m west of Railway Covert, Little Walton.
1 Possible extent of Medieval settlement at Street Ashton as suggested by ridge and furrow and field boundaries. This has been plotted on the ridge and furrow plot for ...
The possible extent of the Medieval settlement of Street Ashton. The extent is suggested by field boundaries and areas of ridge and furrow cultivation that are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs.
1 In 1460 and 1467 patents were granted to a London draper named Henry Waver. He appears to have been a native of this village, which had twelve messuages in ...
The Medieval deserted settlement of Cestersover. The settlement is known from documentary evidence. It was situated 1km north west of Churchover.