1 Some of the patterned Medieval tiles in Polesworth Church appear to be ‘wasters’. In Polesworth there still stands a cottage known as the Potter’s House in Potters Lane, and ...
The site of a tile kiln that produced patterned tiles. The kiln was Medieval in date and was situated in Potters Lane, Polesworth.
1 After the dissolution the site of Polesworth Abbey passed to Francis Goodere, whose son Sir Henry fashioned a manor house out of or on the site of the Abbess’s ...
A manor house that is Post Medieval in date and which incorporated building material from the Abbess's lodgings that had existed on the same site. The site of the manor house lies 200m east of Bridge Street, Polesworth.
1 A 17th century ashlar structure. It resembles an isolated gate pier, but is always called a sundial: there is however no dial. Tall pillar with square base ...
A sundial, constructed from a tall pillar of ashlar, that is Post Medieval in date. It is situated 250m east of Bridge Street, Polesworth.
2 The Abbey of Polesworth held two mills at Polesworth in 1291. They are also recorded in 1538 and 1545. In 1828 Samuel Mallaby was the miller. From 1864 ...
The site of a watermill that was first built in the Medieval period and used for milling corn. It continued in use until the 20th century. The site is 150m northwest of Abbey Green Park, Polesworth.
1 A late 17th century, rectangular brick built dovecote with a tiled pyramidal roof. Internally there are 489 nest holes, and in the centre of the floor, the remains ...
A dovecote, used for housing doves and pigeons, that is built of brick with a tiled roof. It is Post Medieval in date. It lies 400m north west of Edgerley Farm.
1 VCH entry.
2 A 17th century timber framed barn with brick infill. Now a garage.
4 Negative archaeological observation at tithe barn.
A tithe barn built from timber and brick which is Post Medieval in date. It is situated 60m east of Bridge Street, Polesworth.
1 Polesworth Bridge is dated 1776.
2 A bridge of ten arches over the River Anker. Apparently Medieval, entirely encased in brick.
3 The bridge has ten semicircular arches and bears and ...
Polesworth Bridge over the River Anker was first built in the Medieval period. It is situated on Bridge Street, 225m north west of Abbey Green Park, Polesworth.
1 Timber frame and painted brick with Medieval cruck, thatched.
2 The cottage is now uninhabited and has fallen into a state of decay.
3 Internal support is required to prevent the ...
A timber framed house of cruck construction with a thatched roof. The house is Medieval in date and is situated on High Street, Polesworth.
1 Medieval cruck in gable end of a timber framed building.
2 Photographed in 1977.
3 Plan of the cruck building and showing proposed alteration.
A house dating to the Medieval period with a cruck in gable end of the timber frame. The house is situated on High Street, Polesworth.
1 Late C15/early C16 with later alterations. Timber-framed. North end towards High Street has a jettied upper end and is gabled. West side has an original stone ...
A timber framed house dating to the Post Medieval period is situated on High Street, Polesworth.
1 Legends about the foundation survive and place the foundation at a number of dates between 839 and 1066. A certain amount of the history of the Abbey is known. ...
Polesworth Abbey, a nunnery house governed by an abbess. The Abbey dates to the Early Medieval period and lies 200m east of Bridge Street, Polesworth.
A Medieval gatehouse.
1 The gatehouse stands to the N of the W end of the church. It is of two stories. The walls are of rough ashlar, except over the ...
A gatehouse associated with Polesworth Abbey which is Medieval in date. The walls are constructed in ashlar except over the gateway where they are of timber. The gatehouse is located 200m east of Bridge Street, Polesworth.
1 Parish church of St Editha consists of a chancel, nave, N aisle and porch, and a tower N of the chancel. The nave is of the first half of ...
The parish church of St. Editha which is Medieval in date. The church was associated with Polesworth Abbey. It is located 200m east of Bridge Street, Polesworth.
1 After the Dissolution the site of Polesworth Abbey passed to Francis Goodere, whose son Sir Henry fashioned a manor house out of, or on the site of, the Abbess’s ...
The site of the Abbess' lodgings were part of Polesworth Abbey which is medieval in date. Parts of the lodgings were later reused in the building of a manor house on the same site. The site is located 200m east of Bridge Street, Polesworth.
1 School founded by Sir Francis Nethersole 1638, first built in 1655 and completely rebuilt in 1818. Built, chequered red and black bricks with stone dressings, of half H-shaped ...
A building constructed during the Imperial period as a school. It is built of red and black bricks that are arranged in a chequered pattern. The building is situated on the corner of Bridge Street and High Street in Polesworth.
1 Pipe yard by canal. One chimney dated 1813. In 1927 there were three kilns. Demolished pre-1965. Site now being landscaped.
2 ‘The site is now a black gaping hole in ...
The site of terracotta, brick and sanitary pipe factory situated on the southern side of Tamworth Road, Polesworth.
1 Formerly steam mill of Messrs Mallaby and Alkin. Grain was brought by canal and by road. Horses were stabled at the back, in the Old Salt House. ...
A steam mill which was built during the Imperial period for the purpose of grinding corn. It was situated on the western side of Market Street, Polesworth.
1 Found during the erection of the Infants School in the late 19th century.
2 This fragment is mounted on a bracket on the N side of the nave. One face ...
Find spot - a fragment of a cross dating to the Medieval period which was found 40m south of High Street, Polesworth.
1 1953: Animal bones, pot boilers, Roman pottery and piles found in a marsh. The dating given to this pottery was purely tentative. The pottery and most of the other ...
The site of a possible settlement dating to the Roman period is situated 300m southeast of Bramcote Hall.
1 Stone implement from Polesworth. Bartlett in 1791 described and figured (somewhat crudely) a barbed and tanged arrowhead.
2 Noted.
Find spot - a barbed and tanged arrowhead of Bronze Age date was found 60m west of Market Street, Polesworth.
1 Three storeyed red brick house dating to the mid 18th century.
2 Planning permission was obtained in c1967 for demolition but the house is still standing.
Bramcote Hall, a house built from brick and dating to the Imperial period. It is located 850m northwest of Warton.
1 The site now consists of a central 18th century house (PRN 223). Earlier maps show a complex of fishponds as well as a number of footpaths converging on this ...
Documentary evidence suggests that this was the site of a deserted settlement, abandoned during the Medieval period, on the site of Bramcote Hall.
1 Find made by metal detector in 1994: Copper alloy Medieval harness pendant. Probably late 13th – 14th Century.
Find made by metal detector in 1994: Lead cloth seal or alnage ...
Findspot - a harness pendant and a cloth seal were found at Donnative Farm, Polesworth.
1 The possible extent of the medieval settlement based on the OS map of 1885, 6NW.
2 Polesworth is not listed in Domesday.
3 Greenwood’s map of 1822 shows settlement both north ...
The possible extent of the medieval settlement based on the Ordnance Survey map of 1885.