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 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 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 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 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 Parish church of St Editha consisting of a chancel, nave, N aisle and porch and a tower N of the chancel. The church incorporates Medieval masonry and was probably ...
The parish church of St. Editha. The building incorporates Medieval masonary and is situated 200m east of Bridge Street, Polesworth.
1 The cloisters were S of the nuns’ quire. A 12th century doorway still survives just E of the present nave and S of the modern chancel. This would have ...
The site of the cloisters of Polesworth Abbey dating to the Medieval period. They were situated 200m east of Bridge Street, Polesworth.
1 Evidence for a pottery kiln includes a slip ware dish decorated with ‘Polesworth RG 1801’ and the road called ‘Potters Lane’. Investigations in the back gardens of houses along ...
Various finds from this area suggest that there was a pottery kiln here during the Imperial period. It would have been located in the area of Potters Lane, Polesworth.
1 Site of Birch Coppice Colliery Railway track.
From Map.
Links Birch Coppice Colliery and the Midland Railway (Kingsbury branch) at Hill End sidings.
Railway connecting Birch Coppice Colliery and main Midland Railway.
1 Site of The Hermitage, Polesworth.
2 Half a mile to the W of the church on the Tamworth road. Possibly the site of the chapel of medieval origin associated with ...
Possible site of chapel built above St Edith's well.
1 A small canal basin served by a tramway is shown here on the 1st edition 25″ OS. The tramway would presumably have brought coal from Dordon mines. Just ...
A canal, canal basin and wharf where vessels would have loaded and unloaded goods. They were built during the Imperial period. The canal basin and wharf are situated 100m south of Tamworth Road, Polesworth.
1 A turnpike or toll road established between 1750 and 1751.
A toll road, a road whose repair was paid for by the exaction of a toll. The toll gate is where travellers paid the toll. They both date to the Imperial period and are situated on Chiltern Road, Stoneydelph, Tamworth.
1 A turnpike road established between 1725-50.
A toll road whose upkeep was paid for by the extraction of a toll from travellers. It was built in the late post-medieval period and ran between Polesworth and Austrey.
1 A colliery is shown on the Poleworth tithe map c.1850
A colliery is shown on the Polesworth tithe map c.1850. The site is situated approximately 65m to the south west of Bull's Head Bridge.
1 Chapel of Hoo situated between Polesworth and Grendon. This (now demolished) chapel was dedicated to St Leonard, and endowed with land by Roger de Grendon, in King Henry I ...
The site of the Chapel of St. Leonard, which was built during the Medieval period. It lies 350m south of the sewage works, Polesworth.
1 Large 19th century building in dark red brick with tile roof. Closed in early 1976, windows are now boarded up. At the rear is a large stable block dated ...
The Chetwynd Arms, an inn built in red brick with a tile roof with a stable block to the rear. It was built during the Imperial period and is situated on Market Street, Polesworth.
1 A complex of 19th century buildings in brick with tiled roof. This complex includes hairdressers, newsagent and gift shop. Altered only in minor respects with most of the ...
Buildings of brick with tiled roofs that date to the Imperial period and are now in use as shops. They are situated on Bridge Street, Polesworth.