1 St.Mary’s Priory was founded in 1832 for nuns of the Order of St. Benedict, with a girl’s school attached. The buildings, which include a church with a bell-tower, are ...
St Mary's Priory which was founded in the Imperial period for an order of Bendictine nuns. The priory is situated to the west of Princethorpe Great Wood.
1 Fosse Way sectioned where it passes the Romano-British settlement. An early road was cut through by a Trajanic rubbish pit. The later Roman road was 45.7m to the W.
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Partial excavation of the Fosse Way uncovered traces of the early road. It had been damaged by the building of 4th century buildings. Late 1st century pottery and a rubbish pit were also found. The site lies 400m southeast of the Mission Church at Princethorpe.
1 In 1580 the appurtenances to the manor of Princethorpe included two mills and a fishery in the Leam.
Documentary evidence from the Post Medieval period records two mills at Princethorpe. This is a possible site of one of the mills.
1 Priory farmhouse, listed Grade II, is a large farmhouse, basically early 19th century alterations to older buildings. At the time of the construction of St. Mary’s Priory, the building ...
Priory Farmhouse. During the Imperial period the building was used as an inn and a toll house, where travellers would pay a toll to use the toll road. It is situated 400m south east of Princethorpe College.
1 A linear cropmark is visible on aerial photographs running south west to north east in a field south of Princethorpe and south east of the Fosse Way. Possibly ...
A linear cropmark is visible on aerial photographs running south west to north east in a field south of Princethorpe and south east of the Fosse Way. Possibly route of Fosse Way or another Roman Road deviating from the Fosse.
1 A Trajanic rubbish pit cut into the early course of the Fosse Way.
2 A second trench through the Fosse Way indicated that it was badly damaged by later Roman ...
A Roman rubbish pit and evidence of fourth century Roman buildings was found during an excavation, suggesting that this is the site of a Roman settlement. The site lies close to the Fosse Way Roman road, 500m southwest of the Mission Church at Princethorpe.
1 Possible Roman road survives as an alignment of modern roads and tracks. The course of the road is lost to the SE of Princethorpe.
3 Possible road is shown ...
A possible Roman road runs from Dunchurch to Princethorpe. The route of the road is reflected in the alignment of a number of modern roads.
1 A turnpike established between 1750 and 1775. First Act 1754-5.
A toll road running from Ryton Bridge to Banbury, via Southam. Travellers would have paid to use the road during the Imperial period.
2 Two sides of a probable rectangular enclosure show on aerial photographs.
3 The enclosure is on a hill, or ridge, top with downhill slopes to W and E. The ground ...
The site of a possible Roman settlement. An enclosure is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. Various finds, including pottery, tile and animal bone, were found during a field walking exercise. The site is located 500m south of Princethorpe.
1 A bank seen on aerial photographs starting at the northern boundary of Princethorpe colledge Lodge and then curving towards the College grounds was mapped as part of the English ...
A bank can be seen on aerial photographs starting at the northern boundary of Princethorpe college Lodge and then curving towards the College grounds.
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It is not clear why the Benedictine nuns chose Princethorpe in Warwickshire. The site certainly had (and still has) attractive features: it was raised up, surrounded by ...
Princethorpe College, which is located in a former Benedictine priory, owes its existence to the French Revolution. However, its story really begins in the 17th century.
On 13th May 1630 Marie Granger ...
