1 Find of two medieval and two post medieval coins in 1987. The method of recovery is unrecorded. Grid reference given of SP085620.
Find of medieval and post medieval coins in Spernall
1 There are various references from the 13th century to the 17th century to an earthwork known as Roueditch or Row Ditch. It was first so-called in a grant of ...
A linear earthwork that is possibly a boundary ditch. It is of unknown date. The feature is located 900m west of Shelfield Green.
2 According to a papal licence of 1400 Spernall was the original site of the Priory of Cookhill and their original buildings here, at that date in ruins, included ...
Documentary evidence suggests that this was the site of the Cookhill Priory, comprising a moat and priory buildings. Of Medieval date, the remains of the priory are visible as earthworks. The site is located 350m north west of Morgrove Coppice, Spernall.
1 1195-1361 the village was largely depopulated by pestilence, so that many villein tenements came into the hands of freemen.
2 The village consists of the church (PRN 549) ...
The site of an area of shrunken village at Spernall dating from the Medieval to the Post Medieval period. The remains of the village are visible as earthworks. Medieval pottery has been found at the site during archaeological work.
1 A fishpond complex lying within a meander curve of the River Arrow. A reference dated to 1375 possibly refers to the ponds. They do not seem to have been ...
The site of Medieval/Post Medieval fishponds, used for the breeding and storing of fish. There is documentary for their existence, but they have now been filled in. They are situated 100m west of Lower Spernall Farm.
1 First recorded in 1258. The park was held with the manor of Spernall in 1328 and recurs in the manorial rolls of the C17, in 1640 being described as ...
Spernall Park, the site of a deer park dating from the Medieval to the Post Medieval period. Part of the park pale is visible as an earthwork. It is situated east of Shelfield.Recommended for inclusion on Local List by Lovie.
1 In Spernall village Esmond Dyes in 1662 occupied one cottage with a brick kiln and had an adjoining close called ‘claypitts’. This house was almost certainly ‘The Tyle House’ ...
Documentary evidence suggests that this is the site of brickworks of Post Medieval date. Some earthworks remain visible at the site, which is 100m north east of the cattle grid at Spernall.
1 c1695 there were at least three separate farms at Upper Spernall. All of these had outbuildings and several other cottages appear to be shown at that date. The largest ...
The site of an area shrunken village at Upper Spernall. Dwellings and farm buildings existed here during the Post Medieval or Imperial periods. The settlement is known from documentary evidence.
1 Two blacksmiths are recorded in Spernall in 1841. The smithy is said to have stood beside the road near Spernall Hall Farm, where the hedge now stands, 7m back ...
The site of a blacksmiths workshop dating to the Imperial period. It was situated 200m north east of the church, Spernall.
1 Seams of gypsum are found within the keuper marls of the area. In 1662 a plaster pit in Spernall Park is recorded, and a ‘plasterer’ is recorded in the ...
The site of a quarry dating to the Post Medieval period. It was situated in Spernall Park.
1 ‘Old Stone Pits’ are indicated on the OS first edition map at this location.
The site of a quarry dating to the Imperial period. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. It is situated 800m north east of Windmill Hill.
1 ‘Old Stone Pits’ recorded at the above NGR on OS 1st edition maps: no further information is available.
The site of a quarry dating to the Imperial period and marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. It is situated 600m south of Spernall Park.
1 Refered to as an ‘Old Sand Pit’ on OS first edition map, filled in recently. A semi-circular close with a cottage situated at the east end is indicated ...
The site of a quarry dating to the Imperial period. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. It is situated 500m south of Spernall Park.
1 The VCH records that a boundary ditch crossed Burford Lane to run up to the top of Round Hill, and that this was identical with the modern parish boundary ...
A boundary ditch of Medieval date which survives as an earthwork. It is located in the area of Round Hill.
1 The original site of Spernall manor house has not yet been accurately located, but the name Spernall Hall Farm may indicate that it lay to the N of the ...
The possible site of a manor house dating to the Medieval period. The site lies 300m north of Spernall.
1 In 1086 the Domesday Book records a mill. Further references in the 14th century; by 1659 it was ruinous. No sign of the mill survives, although it is clearly ...
The site of Spernall watermill for which there is documentary evidence from the Medieval to the Post Medieval period. The mill was located to the north west of Spernall Bridge.
1 In 1995 a geophysical survey was carried out on the site of Spernall DMV. To the north east of the survey area, a WWII Home Guard gun emplacement ...
The site of a Second World War gun emplacement. It is located near Spernall Bridge.
1 An evaluation of land required for a new bridge on the edge of a Medieval village was carried out in December 1994, involving background research, resistivity survey and the ...
The remains of a Medieval building were discovered during archaeological work and geophysical survey. The building was situated 100m north west of the church, Spernall.
1 Pit marked on OS map.
The site of a pit, marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. It is 600m north east of Windmill Hill, Spernall.
1 Pit marked on OS map.
The site of a pit, marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. It is situated on Romell's Hill, Spernall.
1 Pheasantry marked on OS map.
The site of a pheasantry, dating to the Imperial period. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. It is situated 800m east of Spernall.
1 The village consists only of the church and rectory and a few scattered farms and cottages. Depopulation occurred in the Medieval period (PRN 550) and in the 17th century ...
The site of a Post Medieval shrunken village at Spernall. The site is known from documentary evidence and areas of ridge and furrow are visible as earthworks.
1 The chapel of St Giles, which may have been the original church of the Priory, was granted with others of its lands, to Thomas Broke in 1541 and to ...
The site of a Post Medieval manor house. All that remains is a platform, possibly surrounded by a moat. The site can be identified from aerial photographs, and remains visible as an earthwork. It is situated 350m north west of Morgrove Coppice, Spernall.
1 The village consists only of the church and rectory and a few scattered farms and cottages. Depopulation occurred in the Medieval period (PRN 550) and evidence exists for Post ...
The site of an area of shrunken village at Spernall dating to the Imperial period. The remains of the village are visible as earthworks.