1 Parliamentary troops passing through the village after the battle of Edge Hill are said to have tried to pull down the ancient cross, from which they were dissuaded by ...
The site of a Medieval cross. The existence of the cross is known from documentary evidence. During the English Civil war the Parliamentarian troops tried to pull it down. The exact location of the cross is unknown but it stood somewhere in Willoughby.
1 There were two bathing establishments in Willoughby – the Willoughby New Sulphureous and Saline Baths and the Willoughby Lodge Spa (PRN 3069). The former Bath was situated on the ...
The site of the Willoughby New Sulphureous and Saline Baths, baths that date to the Imperial period. The baths were opened because it was believed that the water could help to cure complaints such as rheumatism. They were situated off Main Street, Willoughby.
1 A sulphorous and saline spring was discovered around 1800 on a farm in the S of the parish and recommended for both drinking and bathing.
3 There were two bathing ...
The site of Willoughby Lodge Spa, baths which dated to the Imperial period. The baths were opened because it was believed that the water could help to cure complaints such as rheumatism. They were situated 1km south west of Willoughby.
1 There was, reports say, a public gaol, near the church and adjoining the farm, part of the foundation of which was discovered, many years since, by some labourers ...
The site of a Post Medieval prison or gaol. It was situated 200m south west of the church at Willoughby.
1 On the footway from Willoughby to Grandborough about a furlong W of the church is a long bank of earth, seemingly thrown up for the purpose of fortification.
2 There ...
The site of an earthwork bank, possibly of Medieval date. The bank might form a defensive earthwork. Alternatively, it might be associated with a nearby moat. The bank is situated 100m south west of the church at Willoughby.
1 There is a sect lately sprung up, and established a meeting house here, called Primitive Methodists, whose numbers are but limited.
2 Chapel marked.
3 According to a local inhabitant the ...
The site of a Methodist chapel which was built during the Imperial period. It was situated 100m south east of the church at Willoughby.
1 Milestone marked.
2 The milestone is intact and in place.
The site of a milestone dating to the Imperial period. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. It was situated on Daventry Road, just outside Willoughby.
1 The only remains on the site of the house which once stood in Brook’s Close are the pillars of the forecourt entry, which would denote the class of structure ...
The site of a Post Medieval manor house. The house is no longer standing and earthworks in this area may represent its remains. The site lies 100m east of the church at Willoughby.
1 Chancel, nave, N and S aisles and porches, and W tower. Built at the beginning of the 16th century, the tower being the last part to be completed. Tower ...
The Church of St Nicholas which was originally built during the Medieval period. Alterations were made to the building during the Imperial period. The church is located in Willoughby.
1 A mill at Willoughby is recorded in 1215.
3 This may be the watermill of ‘Kelelismulne’ taken up under Wolfhampcote (see PRN 2943) which in 1333 was given by Godfrey ...
The possible site of a Medieval watermill. The existence of the mill is known from documentary evidence. It was situated in the area of Willoughby.
1 Post mill. Built by 1725. Ceased by early 19th century.
2 Windmill marked.
3 Windmill marked.
4 The mill does not appear on maps from 1822 onwards. No traces of the windmill ...
The site of a windmill which was in use during the Post Medieval period. It is marked on a map of 1725. The windmill had gone out of use by 1825. It was situated 1km south west of Willoughby.
1 Farmhouse. Early/mid 18th century, probably with earlier origins, with early/mid 19th century alterations. Flemish bond brick with limestone string course and rusticated alternating quoins; return sides have brick dentil ...
The Manor House, a farmhouse which was built during the Imperial period. It is situated 100m south west of the church at Willoughby.
1 Moat marked.
2 A substantial homestead moat with a lead-in drainage ditch to the N. The island is densely tree-covered; no building foundations were noted.
3 The moat is very overgrown ...
A Medieval moat, a wide ditch usually surrounding a building, is still visible as an earthwork. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. The moat is situated 150m southwest of St Nicholas's Church, Willoughby.
These days maintenance for the children of unmarried parents is a fact of life, but who knew that flighty fathers were being chased for child support as long ago as ...
Disused canal.
1 This is a section of the Oxford Canal abandoned in 1830 when the line was straightened.
The site of a disused canal, a waterway used for transporting goods. It dated to the Imperial period, was part of the Oxford Canal, and was located 1200m north of Willoughby.
1 The main construction depot for this section of the Great Central Railway was located at this canal wharf. The canal was used to supply materials for the rail ...
Willoughby Wharf, the site of a canal wharf, where vessels would have loaded and unloaded goods during the Imperial period. It was located 1000m north east of Willoughby Church.
1 This was part of the first route in Warwickshire to be turnpiked. The section from Stony Stratford to Dunchurch was turnpiked under an Act of 1706-7 and that from ...
A toll road, whose upkeep was paid for by the extraction of a toll from travellers. It was established as a toll road during the Post Medieval period and continued to be used during the Imperial period. The road ran from Ryton Bridge towards Braunston.
1 A public house dating to the early to mid 18th century. The Rose Inn is first mentioned in White’s Trade Directory of 1850. The roof was heavily damaged in ...
A public house dating to the early to mid 18th century. The Rose Inn is first mentioned in White's Trade Directory of 1850. The roof was heavily damaged in a fire in 2007; the building was subsequently subject to a drawn and photographic record.
1 Willoughby House garden, Willoughby, Rugby.
Pleasure grounds, avenue, drive, parkland/paddocks, kitchen garden.
Pleasure grounds, walks, parkland/paddocks, kitchen garden.
Recommended for inclusion on Local List by Lovie.
1 Willoughby Manor (Manor Farm) garden, Willoughby, Rugby.
Formal gardens around house, moat to S, paddock, boundary plantation to E.
Lovie comments that little garden is believed to survive at the time ...
Formal gardens, moat, paddock and boundary plantations.
1 Willoughby Vicarage garden, willoughby, Rugby.
Lovie reports pleasure grounds, mixed planting, paddock, kitchen garden. Some shrubbery and mature trees survive at the time of his survey.
Pleasure grounds with shrubbery, walks, paddock, kitchen garden.
