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 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 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.
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 Earthworks indicating the remains of a Medieval shrunken settlement were observed during a site visit.
2 The earthworks have been photographed from the air.
3 Area extended slightly to the SE, ...
The site of the Medieval shrunken village of Willoughby. The remains of the village are visible as earthworks. The site is located to the west of Willoughby.