1 Fishpond marked.
A Medieval fishpond used for the breeding and storage of fish. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1926, and remains visible as an earthwork. It is situated 100m south of Wroxall Abbey.
1 A field centred at this grid reference is called ‘Mill Field’.
2 Still called ‘Mill Field.’
3 No surface indication could be found. The field is at the top to an ...
Documentary evidence suggests that this is the site of a Post Medieval windmill. Its location was 700m west of Wroxall Abbey.
1 The roofless remains of two buildings exist S of the church. The smaller is about 4.9m square and 11.4m from the church. It has a W doorway similar ...
The remains of Wroxall Priory, a nunnery founded in the Medieval period. The remains of two buildings exist on the site; the refectory or dining room; and the chapter house, where the nuns met to carry out business transactions. The site is 700m southwest of Wroxall Village.
1 The parish church of St Leonard was originally part of the priory (PRN 2609), but it is probable that this part was always assigned to the parishioners and that ...
The remains of Wroxall Priory Church, of Medieval origin. The church is now used as the Parish Church. It is likely that this part of the church was always used by parishoners, and that the portion of the building to the south, which is now destroyed, was used by the nuns.
1 The parish church of St Leonard was originally part of the Priory (PRN 2609), but it is probable that this part was always assigned to the parishioners and that ...
The Parish Church of St Leonard was built during the Medieval period. It was originally part of Wroxall Priory church but may always have been used by parishoners rather than by the nuns. The church is situated 600m south west of Wroxall.
1 The house built by the Burgoynes about the end of the 16th century occupied the site of the whole W end of the cloisters. It had symmetrical wings projecting ...
The site of a country house that was built during the Post Medieval period. It occupied the site of Wroxall Abbey and the remains of the abbey buildings may have been incorporated into the house. It was situated 600m south east of Wroxall.
1 Records of the parish, includes a note of inhabitants of Nonneleigh c. 1327-28. Also contains 19th century copy of a late 17th century estate map showing Nunley Farm.
Inhabitants of Nonnelegh are mentioned in records of 1327/8. The possible hamlet may have existed around Nunley Farm.
1 Records of the parish, includes a note of inhabitants of Kyckeslegh c. 1327-28. Also contains 19th century copy of a late 17th century estate map showing kicksly Farm.
Now named Wroxall after the manor. Inhabitants of Kyckeslegh are mentioned in records of 1327/8. The possible hamlet may have existed around Kicksly Farm.
2 Ridge and furrow cultivation transcribed from air photographs.
Ridge and furrow cultivation in Wroxall Parish. Some of the ridge and furrow survives as earthworks. Elsewhere in the parish it is visible on aerial photographs.
1 Stocks marked.
2 Two side members still exist, restored in 1977, with a metal strap reinforcing them. Condition on site visit was ‘as restored’, very good. Stocks stand on a ...
Village stocks, in which offender's wrists and/or ankles were clamped as a punishment. The stocks were in use from the Post Medieval to the Imperial period. The stocks have been restored, and are located in a field to the west of the Infant and Junior School.
1 This is a solid, well-preserved late 17th century farmhouse in red brick. A site visit showed it to be in excellent condition. There is no evidence to ...
A farmhouse dating to the Post Medieval period. It is situated to the north east of Wroxall.
1 The field centered SP223718 shows evidence of earlier field systems in the form of quite distinct ridge and furrow and alterations of field boundaries. This was noticed only ...
The remains of a Medieval or Post Medieval field system. It comprises field boundaries and areas of ridge and furrow. The field system is situated 400m north of Wroxall, in the vicinity of the cemetery.
1 Field against the crook in the road is called ‘Moat Close’.
2 No obvious indication of a moat could be discerned although immediately to the W of its supposed position ...
An estate map of 1805 suggests that this is the site of a possible Medieval moat. It is situated 800m north west of Wroxall Abbey.
1 A heavy line drawn across the road and labelled ‘tollgate’.
2 No further reference could be found and nothing could be seen on the site.
The site of a toll gate, where travellers would have paid a toll to use Birmingham Road, a toll road. The toll gate probably dates back to the Post Medieval period. It is marked on an estate map of 1805 and was situated 600m north east of Wroxall Abbey.
1 Benedictine nunnery of Wroxall, dedicated to St Leonard, was founded around the end of the reign of Henry I (1100-35). Leland gives 1141 as the actual date. At the ...
The site of Wroxall Abbey, a Medieval Benedictine Nunnery which was founded in the 12th century. The remains of two of the nunnery buildings are still standing, as are the remains of the church. A house was built on the site during the 16th century.
1 Earth bank acting as possible dam, Wroxall Abbey. Earth bank across low area of valley which opens into bowl shape on the abbey side of the dam. Possibly for ...
Earth bank across a small valley for damming the small stream, possibly for a mill, within Wroxall Abbey Park.
1 The park comprises the extensive remains of 17th century avenues from the north, east, south-east and south. Plantations and belts of trees on eastern and north-western boundaries. ...
Wroxall Abbey Park, a landscape park that was created during the Post Medieval period. It is situated to the south of Wroxall.
