1 A well, traditionally associated with Guy of Warwick.
2 A spring head at the base of a cliff enclosed in a fairly modern arched recess of ashlar sandstone.
3 Circa 1751-7 ...
Guy's Well, a Medieval holy well, associated with Guy of Warwick, can be found 215m south of The Saxon Mill public house.
1 The probable extent of the medieval settlement at Leek Wootton based on the OS map of 1886, 33NW.
2 The 1886 map shows settlement clustered around the central intersection of ...
The probable extent of the medieval settlement at Leek Wootton based on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886.
1 The possible extent of settlement based on the OS map of 1886, 33NW.
2 The Dugdale map marks Hill Wootton and gives it a tiny circle – the symbol for ...
The possible extent of the medieval/post medieval settlement based on documentary evidence.
1 An enclosure about 33m square, surrounded by a well-defined moat. Outside this is another moat which is not so clearly defined. The entrance is by a well-built, double-arched stone ...
Goodrest Lodge double moat, a wide ditch that surrounded a Manor House, of Medieval date. There is documentary evidence for its existence, and it remains visible as an earthwork. It is situated 450m north west of Nine Acre Plantation, Leek Wootton.
2 Linear cropmarks and enclosures show on aerial photographs. Traces of possible ridge and furrow to the NE appear to be integrated into the enclosure system and may indicate that ...
Linear features and an enclosure are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. Ridge and furrow is also visible, suggesting that the enclosure may be of Medieval date. The site lies under the A46, 80m north east of the intersection with the rail bridge near Leek Wootton.
1 Medieval decorated tile from Leek Wootton.
2 From the ‘Old Church’.
Findspot - Medieval decorated tiles came from the 'Old Church' (All Saint's Church) at Leek Wootton.
1 The hamlet of Heath was probably in what is now called Hill Wootton but part of it stood on the other side of the Holbroke.
2 Holbroke is now Cattle ...
The possible site of the deserted settlement of Heath which was occupied during the Medieval period. The site is known from documentary sources and is believed to have been located 500m north of the modern hamlet of Hill Wootton.
1 Rescue excavation in advance of the construction of a housing estate on part of the deserted settlement. Surface indications included a hollow way running E-W along the S of ...
The site of the Medieval deserted settlement of Leek Wootton. An excavation of the site showed Medieval period activity including a hollow way, house platform and enclosures. The site lies under houses on Tidmarsh Road and The Hamlet.
1 Excavation inside the moat revealed the foundations of a number of walls, usually about 0.23m below the surface. Several of these were followed, but insufficient work was done to ...
The site of Goodrest Lodge, a Medieval/Post Medieval manor house with double moat, bridge, fishponds and well. Remains of these features are visible as earthworks. On excavating the site, walls and floors were revealed. It is situated at Leek Wootton.
1 A probable mill-bay. Up to 2.3m high on both sides with roughly squared blocks visible where the dam has been breached.
2 Fishpond marked on a map of 1845.
3 The ...
The remains of a dam associated with a probable mill pond. The dam and the pond survive as earthworks. They date to the Medieval/Post Medieval period and are situated 350m south west of Fox Covert, Leek Wootton.
1 ‘Little Moat Close’ marked. Field name comes from Tithe Apportionment map 1748.
2 This document could not be located in the County Record Office.
3 The proximity of three other moats ...
The site of a possible moat, a wide ditch usually surrounding a building. It would have dated to the Medieval period, and was situated 400m west of Goodrest Lodge Moat.
1 A probable moat is visible at the above grid reference on aerial photographs. The site was under crop and could not be investigated.
2 No reference could be found on ...
The site of a possible Medieval moat, a wide ditch surrounding a building. The moat is visible on aerial photographs. A geophysical survey and trial trenching have taken place at the site, which is located 200m west of the Police Headquarters at Leek Wootton
1 The two Woodcotes (Upper and Lower) are among the hamlets mentioned by Rous at the end of the 15th century as being completely destroyed.
2 There is nothing visible from ...
Documentary evidence suggests that this may once have been the site of the Medieval settlement of Lower Woodcote. The site lies just south of the Police Head quarters at Leek Wootton
1 Upper and Lower Woodcote are among the hamlets mentioned by Rous at the end of the 15th century as being completely depopulated.
2 Dugdale also mentions these two settlements, but ...
Documentary evidence suggests that this may have been the site of the Medieval deserted settlement of Upper Woodcote. The site is located to the south of the current Police Headquarters.
1 Once a village, now reduced to a single farm according to Dugdale. Rous’ list contains ‘both Wodlows’. The 1:10000 map shows three farms with this name – Upper, Middle ...
The site of the Medieval deserted settlement just west of Middle Woodloes. The site is known from documentary evidence.
1 Rous’s list of depopulated places lists both Wodlows as depopulated. There are three farms with this name, Upper, Middle and North. Beresford says that from the air North Woodloes ...
The possible site of a Medieval deserted settlement as indicated by Beighton's map of 1725. The site of the settlement is located in the area of North Woodloes.
1 A possible moated site, indicated only by a dip in the field. It has the appearance of a site on which the moat has been allowed to fill up, ...
The site of a possible moat, a wide ditch usually surrounding a building, of Medieval date. It is still just visible as an earthwork. It was situated 200m west of Fox Covert, Leek Wootton.
1 These two fishponds have man-made banks along the W side which appear to coincide with the Wedgnock Park boundary.
2 Marked as ‘Quarry Site’ on map of Wedgnock Park in ...
The site of fishponds, which were used for the breeding and storing of fish. Their date of origin is unknown, but they are still visible as earthworks. It is likely that they were used during the Medieval period. They are situated 300m south west of Gostee Spinney, Leek Wootton.
1 Finds initially identified as Roman tile (see WA 8282) may be Medieval or Post Medieval.
2 Further Post Medieval tile and pottery recovered on site visit, including 1 sherd late ...
Findspot - tile and pottery sherds dating to either the Medieval or Post Medieval period were found 400m north west of Hill Wootton.
1 Evaluation of the area around a Medieval moat (WA2567) identified 11th century activity in the form of light industry which took place in the area to the north of ...
Excavation at this site revealed Medieval industrial activity in the form of pits, gullies and burnt material deposits. The site lies underneath the golf course at Fox Covert.