1 A watching brief during the excavation of foundation trenches recorded a large quantity of hand-made brick fragments within the northerly sections. The building contractor reported that they had encountered ...
Hand made bricks and cellaring were recorded during building works. The absence of the building on the late 19th century first edition OS map suggested that the cellaring belonged to an earlier, possibly 18th century building. The site is located at 18/20 School Road, Alcester.
1 3 bay timber framed structure, altered, dating from early 16th century (or possibly late 15th). Open hall north end.
2 Number 3, Butter Street appears to date from at ...
Survey identified this as a three bay timber framed building dating to the early 16th or possibly late 15th century. New evidence suggests that the house is from the early 15th century possibly from the year 1444.
1 A group of 16 inhumations was found to the NE of Icknield St during observation of a pipe trench. The burials were 0.2-1.3m beneath ground surface in red ...
A cemetery of medieval date which may have been associated with Boteler's Castle, Alcester, which lies 200m to the west.
1 1140 Ralph le Boteler of Oversley founded a Benedictine abbey. The site was encompassed by the River Arrow to N and E and by a connecting moat to S ...
The site of Alcester Abbey, a Medieval monastery and moat. Some of the abbey buildings, including the Chapter House, have been excavated. Other parts of the abbey, including the claustral buildings, are visible as earthworks. The site is located north of School Road, Alcester.
1 Just E of Icknield St, SW corner of field. Many horseshoes found here, possibly site of a Medieval or later smithy.
2 Noted.
Findspot - a large number of horseshoes, possibly of Medieval or Post Medieval date, were found to the east of Icknield Street, Alcester.
1 A sunken Medieval malting kiln was dug into the top of the Roman layers.
2 Drawing.
The site of a Medieval malt kiln, a structure in which barley was dried. It was found during an excavation and was situated to the west of Tibbets Close, Alcester.
1 A small U-sectioned feature, 2m wide and 1.5m deep (N section), 1.7m wide and 1.2m deep (S section) and lying NW/SE. It was cut through from a cobbled layer ...
The site of a deserted settlement of Medieval date within the outer enclosure of Boteler's Castle, suggested by earthworks and a scatter of pottery sherds. Evidence suggests that it was abandoned by the mid thirteenth century. The site lies 200m east of Oversley Castle.
1 ‘Gunnyld bridge’ is mentioned in 1274. There are references to it also in 1543 and 1612. In 1612 the bridge was falling down and Sir Fulke Greville undertook to ...
The site of the Medieval Gunnings Bridge which is known from documentary evidence. It was situated at the corner of Kinwarton Road and School Road, Alcester.
1 Oversley Bridge is on the site of an earlier bridge mentioned in 1543. It had become a county bridge by 1659 and considerable repairs were carried out ...
Oversley Bridge, a road bridge which was built during the Post Medieval period with later alterations made during the Imperial period. It is situated on Stratford Road, Alcester.
1 Chancel, N and S aisles and a W tower. The tower is C14 with a C15 doorway. The N and S aisles were rebuilt 1729-33, but ...
The Parish Church of St Nicholas which was originally built during the Medieval period. It is situated Church Street, Alcester.
1 In 1086 Fulk held the manor of Oversley, but it later passed to Ralph de Boteler, who probably built a castle there making it his principal seat. ...
The site of Boteler's Castle, a Medieval motte and bailey castle, which has been partially excavated. The site lies 700m south east of Arrow.
1 There was a mill here in 1086, and mills in about 1155, 2 watermills and a fishery being attached to the manor in 1287. The mill is ...
Oversley Mill, a watermill which was used from the Medieval period onwards to grind corn. It was later used as a needle mill during the Imperial period. The mill is situated 600m east of Arrow.
1 1976: An area of 11m by 17m was excavated in advance of redevelopment. 1m of Post Medieval deposit sealed the site. The latest feature on the site was a ...
The remains of several Medieval buildings were excavated in Bleachfield Street, Alcester. The buildings were indicated by post holes, walls and hearths.
1 1975: Excavation of Medieval features including pits and an alignment of stone packed post holes and a stone-lined cistern, but no structures seemed to be represented.
Medieval features, including pits, post holes and a stone-lined cistern, were excavated at a site in Stratford Road, Alcester.
1 The owner had excavated a large quantity of Medieval pottery wasters and fire bars whilst double digging his vegetable plot. An area of 12 sq metres was opened up ...
Medieval pottery kiln thought to be between Alcester Grammar School and School Road, Alcester.
1 A sandstone wall foundation was found in a gas pipe trench. Historical map evidence shows that it probably corresponds to one of the buildings that stood in Shop Row.
A sandstone foundation from the front of a medieval or post-medieval building that would have stood in Shop Row, Alcester.
1 Built in 1721 to replace a meeting house in use by 1693. Presbyterian, became Unitarian by the C19. Closed c1900 and the building sold 1901. Derelict by 1947 and ...
The site of nonconformist chapel originally built during the Post Medieval period. It was situated in Bull's Head Yard, Alcester.
1 In Medieval period known as Icknield Street/ Ryknield Street. Earlier, a Gloucestershire reference records it as Buggildestret (the road of Burghild). Between Studley and Alcester the Medieval route along ...
The line of a road dating to the Medieval period. It follows the route of the Roman road, Icknield or Ryknild Street.
1 A Post Medieval dump deposit found during excavation. It contained cattle horn cores and reused timber planks, possibly from tanning activity.
The possible site of a tannery, where animal hides were turned into leather. It is indicated by a dump deposit of Post Medieval material. The deposit was found in Market Place, Alcester.
1 An evaluation was carried out during Jan-Mar 1988. 5 trenches were excavated by hand to a depth of 1.5-2m with trenches 2 & 4 fully emptied of archaeological ...
Several Medieval pits and a Medieval corn drying kiln were found during archaeological work. The site was located in Gas House Lane, Alcester.
1 A watching brief was undertaken by the Warwickshire Museum at Oversley Mill Cottage during construction of a new dwelling. A cobbled layer was observed, possibly part of a ...
A Post Medieval feature, possibly a cobbled yard, was found during archaeological work. Several pits of modern date were also found. The site was located in the area of Oversley Mill.
1 Archaeological observation of a foundation trench uncovered slight building foundations and a quantitiy of 12th/13th century pottery. The building foundation was probably associated with an outbuilding fronting on ...
The remains of wall foundations and pottery of Medieval date were found during archaeological work in Bleachfield Street, Alcester.
1 Till quite recently a building stood near a pool a little to the E of the castle site, known as Oversley Court, and it would seem probable that this ...
The possible site Oversley Court, a Medieval manor house which replaced Oversley Castle. Cropmarks in this area may relate to the manor house which was situated 1km north west of Oversley Castle.
1 A mill at Alcester is recorded in 1241, when it was granted to the monks of Alcester, and in 1545. Details of ownership exist from 1872. It was used ...
Ragley Needle Mill, a watermill which was in use from the Medieval period as a corn mill and converted to a needle mill during the Imperial period. It is situated east of Birmingham Road, Alcester.