1 ‘Roman Remains. App twenty (?burials) unearthed with several vases etc and patella.’
2 These were uncovered during quarrying in 1952 along with additional Roman settlement features (PRN 5327).
The site of a Roman cemetery where twenty burials were found during an archaeological excavation. The cemetery was situated 1km north of Newton.
1 Notitia Monastica places the Austin cell of ‘Holywell upon Watling Street’ and describes it as a cell/chantry of Black Canons belonging to the Abbey of Rowcester in Staffordshire. Holywell ...
The site of Holywell Priory, a monastery dating to the Medieval period. The existence of the monastery is suggested by documentary evidence. It was situated 1km south west of Shawell.