1 A weir marked on the First Edition Ordnance Survey map.
A weir is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886 and is located on the River Avon at Bidford Grange.
1 The dredging of a deep channel resulted in the discovery of an area of compact gravel, which when cut into by the bucket of the drag-line, was seen ...
The site of a ford, a shallow point used by people, animals and vehicles for crossing the River Avon. The ford dates back to the Roman period and was found during an archaeological excavation. It is situated 100m east of Bidford Bridge.
1 A possible causeway, noted during trenching by contractors for sewers, immediately west of the Bridge. The “causeway” was overlaid by up to 2 metres of post medieval material ...
The site of a ford, a shallow point used by people, animals and vehicles for crossing the River Avon. It dates to the Roman period and is situated 50m west of Bidford Bridge.
1 The Ryknild Street crossed the Avon by the ford at Bidford ‘where the original pavement still exists under the turf in the meadow adjoining the river.’
2 Severn River Board ...
The possible site of a ford, a shallow point in a river where people and vehicles crossed. The ford would have served the Roman Ryknield Street, known in the Early Medieval period as Byda's Ford. The site was located south of the church at Bidford on Avon.
1 A modern bridge carrying the road to Dunnington crosses the Arrow at Broom Mills. This replaced a ford.
2 This is shown as a ford on an undated, probably 19th ...
The site of a ford, a shallow point where people, animals and vehicles would cross the River Arrow west of Broom. The ford is of unknown date and has now been replaced by a road bridge.
1 Until the beginning of the last century there was a second and more important crossing about half a mile to the S, near Broom Court.
The site of an undated ford, a shallow point where people, animals and vehicles would have rossed the River Arrow. The ford was situated 300m north of The Rookery.
1 Presumably another of the locks built around 1664, during the reign of the Stuarts, when a syndicate bought the navigation and started improving it, this would have been a ...
Site of a river lock on the River Avon , a rectangular chamber with wooden gates at each end, and sluices to lower and raise the level of the water. It dates from the Post Medieval period, is still visible, and is situated 200m southwest of Bidford Grange.
1 The flash lock here is presumably Sandys’ idea although as the structure survived until 1955 it is unlikely that the actual machinery was his. The lock consisted of ...
The site of a river weir and lock, a rectangular chamber with wooden gates at each end, and sluices to lower and raise the water level. It dated from the Post Medieval period, and was located on the River Avon, immediately to the west of Bidford Bridge.