1 Alveston ford was the ‘Doddanford’ of the charters and was a continuation of the trackway on the E side of Alveston Pasture called ‘Hryaveg’ (Ridgeway) in the bounds of ...
The second of two possible sites for the Early Medieval Dodda's Ford, a shallow part of the river where animals, people and vehicles would have crossed. It is referred to in a 10th century charter. The site lies 500 m north of Alveston.
1 Opposite Cliffe Cottage is the probable site of Welcombe Ford, referred to in 1570.
The probable site of Welcombe Ford, a Post Medieval ford for which there is documentary evidence from the 16th century. It crossed the Avon 700m north west of the church at Alveston.
1 A trackway on the eastern side of Alveston Pasture is called Hryewg (ridgeway) in the bounds of an Alveston Charter and this is possibly of pre-Roman origin. It ...
The site of a ford which may date to pre Roman times. It lies on an ancient trackway crossing the Avon 500m north west of Tiddington.
1 A trackway on the eastern side of Alveston Pasture is possibly of Roman origin and is mentioned in an Alveston Charter. The route continues to the fords at ...
A ford across the River Avon. At one stage it carried the Roman road from Alcester (hence Straet-Ford) but it was in use both before and after this period. It was located in the area of the present Clopton Bridge.
2 A mill is known to have existed at Alveston since 966 and in the Domesday survey there were three mills. In 1240 there were two mills and a mill ...
Alveston Mill, the site of a watermill for which there is documentary evidence from the early Medieval period. Derelict by 1886, it was demolished in the 1940s. Only a weir survives. The mill was 400m north east of the church.
1 The locks here probably date from around 1664 when Sandy’s original work was improved upon, and was therefore probably built by Yarranton. The system was further improved in 1823-5 ...
River locks known as Lucy's Locks. They comprise chambers with wooden gates at each end and sluices used to lower and raise the water level. Of Post Medieval date, they were located on the River Avon 100m south east of Holy Trinity Church, Stratford on Avon.
1 Probably the more likely location of Dodda’s Ford, mentioned in a charter of AD 985. At this point a routeway crossed the Avon to run towards Hampton Lucy.
The possible site of a ford. It is mentioned as Dodda's Ford in a 10th century charter. The ford was situated on the eastern edge of Alverston.
1 Lucy’s Mill dates back to the Anglo-Saxon period, but no visible traces of associated weirs have been discovered. A system of weirs, sluices and dams appear in ...
Sluice and weirs at associated with Lucy's Mill, Stratford Upon Avon. They are known to have existed from documentary evidence.
