Atherstone is a market town in north Warwickshire, which dates from Anglo-Saxon times. Situated on Watling Street, it lies a mile west of the first century Roman fort at Mancetter, ...
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B in a sequence signifies a house in the yard behind a front house on Long Street (F).
Bldg Building
Dcsd Deceased
Dwlg Dwelling
Et al And others
Ex or frmly Formerly
F in a ...
In 2002, the Atherstone Civic Society obtained a grant of £25,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund to survey and research the buildings in the historic core of the town, which ...
These brief histories of buildings within the medieval town envelope of Atherstone were made possible by the scholarship and hard work of Dr Nat Alcock, who worked with the History ...
Copyhold is one of the three main forms of land ownership found in the post-medieval period. Freehold corresponds to ownership as we now know it, and Leasehold refers to property ...
The abuttal boxes often list occupants over a long period of time. In some cases the word ‘formerly,’ ‘since,’ ‘ late,’ ‘now,’ or a semi-colon separates names of different periods.
When ...
Unless otherwise specified, all references preceded by B, CR, D, HR, L, MR are to be found at the Warwickshire County Record Office. Uncatalogued items there are prefixed with WCRO.
Abbreviations for ...
Each burgage plot is identified by the code it was given on the 1786 plan, i.e. ‘F1’ for the first freehold burgage and ‘C1’ for the first copyhold, starting at ...
This is a work in progress to discover the history of all the historic house sites in the north Warwickshire market town of Atherstone. From the Middle Ages onwards the ...