1 A greenway runs from Husbandman’s End eastward to the River Stour. The ancient track crossed the river by Neal’s Ford of which there is now no trace since the ...
The site of Neal's Ford, a shallow point in a river where people, animals and vehicles would have crossed. It dates back to the Early Medieval period and is known from documentary evidence. It was located 400m north east of the Post Office, Shipston on Stour.
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 Various air photographs.
2 Possible Saxon palace site of 2-3 ha in extent on the S end of a spur overlooking the Avon. Two charters of 781 exist. Information on ...
Linear features are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. Subsequent excavation and radiocarbon dating have confirmed that this is an Anglo Saxon settlement, possibly a palace, dating to the Migration period. It is situated 500m north east of Boscobel.
1 Archaeological observation of the excavation of foundation trenches recorded a large ditch sealed by a medieval ground surface containing 12th/13th century pottery. No dating evidence was found within ...
A large undated ditch, sealed by a medieval ground surface containing 12th/13th century pottery, was recorded during the excavation of foundation trenches at Tredington House, Tredington.
1 There is an Anglo Saxon charter reference to the Herpath which crosses the river at Cliff Ford.
2 Clifforda referred to in charter of AD 922. The name probably means ...
The site of a ford across the River Stour which was probably in use from the Early Medieval period. It is situated at Clifford Chambers bridge.
1 A watching brief in 2004 revealed the remains of two walls made of coursed small squared blocks of Limestone with no visible mortar. These were located to the ...
The remains of an east-west aligned wall and a north-south running wall from a building pre-dating the 13th-century south aisle were recorded in service trenches.
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 site lies on Baginton-Lillington gravels. A salvage excavation was mounted in 1970 in advance of gravel extraction. Most of the features excavated appear to have been Iron Age ...
The site of an Anglo Saxon settlement dating to the Migration or Early Medieval period. The settlement was discovered during an archaeological excavation. It was situated 500m south of Brandon Wood.
1 Medieval deer park associated with Castle Yard, Fillongley.
Medieval parkland associated with Castle Yard. Boundary of parkland worked out using place names referring to parkland on the 1844 tithe map.
2 ...
Medieval deer park.
1 Earth bank acting as possible dam, Wroxall Abbey. Earth bank across low area of valley which opens into bowl shape on the abbey side of the dam. Possibly for ...
Earth bank across a small valley for damming the small stream, possibly for a mill, within Wroxall Abbey Park.
1 A charter of AD 956 records ‘Wilmanford’, where the Salt Way crosses ‘Wylman Broce’ (Wilman Brook).
2 Map.
3 Wylman Ford was on the border of Radbourn and Wormleighton.
4 Recorded in ...
The site of Wylman's ford which carrys an Early Medieval saltway across a stream. It is recorded in an Early Medieval charter and is marked on an estate map of 1634 and a tithe award map of 1849. It is located 1km south east of the Fish Ponds, Lower Radbourn.
1 A flat-based pit was recorded during strip, map and sample excavation at Middleton, measuring 2.7m by 2.65m, with three stakeholes within this pit. It was interpreted as a sunken-featured ...
A flat-based pit was recorded during strip, map and sample excavation at Middleton; it was interpreted as a sunken-featured building of likely Anglo-Saxon date, although the chronology of the feature was not clear.
1 To the north of Area A, a sunken-featured building was located adjacent to the edge of the river terrace during the watching brief. It survived as two distinct ...
Sunken Feature Building dating to the Migration period discovered during excavations prior to the construction of the Barford Bypass
1 Excavation 1968-70 produced 53 inhumations with grave goods of late Roman/early Saxon date.
2 1968: A Saxon cemetery and settlement found in sand digging. 22 skeletons have been excavated ...
A settlement and complete cemetery of early Saxon date was discovered during excavation. 45 skeletons were revealed, a further 6 were thought to have been destroyed by sand extraction. The cemetery was situated to the west of Stretton on Fosse.
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 The Saltford referred to in a charter of 714 (probably spurious) and in 1086. Indicates the crossing of a major saltway across the Avon.
2 Map marking site of ford.
The site of a ford dating from the Early Medieval and Medieval periods. It is known from documentary evidence to be a crossing point of a major saltway across the Avon. It is called the Saltford and is located 250m north west of the sewage works, Salford Priors.
1 A lost ford on the west boundary of Longdon mentioned in a charter of AD 757 (though the boundary clause is of later date). In the late 1970s a ...
The site of a ford dating to the Early Medieval period and known from documentary evidence. The name Stanford means 'the stony ford' and a stone scatter is visible near the site. It is situated 1km west of the church, Darlingscote.
1 A charter of AD 978 refers to the stanihtan ford (stony ford) on the boundary of Blackwell and Darlingscott. A footpath crosses the stream at this point today.
2 Map ...
The site of a stony ford dating to the Early Medieval period. It is situated 900m north east of Darlingscote.
1 The ford referred to as ‘sceannforde’ (Shining Ford) in a charter dated AD 709 (but that probably spurious) may have been at this point, where manor and parish boundaries ...
Possible site of a ford called 'Sceannforde' (Shining Ford) and known from documentary evidence. It dates to the Early Medieval period and is located 300m south of Danzey Green.
1 A charter of AD 963 refers to ‘fiolo meres forde’ (ford of the tawny or dark mere), which was probably that at Forde Hall. ‘Forde iuxta Aspeley’ is referred ...
The site of a ford, known as the Ford of the Dark Mere. The ford dated to the Early Medieval period and is known from documentary sources. It was located 500m north west of Mockley Wood.
1 Ford referred to as ‘stanhemeforde’ (ford of the people of Stone) in a charter of AD 998. The site is uncertain, but may have been where a track to ...
The site of a ford, a shallow point in a river where people, animals and vehicles would cross. The ford dates from the Early Medieval period and is referred to in 10th century charter. It was situated 300m south of Radbourn Manor Farm.
1 Ford referred to as ‘stanforda’ (stone ford) in a charter of AD 1001.
The site of a ford, a crossing place on a river, used by people, vehicles and animals. It is referred to in 11th century charter as 'stanforda' or stone ford.
1 Snaw Forda (Snow Ford) referred to in a charter of AD 1001.
The site of Snow Ford which was mentioned in an Early Medieval charter and must date back to at least this period. It was located on the same site as the present day Snowford Bridge.
1 A ‘salt maere’ (pool, possibly providing refreshment for pack animals) is referred to on the boundary of Alveston in a charter of AD 985. The fishpond in Goldicote Park ...
There is Early Medieval documentary evidence for the existence of a 'salt mere' at this site, associated with a trackway. The present fishpond in Goldicote Park, 300m south west of Long Coppice, may be its descendant.
