2 Very faint traces of a possible complex of cropmark features have been identified on air photographs. This comprises three circular cropmark enclosures, parts of two rectangular cropmark enclosures ...
Three circular enclosures, two rectangular enclosures and a short linear feature, all of unknown date, are visible on aerial photographs as cropmarks. The site is located 650m south of the church, Charlecote.
1 Chapel dedicated to St Mary Magdalene near the site of a hermitage (PRN 2233). In 1423 Richard, Earl of Warwick, was licensed to found a chantry in honour of ...
The Chapel of St Mary Magdalene at Guy's Cliffe, Warwick. It was built in the Medieval period, possibly in the 13th century, and rebuilt in the 15th century.
1 Members of the National Vegetable Research Station at Wellesbourne have, over the past five or six years, found barbed and tanged and leaf-shaped arrowheads and scrapers in the fields ...
Findspot - flint implements, including scrapers and arrowheads (both leaf and barbed & tanged), dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, were found 1km north east of Charlecote.
1 Members of the National Vegetable Research Station at Wellesbourne have, over the past five or six years, found barbed and tanged arrowheads and scrapers in the fields of the ...
Findspot - flint implements including scrapers, arrowheads and knives dating to the Neolithic and the Bronze Age were found 1.2km north east of Charlecote.
1 Exhibited a dozen specimens of flint chips, selected from a large deposit found from 1.8 to 3.6m below the level of the ground at Walton, in excavating the bed ...
Findspot - a flint core dating to the Neolithic or the Bronze Age was found 550m south of Walton.
1 Mr Griffin discovered c673 grammes of Roman pottery including Samian, Nene Valley, Oxfordshire colour-coated ware, mortarium, Severn valley ware and Wappenbury grey wares. Date range of Romano British material ...
The site of a settlement dating to the Roman period has been identified from finds of a vast quantity of Roman pottery. It is located 800m south west of Walton.
1 A gas pipeline was scheduled to cut a 24m swathe through a ‘triple ring ditch and henge monument’ at the above grid reference.
2 Excavation proved the features to be ...
The site of a Second World War searchlight battery. It was discovered during the excavation of a pipeline. It was situated 1km north west of Wellesbourne Wood, near Loxley.
1 One of a group of villa gardens consisting of pleasure grounds, walks and mixed planting. Recommended for inclusion on Local List.
2 OS 1:10560 1886 Sht Warks 44NE shows garden ...
A villa garden created in the Imperial period and associated with The Red House (previously called the Vicarage). The garden is marked on the Ordnance Survey maps of 1886 and of 1938, but with a slightly different area. The garden is situated 500m west of Tiddington on the Wellesbourne Road.
1 A three runway bomber airfield opened June 1942 as a satellite to RAF Chipping Warden but soon transferred to RAF Wellesbourne Mountford. Major facilities included: two 1400 yard (1.28Km) ...
RAF Gaydon was a Second World War bomber airfield. It opened in 1942 as a satellite airfield to RAF Chipping Warden and later to RAF Wellesbourne Mountford. It is located 1.5km north of Chadshunt church.
1 At Frizhill, near Combrooke, there are distinct tumuli in Bowshot Wood.
2 Two miles from Moreton Morrell on the Foss Way is Bowshot Wood which contains a tumulus.
3 Bowshot Wood ...
Two round barrows, dating to the Bronze Age, are thought to have been located 700m from Compton Verney House, Compton Verney, in Bowshot Wood.
1 The possible extent of the Medieval settlement, based on the first edition 6″ map of 1886, 45SW.
2 The ridge and furrow plotting of the parish.
3 Domesday lists Walton in ...
The possible extent of the Medieval settlement at Walton in the parish of Wellesbourne. The area of settlement is suggested by the Ordnance Survey map of 1886 as well as documentary evidence.
1 A JCB operator digging a drainage ditch at the edge of a wheat field found the head of a human skeleton in a trench 0.8m deep. The skull and ...
The site of a burial of unknown date. It was discovered 600m north west of Bath Hill Wood, Walton.
1 The grass field to the S of the house, called the Town Field, has been supposed to contain traces of Roman buildings. The Rev G Miller of Radway states ...
The site of a possible Roman settlement known from finds discovered over 100 years ago. It is now believed that the finds may have been Medieval, from the deserted settlement. Roman pottery has possibly been recovered more recently, 900m south of Walton.
1 A bronze boss was found at the same location as flint objects (PRN 1129) found while excavating for the bed of some ornamental water at Walton. The boss is ...
Findspot - a bronze boss from a sword of unknown date was found 550m south of Walton.
1 Two icehouses at Walton Hall (see also PRN 4903). The second icehouse is situated on the side of the lake. There is a well-defined and regularly-shaped mound covered with ...
The site of an icehouse dating to either the Post Medieval or the Imperial period. It is visible as a mound. It is situated 500m south of Walton.
1 An archaeological evaluation on land north of Charlecote Road, Charlecote uncovered the line of a boundary ditch of probable Iron Age date in the eastern side of the field. ...
An archaeological excavation discovered a boundary ditch dating to the Iron Age, as well as a sherd of pottery. The site is located 300m north west of the church, Wellesbourne.
1 Charlecote House was begun in 1558 for Thomas Lucy; at this period the house was surrounded by formal gardens and a deer park. The park was remodelled by Capability ...
A landscape park dating to around 1757 and designed by Capability Brown, though some redesigning was undertaken in the 19th century. The features include a ha-ha, clumps, a lake and a lodge. Kitchen garden. Charlecote Park is marked on the Ordnance Survey maps from 1886.Recommended to review Register entry by Lovie.
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 Ice house marked.
2 This is one of two icehouses at Walton Hall (see PRN 4902). The icehouse has now disappeared. There is no depression or mound to show its ...
The site of an icehouse dating to the Post Medieval and Imperial periods. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. The bricks from the domed roof were apparantly removed during the 20th century. It was located 700m south of Walton.
1 The possible extent of the Medieval settlement, based on the first edition 6″ maps of 1886, 45 SE and 51 NE.
2 Market (Letter close) mercatum Tuesdays granted 28th August, ...
The possible extent of the Medieval settlement of Kineton, as suggested by the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. Kineton is considered a 'typical' example of medieval urban failure.
1 Marked as ‘The Town’ on map of 1728. Wolsey’s enquiry of 1517 was told that the whole village was destroyed in 1509.
3 Archaeological evidence medium (B), excellent documentary evidence ...
The site of the deserted settlement of Walton Deyville which dates to the Medieval period. Earthworks survive showing house platforms, the main village street and hollow ways. The village is also known from documentary evidence. It was located 900m south of Walton.
1 Excavations carried out in 1967 on site threatened by gravel extraction. The site shows on aerial photographs as a series of intersecting rectangular enclosures covering about 3.7 ha. An ...
Enclosures are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. The site was excavated prior to development. Ditches, pits, a semi-circular feature, and some occupational debris were found, suggesting a rural settlement of Roman date. It was situated 300m east of Hail End Bridge.
1 Early 18th century house shown with formal gardens in 1728 plan. Mid 18th century work included Bath House, possibly by Sanderson Miller. Late 18th century work included planting and ...
A park at Walton dating from the Post Medieval period. In the 19th century features of the park included woodland with a bath house, a lake, drives, pleasure grounds with terraces, formal gardens, a ha-ha and a kitchen garden. It is marked on Greenwoods map of 1822.