1 A turnpike road established from 1770.
A toll road which ran from Wellesbourne to Stratford. It was established in the Imperial period. Travellers would have had to pay to use the road.
1 A bronze ring was found at Plum Orchard West on the National Vegetable Research Station, Wellesbourne.
Findspot - a bronze ring dating to the Roman period was found near Charlecote. The exact location of the findspot is unknown.
1 Archaeological observation of construction work at Horticultural Research International, Wellesbourne, revealed no archaeological features associated with the known Prehistoric and Romano British sites in the area. However, a small ...
Findspot - a small number of worked flint artefacts dating to the Prehistoric period were found 1km east of Charlecote.
1 Saxon pottery found at the above grid reference during field survey in 1978. Sherds from river-gravels inside meander curve, possibly carried downstream after construction work at Wellesbourne bridge (see ...
Findspot - fragments of pottery dating to the Early Medieval period were found 800m south east of the church, Charlecote. The fragments may have been part of a cooking pot.
1 The disovery of a well was repoted by Sally Mann st WHRI on 1/3/2010.
The well is marked on the OS 2nd edition but not on the OS 1st edition.
The ...
A well that was found immediately to the west of the farm (Cottage Farm) at WHRI, Wellesbourne. The well appears to be of 19th century date and associated with the 19th century farm.
1 Late 17th or early 18th century bridge of one span over Wellesbourne Brook. End pieces surmounted by ball finials, parapet with ‘blind’ balustrading on outside formed of fluted pilasters. ...
The site of a road bridge over the Wellesbourne Brook which George Lucy had built in 1755 to divert traffic away from Charlecote Park House. It was built in the Classic design by David Hiorn and is situated 300m east of Charlecote House.
1 The sandstone ashlar bridge was constructed between 1791 and 1839. It was widened sometime between 1840 and 1887. The bridge parapets had been repeatedly repaired in the 20th century. ...
Sandstone ashlar bridge. The earliest part of the bridge dated to the late 18th/Early 19th century. Now demolished due to it being a cause of flooding. It was formerly Grade II Listed.
1 Turnpike road, established by Acts of 1779 onwards. Part of a route from Leicester, the original Acts for which were passed in 1753-4, but which proved too unwieldy to ...
A toll road running from Warwick to Paddle Brook. Travellers would have had to pay a toll to use the road during the Imperial period.
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 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.
In part one of this article, I gave an account of how the diary gives an insight into the everyday life of a daughter of the landed gentry. Among the events ...
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.
I was asked to research butler William Parsons for a mini project organized by the Family and Community Historical Research Society (FACHRS). I was told that 40 year old William ...
Constance Linda Lucy (known as Linda) was 18 years old when she started this diary. She was the second of four daughters of Henry Spencer Lucy and his wife Christina. ...
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.
