These trees are well grown now, but they hold memories for me. We moved to Brookside Avenue, Wellesbourne in 1967, when I was about two and a half years old. ...
1 Agricultural Buildings at Staple Hill Farm, Wellsbourne. Marked on OS 1st Edition.
2 Subject to a basic photographic record ahead of redevelopment.
Agricultural Buildings at Staple Hill Farm, Wellsbourne. Marked on OS 1st Edition.
2 Probable ring ditch shows as cropmark. This could represent a round house, but appears to form a complete circle and is fairly regular.
3 Site no 69 in survey.
5 Scheduled ...
The site of a possible ring ditch dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age. It is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. It is located 900m west of the church, Wellesbourne.
1 A millpond is situated here. It may be the same date as the present watermill.
A pond, probably associated with the present watermill, and so in use from the Post Medieval to the Imperial period. It is situated on the River Dene at the Mill Farm, Wellesbourne.
2 Probable settlement consisting of subrectangular enclosures, linear features and pits shows as cropmark. Morphologically these cropmarks could be of Iron Age or Roman date and a few Iron Age/Romano ...
Enclosures and linear features are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. They may indicate the site of a possible settlement dating to the Iron Age/Roman period. Pottery of this date has been found at the site, which is located 900m west of Wellesbourne.
1 Archaeological evaluation undertaken by Warwickshire Museum. A single worked flint flake was recovered from Trench 1, in the NW corner of the site.
Findspot - a flint flake dating to the Prehistoric period was found 200m north of the church, Wellesbourne.
1 Three skeletons were found in building trenches on the Willowdene housing development in May 1966. Skeleton 1 was disturbed by contractors and removed by the police. Skeletons 2 and ...
The site of a cemetery dating to the Roman period was discovered during the development of a housing estate. Three skeletons along with finds which included boot nails, pottery and a tile were found at the site in Wellesbourne.
1 Paddock park and pleasure grounds associated with late 17th century house (on earlier site). Features include conservatory (now demolished), kitchen garden. Listed structures include the house and a lodge. ...
Wellesbourne Hall grounds, a park and garden created in the Imperial period. They are marked on the Ordnance Survey maps of 1886 and 1906. They are located to the north west of Church Walk, Wellesbourne.
Recommended for inclusion on Local List by Lovie.
Daisy had a very compassionate heart, but Willy tried to dissuade her from doing charitable work. However, Daisy unobtrusively carried on with her kindhearted ways and contributed greatly to Warwickshire ...
1 Original house built in the 18th century by Sir John and his son Sir Charles Mordant. The present house incorporates most of the old masonry and was built ...
Walton Hall, a Post Medieval house built by Sir John and Sir Charles Mordant. The house was later modified by Sir George Gilbert Scott.
1 Large flint scraper found by Mr W Whitfield of the Soil Survey of England and Wales, Wellesbourne, and brought into the Museum in 1973. It was found at a ...
Findspot - a flint implement, a scraper, dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age period, was found 800m north east of King's Newnham.
1 Finds made by in 1987 included a struck flake from a prepared core and one retouched piece – probably a knife or edge scraper.
2 Dating of these flints extended ...
Findspot - flint tools dating to between the Mesolithic and Bronze Age periods were found 100m north west of Smatchley Wood. The tools comprised a flint flake, from a prepared core, and a retouched flint.
2 Road shows as a negative cropmark to the W of the River Dene. This is roughly in line with the ‘Probable Road’ on a map of the Avon valley ...
A section of a possible Roman road is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. It is located 1.4km north of Walton.
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 Road referred to in a charter of AD 969. Either the road to Wellesbourne leaving the parish at SP 3252 or the one to Warwick crossing the boundary at ...
A trackway dating to the Early Medieval period which leaves Kineton from the north west, up to and beyond Compton Verney. It is known from a charter dated 969 AD.
1 At Flaxland Farm, Pillerton Priors, in a big field known as Coverwell, the RAF installed a dummy runway with landing lights and it was manned every night by RAF ...
The site of Pillerton Priors bombing decoy, a system of lights, fires or dummy objects. The decoy was used to prevent German bomber planes from dropping their bombs on the airfield at Wellesbourne. The decoy was situated to the south east of Pillerton Hersey.
1 A short cross penny of the period of John – Henry III (1199-1247, probably 1215-20) was found in the bank of the River Dene, upstream from the bridge.
Findspot - a Medieval coin, probably of 13th century date, was found in the area of Wellesbourne.
1 Water main excavations revealed three flint objects probably Neolithic, one object identifiable as an end scraper.
Findspot - flint objects, including one end scraper, possibly dating to the Neolithic period, were found 800m south west of the church, Wellesbourne.
1 Finds during water main excavations were Post Medieval pottery, one sherd salt-glazed and three black -glazed, one piece of slag was probably contemporary with these.
Findspot - four pottery sherds dating to the Post Medieval period were found 800m west of the church, Wellesbourne.
1 Gas works founded in 1864. Most likely location is School Road, a road running adjacent to Kineton Road.
The possible site of gas works dating from the Imperial period, and founded in 1864. The probable location was in School Road, Wellesbourne.
When Willy returned to England in 1881, the impetuous couple continued to correspond, disregarding parental objections. Daisy was given the opportunity to see Willy at Beauchamp Hall in Leamington when ...
1 Mile Post marked.
The site of a milepost dating to the Imperial period. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1906. It was located 1km south of Wellesbourne on the Ettington Road.