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Warwickshire Historic Environment Record Tel: 01926 412734 PO Box 43, Shire Hall, Warwick CV34 4SX www.warwickshire.gov.uk/timetrail 04/09/2014 Number of records: 24 SMR Number Site Name Record Type MWA1571 Wilmcote Dovecote Building Wilmcote Dovecote, a lias stone building used for the breeding and housing of doves or pigeons. It dates to the Medieval/Post Medieval period, and is situated at The Orchards. Type and Date DOVECOTE (Medieval to Post-medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD) Evidence STRUCTURE Location National Grid Reference Civil Parish Centred SP 1644 5814 (8m by 9m) Aston Cantlow, Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire Address Narn - 3, Mapsheet - SP15NE Historic Names Description <1> An ancient dovecote is mentioned as being beside Mary Ardens cottage. <2> The dovecote is square in plan, built of stone with a gabled roof. The building is in excellent condition, an inscription insides suggests it was built c.1400. <3> Foster dovecote #3. No evidence for such an early date: probably 16th century at the earliest. <4> Square dovecote, built of coursed lias but with modern timber framed gables. Old tile roof with small lantern at summit. Interior contains 657 nest boxes and there is a central beam, probably the remains of a potence. Queen strut roof with trenched purlins. Has retained period integrity (16th century?). Sources (1) Unpublished document: Ribton-Turner C J. 1893. Shakespeares Land. Page Ref - 165 (2) Site Visit: Wright S M. 1980. SMR Card. Volume - PRN 1571 (3) Unpublished document: Foster P W. 1979. The Warwickshire Dovecotes. (4) Unpublished document: EH. 1998. MPP Assessments (Dovecotes). Volume - Warks #9 Status and other references SHINE Candidate (No) Active Old SMR PrefRef - 1571 Active Associated Finds Associated Events/Activities EWA2178 (Field Observation) Associated Individuals Wright, Sue Study By Associated Organisations www.warwickshire.gov.uk/timetrail Page 1 SMR Number MWA1578 Site Name Site of Chapel at Wilmcote SMR Number Site Name Record Type MWA1578 Site of Chapel at Wilmcote Monument There is documentary evidence of a chapel at Wilmcote, from the Medieval to the Post Medieval period. The site is in the area of Swanfold. Type and Date CHAPEL (Medieval to Post-medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD) Location National Grid Reference Civil Parish Centred SP 1624 5799 (206m by 73m) Aston Cantlow, Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire Address Narn - 4, Mapsheet - SP15NE Historic Names Description <1> A chapel at Wilmcote is first mentioned in 1228. In the 14th century the advowson was held by the manor of Little Wilmcote and in 1481 it was given to the Guild of the Holy Cross at Stratford. There is still a field at Wilmcote called Chapel Field. A cottage in Wilmcote which was commonly known as the chapel was leased in 1638. <2> The Rev A C Q Churchill has conducted research into the chapel. The dedication was to St Mary Magdalene. He considers the site to be an area centred at the above grid reference, now a modern housing strip, where there was formerly the oldest house in the village. This building contained a priest's room. Churchill considers that this was the chapel of 1638 and also possibly the site of the chapel of 1228. Chapel field was not traced. Sources (1) Bibliographic reference: Salzman L F (ed). 1945. Victoria County History, vol 3, Warwickshire. Warwickshire. Page Ref - 42 (2) Record Card/Form: Ordnance Survey. 1968. OS Card 24SE11. Volume - 15NE4, Page Ref - WMB Status and other references SHINE Candidate (Possible) Active Old SMR PrefRef - 1578 Active Associated Finds Associated Events/Activities Associated Individuals Associated Organisations www.warwickshire.gov.uk/timetrail Page 2 SMR Number MWA1579 Site Name Site of Possible Round Barrow 500m E of Pathlow SMR Number Site Name Record Type MWA1579 Site of Possible Round Barrow 500m E of Monument Pathlow The site of a possible round barrow, a mound usually built to conceal a burial. The barrow probably dates to the Bronze Age period. It is situated 500m east of Pathlow. Type and Date BARROW (Bronze Age - 2600 BC to 601 BC) ROUND BARROW (Barrow-Round, Bronze Age - 2600 BC to 601 BC) Location National Grid Reference Civil Parish Centred SP 1845 5878 (95m by 100m) Aston Cantlow, Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire Address Narn - 6, Mapsheet - SP15NE Historic Names Description <1> The Liberty of Pathlow had the title of a Hundred and is recorded in 1086. The place which gives it its name is a tumulus, or heap of earth, situated in a lane on top of a hill, upon the left hand side of the road leading from Wootton Wawen to Stratford. It is about midway between the two towns and about 'abow-shoot' from the road, also close to the road from Warwick to Alcester. On the site is enclosed ground which is still called Pathlow. <2> The old Warwick-Alcester road enters the parish on the E at Gospel Oak. Here stood the tumulus from which Pathlow Hundred took its name. In Dugdale's time this was still the meeting place of the Court Leet and Court Baron and the Court Leet was still held here occasionally as late as the middle of the 19th century. <3> No visual evidence of a mound seen in the area. <5> Reference <4> discusses a number of other Hundred Mounds and other meeting place mounds in England. Some of these appear to have been constructed in the post-Roman period, rather than utilising Bronze Age burial mounds. <6> Confirmed as Bronze Age. Sources (1) Bibliographic reference: Dugdale W. 1730. Antiquities of Warwickshire. Page Ref - 641-2 (2) Bibliographic reference: Salzman L F (ed). 1945. Victoria County History, vol 3, Warwickshire. Warwickshire. Page Ref - 33 (3) Record Card/Form: Ordnance Survey. 1968. OS Card 25NE6. Volume - 15NE6 (4) Bibliographic reference: Adkins R A and Petchey M R. Arch J. Volume - 141, Page Ref - 243-51 (5) Record Card/Form: Hingley R C. 1988. SMR Card. Volume - PRN 1579 (6) Verbal communication: Stuart Palmer. 2006. Aggregates Assessment. Status and other references SHINE Candidate (Possible) Active Old SMR PrefRef - 1579 Active Associated Finds Associated Events/Activities EWA1368 (Field Observation) EWA5886 (Field Observation) www.warwickshire.gov.uk/timetrail Page 3 SMR Number MWA1579 Site Name Site of Possible Round Barrow 500m E of Pathlow Associated Individuals , OS - Ordnance Survey Study By , SV Study By Associated Organisations www.warwickshire.gov.uk/timetrail Page 4 SMR Number MWA1583 Site Name Imperial quarry site, Aston Cantlow. SMR Number Site Name Record Type MWA1583 Imperial quarry site, Aston Cantlow. Monument The site of a stone quarry dating to the Imperial period and known from place name evidence. It is located 150m west of the football ground, Wilmecote. Type and Date QUARRY (Imperial - 1751 AD to 1913 AD) Location National Grid Reference Civil Parish SP 1590 5840 (point) Aston Cantlow, Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire Address Historic Names Description <1> Formerly there were extensive stone quarries of Lower Lias stone at Wilmcote. <2> Stone Pit Close is marked on a map of 1874. <3> Stone from this quarry was used from the 16th century. Sources (1) Bibliographic reference: Salzman L F (ed). 1945. Victoria County History, vol 3, Warwickshire. Warwickshire. Page Ref - 35 (2) Map: 1874. T Wood's Estates Map. Volume - CR1312:1 (3) Record Card/Form: Wilson, R. 1952. Wilmcote Quarry. Status and other references SHINE Candidate (Possible) Active Old SMR PrefRef - 1583 Active Associated Finds Associated Events/Activities Associated Individuals Associated Organisations www.warwickshire.gov.uk/timetrail Page 5 SMR Number MWA1586 Site Name Wilmcote Stocks SMR Number Site Name Record Type MWA1586 Wilmcote Stocks Monument The possible site of Wilmcote stocks, in which an offender's hands and/or feet were locked as punishment. They were in use during the Medieval and Post Medieval periods. The stocks are currently in an outshed at Palmer's Farmhouse, formally Mary Arden's House, but were formerly in Front Street, Ilmington. Type and Date PUNISHMENT PLACE (Medieval to Post-medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD) STOCKS (Medieval to Post-medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD) Location National Grid Reference Civil Parish SP 1643 5816 (point) Aston Cantlow, Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire Address Historic Names Description <1> Wilmcote stocks. A stocks was located in the outbuilding to Mary Arden's House, which houses an agricultural museum. <2> The above are described as Wilmcote Stocks, but it is uncertain from the description whether they originally came from Wilmcote. <3> See MWA2706, which suggests that these stocks were removed from Front Street, Ilmington. Sources (1) Unpublished document: SMW. 1980. SMR Card. Volume - PRN 1586 (2) Verbal communication: R C Hingley. R.C. Hingley personal comments. (3) Verbal communication: G Carey. 2009-2014. Pers. Comm. Giles Carey. Status and other references SHINE Candidate (Possible) Active Old SMR PrefRef - 1586 Active Associated Finds Associated Events/Activities EWA1371 (Field Observation) Associated Individuals Wright, Sue Study By Associated Organisations www.warwickshire.gov.uk/timetrail Page 6 SMR Number MWA19115 Site Name Possible undated building, Wilmcote SMR Number Site Name Record Type MWA19115 Possible undated building, Wilmcote Monument The site of a possible building, indicated through geophysical survey. This is located to the east of Wilmcote. Type and Date BUILDING (Unknown date) Location National Grid Reference Civil Parish Centred SP 1643 5806 (25m by 30m) Aston Cantlow, Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire Address Historic Names Description <1> The site of a possible building, indicated through geophysical survey. This is located to the east of Wilmcote. This building would measure approximately 24x10m with a projection the south. Other possible buildings were also suggested. Sources (1) Geophysical Survey Report: Shiel D. 1995. Report on Geophysical Survey: Wilmcote, Warwickshire. Status and other references Associated Finds Associated Events/Activities EWA10184 Resistance survey, S.