Information for record number MWA10188:
Kings Ley Barn

Summary Barn and other buildings located 700m north of Radway. The Barn was used as a field hospital by Royalists at the Battle of Edgehill and was demolished in the 20th century.
What Is It?  
Type: Barn, Building, Military Hospital
Period: Post-medieval (1540 AD - 1750 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Radway
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 36 48
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 Complex of Agricutural barns. Marked on the OS 1st edtion map as 'King's Ley barn'. Noted in a number of accounts of the Battle of Edgehill. It lay on the right of the Royalists lines and was used as a field hospital, it is probably the barn which was close to where Charles's sons were almost captured by Parliamentarian cavalry. It was investigated by the 'Two Men in a Trench' BBC television series which confirmed its post-medieval date. The barn (and other buildings) was demolished in the 20th century.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: DM Kineton, Warwickshire, Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment
Author/originator: Wessex Archaeology
Date: 2005
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Glossary

 
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period Medieval 1066 AD to 1539 AD (the 11th century AD to the 16th century AD)

The medieval period comes after the Saxon period and before the post medieval period.

The Medieval period begins in 1066 AD.
This was the year that the Normans, led by William the Conqueror (1066 – 1087), invaded England and defeated Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in East Sussex.
The Medieval period includes the first half of the Tudor period (1485 – 1603 AD), when the Tudor family reigned in England and eventually in Scotland too.

The end of the Medieval period is marked by Henry VIII’s (1509 – 1547) order for the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the years running up to 1539 AD. The whole of this period is sometimes called the Middle Ages.
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monument BUILDING * A structure with a roof to provide shelter from the weather for occupants or contents. Use specific type where known. back
monument MILITARY HOSPITAL * A hospital for the medical and surgical treatment of military personnel and/or their families. back
monument FIELD * An area of land, often enclosed, used for cultivation or the grazing of livestock. back
monument HOSPITAL * An establishment providing medical or surgical treatment for the ill or wounded. Use narrower term where possible. back
monument TRENCH * An excavation used as a means of concealment, protection or both. back
monument BARN * A building for the storage and processing of grain crops and for housing straw, farm equipment and occasionally livestock and their fodder. Use more specific type where known. back

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