Information for record number MWA12426:
The Manor of Stockingford, Galley Common

Summary Historical research indicates this area is one of medieval settlement. Place-name and cartographic evidence points to this land being in the ownership of the Nunnery of Nuneaton, sometime before 1592. Additional research indicates the changing 17th century settlement at Galley Common.
What Is It?  
Type: Settlement?, Manor
Period: Medieval (1066 AD - 1539 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Nuneaton and Bedworth
District: Nuneaton and Bedworth, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 31 91
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 Historical research indicates this area is one of medieval settlement. Place-name and cartographic evidence points to this land being in the ownership of the Nunnery of Nuneaton, sometime before 1592, see
3 It is suggested from this research that: a. The location of Stockingford Mill (see MWA 12225), valued in 1280 according to the VCH, was also the site of a Deserted medieval Village. The 1842 tithe plan
2 indicates a field called "Chapel Yard" immediately to the West of the Brook at Galley Common. b. A place name of "Stocking" indicates that the fields to the east of Galley Common were the site of a clearing. c. Grange Lane, now a footpath running alongside Chesterton Drive (see MWA 12425) and Mill Lane, now Park Lane, were ancient lanes associated with the settlement d. A supposed medieval "Dam Meadowe" is recorded on the tithe plan
2 and on the 1592 map
3, on the south side of Valley Road, Galley Common. e. A coloured map from 1592
3, shows land on three sides of Galley Common - the North, East and West, as "belonging to the Nunnery of Nuneaton". f. field 71 in the tithe apportionment is called 'Birch field'. g. 'Wall fields' north-west of the Barne Moor Wood
2 The tithe map ; see notes above in
1.
3 A coloured map, from the Birtish Library, indicates land on three sides of Galley Common - the North, East and West, as "belonging to the Nunnery of Nuneaton". The map was part of documentation related to a legal dispute involving Margaret Knowles and Edmund Park regarding disputes over the Galley Common in the 16th century.
4 Copy and transcript of Lease of 'Mansion House and Tente with eight and twenty acres of one half of Brychen field of Meddowes, Pastures and the Springe Wood at Stockingford 40th Year of the Reign of Elizabeth I' (B.M. Add.Ch. 49100). This refers to a Mansion House and 'tente'. 'Tente' could refer to an encampment. This may be linked to the 'Wall fields'. Many of the field names from the Tithe map are found in Elizabethan leases.
5 Portable Antiquities Scheme find provenance information: Date found: 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Methods of discovery: fieldwalking
6 Historical research proposing links for Stockingford to the Anglo-Saxon period, and discussing the ownership and tenurial arrangements of Stockingford and Galley Common lands. Documents and discussion includes: a. Auction sale documents and plans of 1837 and 1877 that indicate that Hill Farm belonged to Stockingford Manor. b. A site called “the Sale” at Galley Common which it has been suggested is linguistically similar to an Anglo-Saxon word meaning “hall” or “dwelling”. c. A site recorded as Hicklings Croft on the 1842 tithe map, also recorded as Hicknol Croft in 1582 which could be linked to the Anglo-Saxon name “ickeling” or son of “icel”. d. The place-name “Cabin Hill” on the tithe map of 1842 which could be referencing a former Wooden built structure.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Correspondence
Title: Valley Farm, Galley Common and the mill at in the former Manor of Stockingford; documentary research
Author/originator: Mark Hood
Date: 2007
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Source No: 4
Source Type: Correspondence
Title: Letter regarding Galley Common with a copy and transcript of an Elizabethan Lease
Author/originator: Hood M
Date: 2012
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Source No: 6
Source Type: Digital archive
Title: Hood, M: Hill Farm, Galley Common and the former manor of Stockingford; documentary research
Author/originator: Hood, M
Date: 2014
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Source No: 5
Source Type: Internet Data
Title: Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) Database
Author/originator: British Museum
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Map
Title: Nuneaton Tithe Map and Apportionment
Author/originator: R Stelfox
Date: 1842
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Source No: 3
Source Type: Map
Title: Galley Common, Stockingford: 1592
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Date: 1592
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source VCH The Victoria County History of the Counties of England. This publication covers the history of each county in England. For Warwickshire, seven volumes were published between 1904 and 1964. They comprise a comprehensive account of the history of each town and village in the county, and important families connected to local history. Each volume is organised by 'hundred', an Anglo-Saxon unit of land division. The Victoria County History also contains general chapters about Warwickshire's prehistory, ecclesiastical and economic history. A copy of each volume is held at the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
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 YARD * A paved area, generally found at the back of a house. back
monument GRANGE * An outlying farm or estate, usually belonging to a religious order or feudal lord. Specifically related to core buildings and structures associated with monastic land holding. Use specific term where known. back
monument VILLAGE * A collection of dwelling-houses and other buildings, usually larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a simpler organisation and administration than the latter. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument LIBRARY * A building, room or suite of rooms where books, or other materials, are classified by subject and stored for use by the library's members. back
monument SETTLEMENT * A small concentration of dwellings. back
monument PARK * An enclosed piece of land, generally large in area, used for hunting, the cultivation of trees, for grazing sheep and cattle or visual enjoyment. Use more specific type where known. back
monument COMMON LAND * Unenclosed wasteland, forest and pasture used in common by the community. back
monument NUNNERY * Houses specifically of nuns/canonesses or religious women. back
monument MILL * A factory used for processing raw materials. Use more specific mill type where known. See also TEXTILE MILL, for more narrow terms. back
monument DWELLING * Places of residence. back
monument DRIVE * A road/carriage way giving access from the main road to the house, stables. back
monument ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. back
monument PASTURE * A field covered with herbage for the grazing of livestock. back
monument FIELD * An area of land, often enclosed, used for cultivation or the grazing of livestock. back
monument MANOR * An area of land consisting of the lord's demesne and of lands from whose holders he may exact certain fees, etc. back
monument WOOD * A tract of land with trees, sometimes acting as a boundary or barrier, usually smaller and less wild than a forest. back
monument MANSION HOUSE * Traditionally the chief residence of a land owner. Now used specifically to describe the residence of the Lord Mayor of London. back
monument CHAPEL * A freestanding building, or a room or recess serving as a place of Christian worship in a church or other building. Use more specific type where known. back
monument CROFT * An enclosed piece of land adjoining a house. back
monument STRUCTURE * A construction of unknown function, either extant or implied by archaeological evidence. If known, use more specific type. back
monument FOOTPATH * A path for pedestrians only. back
monument FARM * A tract of land, often including a farmhouse and ancillary buildings, used for the purpose of cultivation and the rearing of livestock, etc. Use more specific type where known. back
monument WALL * An enclosing structure composed of bricks, stones or similar materials, laid in courses. Use specific type where known. back
monument DAM * A barrier of concrete or earth, etc, built across a river to create a reservoir of water for domestic and/or industrial usage. back

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