Information for record number MWA1315:
Wilma's Ford, Wormleighton

Summary The site of Wylman's ford which carrys an Early Medieval saltway across a stream. It is recorded in an Early Medieval charter and is marked on an estate map of 1634 and a tithe award map of 1849. It is located 1km south east of the Fish Ponds, Lower Radbourn.
What Is It?  
Type: Ford
Period: Early medieval (801 AD - 1065 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Wormleighton
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 44 56
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 A charter of AD 956 records 'Wilmanford', where the Salt Way crosses 'Wylman Broce' (Wilman Brook).
2 Map.
3 Wylman ford was on the border of Radbourn and Wormleighton.
4 Recorded in a charter of AD 998. A field in Lower Radbourne is named 'Wilford's Meadow' in the Radbourne Tithe Award of 1849 and a 1634 estate map of Wormleighton shows the 'Meadow next to the Wilford gate' here.
 
Sources
Source No: 3
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Victoria County History, vol 6, Warwickshire
Author/originator: Salzman L F (ed)
Date: 1951
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: VI
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Map
Title: TBAS vol 80
Author/originator: Thorpe H
Date: 1962
Page Number: Fig 2
Volume/Sheet: 80
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Serial
Title: TBAS vol 80
Author/originator: Thorpe H
Date: 1962
Page Number: 59
Volume/Sheet: 80
   
Source No: 4
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Historic Landscape Assessment
Author/originator: Hooke D
Date: 1999
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
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source TBAS Transactions of the Birmingham and Warwickshire Archaeological Society is a journal produced by the society annually. It contains articles about archaeological field work that has taken place in Birmingham and Warwickshire in previous years. Copies of the journal are kept by 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 SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument BORDER * A strip of ground forming a fringe to a garden. Use more specific type where known. back
monument POND * A body of still water often artificially formed for a specific purpose. Use specifc type where known. back
monument FIELD * An area of land, often enclosed, used for cultivation or the grazing of livestock. back
monument MEADOW * A piece of grassland, often near a river, permanently covered with grass which is mown for use as hay. back
monument CROSS * A free-standing structure, in the form of a cross (+), symbolizing the structure on which Jesus Christ was crucified and sacred to the Christian faith. Use specific type where known. back
monument GATE * A movable stucture which enables or prevents entrance to be gained. Usually situated in a wall or similar barrier and supported by gate posts. back
monument STREAM * A natural flow or current of water issuing from a source. back
monument FORD * A shallow place in a river or other stretch of water, where people, animals and vehicles may cross. back

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