Information for record number MWA1541:
Findspot - Medieval coin

Summary Findspot - a Medieval coin was found in Aston Cantlow Church.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Medieval (1066 AD - 1539 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Aston Cantlow
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 13 59
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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Description

  
Source Number  

1 A coin was found in the wall of Aston Cantlow church, north of the chancel arch in 1850. A rubbing of it features in a scrapbook of Aston Cantlow. The inscription on the rubbing is illegible. A cross symbol can be seen on the obverse side. The coin is the same size as a ten pence piece.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Scrapbook on Aston Cantlow
Author/originator: Lewing G
Date: 1950?
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: D.259_68
   
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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 ARCH * A structure over an opening usually formed of wedge-shaped blocks of brick or stone held together by mutual pressure and supported at the sides; they can also be formed from moulded concrete/ cast metal. A component; use for free-standing structure only. back
monument FEATURE * Areas of indeterminate function. back
monument FINDSPOT * The approximate location at which stray finds of artefacts were found. Index with object name. back
monument CHURCH * A building used for public Christian worship. Use more specific type where known. 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 WALL * An enclosing structure composed of bricks, stones or similar materials, laid in courses. Use specific type where known. back

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