Information for record number MWA1795:
Site of Medieval Watermill at Luddington

Summary The site of a watermill at Luddington. There is documentary evidence about the watermill from the Medieval period. Its exact location is unknown.
What Is It?  
Type: Watermill, Mill
Period: Medieval (1066 AD - 1539 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Luddington
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 16 52
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 A watermill is recorded in Luddington in 1273 and 1287, but its site could not be located in 1976. It was thought that it lay at the W end of the village, beside the Avon; since the river has been altered by locks, weirs and widening it is quite possible that the mill site has disappeared.
2 This part of the parish survey is missing and it has not been possible to check the reference.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Luddington Parish Survey
Author/originator: Hooke D
Date: 1976-7
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: R.C.Hingley personal comment
Author/originator: Hingley R C
Date: 1989
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technique Documentary Evidence Documentary evidence is another name for written records. The first written records in Britain date back to the Roman period. Documentary evidence can take many different forms, including maps, charters, letters and written accounts. When archaeologists are researching a site, they often start by looking at documentary evidence to see if there are clues that will help them understand what they might find. Documentary evidence can help archaeologists understand sites that are discovered during an excavation, field survey or aerial survey. 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 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 WEIR * A dam constructed on the reaches of a canal or river designed to retain the water and to regulate its flow. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument LOCK * A section of the water channel on a canal or river shut off above and below by lock gates provided with sluices to let the water out and in, and thus raise or lower boats from one level to another. Use more specific type where known. 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 WATERMILL * A mill whose machinery is driven by water. back

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