Information for record number MWA6164:
Site of Studley Priory Moat, Riverside, Studley

Summary The site of a medieval moat assoiated with Studley Priory and its fishponds.
What Is It?  
Type: Moat
Period: Medieval (1066 AD - 1539 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Studley
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 07 64
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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1 Studley Priory stands in a moated enclosure, the River Arrow forming part of it, and supplying the other portion with water, where not filled in.
2 A dry channel continuing North from the pond published as a moat was filled two years ago and the destruction of the remainder is imminent.
3 The configuration of two linear ponds which have been completely filled in suggests that a watercourse may have led around the site of the Priory, from a bend in the River Arrow to the north, along a field boundary to the west, into a large rectangular pond and then northeast through a second pond to rejoin the River Arrow. A linear pond on the west side has now been filled in and irregularities on the ground today are quite unrelated.
4This moat is shown as an 'L' shape on the 1 inch to 1 mile OS map of circa 1834. It is fairly clear that it marks the south-west corner of the Priory precinct, possibly the inner precinct.
5 The Priory moat was associated with the nearby Priory fishponds.
 
Sources
Source No: 5
Source Type: Article in serial
Title: Symbols of Status in Medieval Warwickshire (1000-1500)
Author/originator: Hook D
Date: 2014
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 117
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Studley Parish Survey
Author/originator: Hooke D
Date: 1980
Page Number: 54-5
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Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: The Forest of Arden
Author/originator: Hannet J
Date: 1894
Page Number: 68
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: OS Card 25NE6
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1968
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Source No: 4
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: Pers. Comm.
Author/originator: B Gethin
Date: 2013 onwards
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Volume/Sheet:
   
Images:  
A Medieval moat on the 1886 Ordnance Survey map in Studley
Copyright: Open
Date: 1886
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source OS Card Ordnance Survey Record Card. Before the 1970s the Ordnance Survey (OS) were responsible for recording archaeological monuments during mapping exercises. This helped the Ordnance Survey to decide which monuments to publish on maps. During these exercises the details of the monuments were written down on record cards. Copies of some of the cards are kept at the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. The responsibility for recording archaeological monuments later passed to the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historic Monuments. 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 PRECINCT * The ground immediately surrounding a place, particularly a religious building. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument FISHPOND * A pond used for the rearing, breeding, sorting and storing of fish. back
monument WATERCOURSE * A channel used for or formed by the conveyance of water. Can be natural, eg. a river or artificial eg. an aqueduct. 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 PRIORY * A monastery governed by a prior or prioress. Use with narrow terms of DOUBLE HOUSE, FRIARY, MONASTERY or NUNNERY. back
monument MOAT * A wide ditch surrounding a building, usually filled with water. Use for moated sites, not defensive moats. Use with relevant site type where known, eg. MANOR HOUSE, GARDEN, etc. back
monument ENCLOSURE * An area of land enclosed by a boundary ditch, bank, wall, palisade or other similar barrier. Use specific type where known. back
monument FIELD BOUNDARY * The limit line of a field. back
monument FOREST * A large tract of land covered with trees and interspersed with open areas of land. Traditionally forests were owned by the monarchy and had their own laws. back

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