Information for record number MWA8637:
Anglo-Saxon routeway between Stratford and Loxley

Summary An Anglo Saxon trackway dating to the Early Medieval period. It is mentioned in a 10th century charter. The trackway runs between Stratford and Loxley.
What Is It?  
Type: Trackway
Period: Early medieval (801 AD - 1065 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Loxley
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 24 53
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

 
Source Number  

1 Routeway identified in charter of AD 985 where it crosses the parish boundary between Alveston [now Stratford upon Avon] and Loxley.
2 Map showing located route.
 
Sources

Source No: 2
Source Type: Map
Title: Historic Landscape Assessment Routeway Maps
Author/originator: Hooke D
Date: 1999
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Source No: 1
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Historic Landscape Assessment
Author/originator: Hooke D
Date: 1999
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Glossary

 
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Description  
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 PARISH BOUNDARY * The limit line of a parish. back
monument TRACKWAY * A pathway, not necessarily designed as such, beaten down by the feet of travellers. 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

* Copyright of English Heritage (1999)

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