Information for record number MWA952:
Dodda's Ford (possible site)

Summary The second of two possible sites for the Early Medieval Dodda's Ford, a shallow part of the river where animals, people and vehicles would have crossed. It is referred to in a 10th century charter. The site lies 500 m north of Alveston.
What Is It?  
Type: Ford
Period: Early medieval (801 AD - 1065 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Hampton Lucy
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 23 57
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Sites & Monuments Record
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1 Alveston ford was the 'Doddanford' of the charters and was a continuation of the trackway on the E side of Alveston Pasture called 'Hryaveg' (Ridgeway) in the bounds of an Alveston Charter. This Hryaveg was in use in Roman Times. After crossing the site of the ford, the track is now marked by a hollow way leading to a crossroads just under the hill on which the Saxon, ?Royal or Episcopal Palace site lies (WA 960). The ford is assumed to have preceded Alveston Bridge although VCH. states that the position of the latter cannot be identified. The date at which the Bridge was built is unknown, but it was mentioned in C15 documents. It was last mentioned in 1658, so must have gone out of use between 1658 and 1736 when a map of that date by J.Fish marks a Bridge crossing a backwater, and not the main stream.
2 Mention.
3 Mention.
4 The hollow way is now marked by a track leading down to the river, but there is no other remaining evidence of the Bridge or ford site.
5 The site at approx SP233571 is probably the less likely of two possible sites for Dodda's ford, the other being some way to the south, where a route ran towards Hampton Lucy [see MWA8636].
 
Sources
Source No: 3
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Victoria County History, vol 3, Warwickshire
Author/originator: Salzman L F (ed)
Date: 1945
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Volume/Sheet: 3
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Archaeology & Development in Stratford on Avon
Author/originator: Slater T R and Wilson C
Date: 1977
Page Number: 25
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Serial
Title: TBAS vol 85
Author/originator: Dyer C
Date: 1971
Page Number: 170
Volume/Sheet: 85
   
Source No: 4
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title:
Author/originator: Anthony P J
Date: 1979
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Source No: 5
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Historic Landscape Assessment
Author/originator: Hooke D
Date: 1999
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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
source VCH The Victoria County History of the Counties of England. This publication covers the history of each county in England. For Warwickshire, seven volumes were published between 1904 and 1964. They comprise a comprehensive account of the history of each town and village in the county, and important families connected to local history. Each volume is organised by 'hundred', an Anglo-Saxon unit of land division. The Victoria County History also contains general chapters about Warwickshire's prehistory, ecclesiastical and economic history. A copy of each volume is held at the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
period Roman About 43 AD to 409 AD (the 1st century AD to the 5th century AD)

The Roman period comes after the Iron Age and before the Saxon period.

The Roman period in Britain began in 43 AD when a Roman commander called Aulus Plautius invaded the south coast, near Kent. There were a series of skirmishes with the native Britons, who were defeated. In the months that followed, more Roman troops arrived and slowly moved westwards and northwards.
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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 SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument CROSSROADS * A road junction where two (or occasionally more) roads cross each other. back
monument PALACE * A substantial house in a town or the country (particularly associated with medieval London). Use more specific monument types where known. back
monument RIDGEWAY * A road or way along a ridge of downs or low range of hills. back
monument PASTURE * A field covered with herbage for the grazing of livestock. back
monument BRIDGE * A structure of wood, stone, iron, brick or concrete, etc, with one or more intervals under it to span a river or other space. Use specific type where known. back
monument TRACKWAY * A pathway, not necessarily designed as such, beaten down by the feet of travellers. 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
monument HOLLOW WAY * A way, path or road through a cutting. back

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