Information for record number MWA3070:
Site of Post Medieval Gaol to SW of Church

Summary The site of a Post Medieval prison or gaol. It was situated 200m south west of the church at Willoughby.
What Is It?  
Type: Prison, Gaol
Period: Post-medieval (1540 AD - 1750 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Willoughby
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 51 67
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 There was, reports say, a public gaol, near the church and adjoining the farm, part of the foundation of which was discovered, many years since, by some labourers digging gravel. It is now called the gaol Close.
3 The name gaol Close no longer exists and when local inhabitants were queried, various locations near the church were suggested. Reference
4 shows a gravel pit at the above grid reference and this would seem the most likely location for gaol Close.
4 gravel pit marked.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: History, Directory and Gazetteer of Warwickshire
Author/originator: White F
Date: 1874
Page Number: 680
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: History of Willoughby
Author/originator: Deacon T
Date: 1828
Page Number: 39
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 4
Source Type: Map
Title: Map 2nd edition 1906
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1906
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 2nd Edition
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: Pehrson B
Date: 1983
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 3081
   
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source SMR Card Sites and Monuments Record Card. The Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record began to be developed during the 1970s. The details of individual archaeological sites and findspots were written on record cards. These record cards were used until the 1990s, when their details were entered on to a computerised system. The record cards are still kept at the office of the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. 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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period Post Medieval About 1540 AD to 1750 AD (the 16th century AD to the 18th century AD)

The Post Medieval period comes after the medieval period and before the Imperial period.

This period covers the second half of the reign of the Tudors (1485 – 1603), the reign of the Stuarts (1603 – 1702) and the beginning of the reign of the Hannoverians (1714 – 1836).
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monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument PRISON * An establishment where offenders are confined. Use more specific type where known. back
monument CHURCH * A building used for public Christian worship. Use more specific type where known. back
monument GAOL * An institution for the imprisonment of felons and debtors. back
monument GRAVEL PIT * A steep-sided pit formed by, and for, the extraction of gravel. back
monument FARM * A tract of land, often including a farmhouse and ancillary buildings, used for the purpose of cultivation and the rearing of livestock, etc. Use more specific type where known. back

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