Information for record number MWA9927:
Westgrove

Summary Site of medieval wood called Westgrove
What Is It?  
Type: Wood, Managed Woodland
Period: Medieval (1066 AD - 1539 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Haselor
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 12 56
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 The boundary of Shottery, near Stratford-upon-Avon is attatched to a charter which is attributed to the decade 699-709 and is usually regarded as authentic. The boundary is thought to be of a later date. It's course has not been fully traced in relation to modern maps. However, Billes leah is presumably Billesley on the western edge of Shottery. The next point of the boundary is westgraf, which is thought to correspond to the wood which is called Westgrove today. That wood, which is recorded by name in the sixteenth century is in Haselor parish, near to, but not at present adjoining, the boundary with Binton and not far from Billesley.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Monograph
Title: Woods, Wolds and Groves
Author/originator: Wager, S
Date: 1998
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period Modern The Modern Period, about 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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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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period modern About 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument BOUNDARY * The limit to an area as defined on a map or by a marker of some form, eg. BOUNDARY WALL. Use specific type where known. back
monument WOOD * A tract of land with trees, sometimes acting as a boundary or barrier, usually smaller and less wild than a forest. back
monument MANAGED WOODLAND * An area of cultivated, managed woodland producing wood which is used for a variety of purposes. back

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