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Warwickshire A-F

A

Abbots Salford

Salford: Evesham Abbey. Mill (20 sticks of eels).

Admington

Edelmintone: Winchcombe Abbey.

Admington Hall.

Ailstone

Alnodestone: Nicholas the Gunner.

Alderminster

Sture: St. Mary's of Pershore. 2 mills.

Tithe Farm.

Alspath

Ailespede: Countess Godiva.

Alveston

Alvestone: Bishop of Worcester. 3 mills (1012 sticks of eels).

Amington

Ermendone: Robert from William FitzCorbucion.

Amington Hall.

Ansley

Hanslei: Nicholas from Coutess Godiva.

The family of Captain Mark Phillips, husband of Princess Anne, originally came from this mining district.

Ansty

Anestie: Nicholas from Countess Godiva.

Ansty Hall built in the 17th century for Richard Taylor, a Roundhead leader.

Ardens Grafton

Graston: Leofric and Aelfeva, the pre-Conquest holders, from William FitzCorbucion.

Arlescote

Orlavescote: St. Peter's of Preaux from Count of Meulan.

Below Iron Age Nadbury Camp. Charles I's sons lodged at Arlescote Manor House with their tutor William Harvey, who discovered the circulation of the blood. Harvey became warden of Merton College, Oxford, 1645.

Arley

Arlei: Christina.

Formerly mining; Arley Hall.

Arrow

Arue: Stephen from Bishop of Bayeux. Mill.

Arrow mill was grinding corn until the 1960's; now a restaurant.

Ashow

Asceshot: Ermenfrid from Thorkell of Warwick, the pre-Conquest holder. 2 mills.

On the River Avon.

Astley

Estein: Godric from Count of Meulan.

Anstey Castle, the seat of Lady Jane Gray's family.

Aston (in Birmingham)

Estone: Godmund from William FitzAnsculf. 2 mills.

Part of Birmingham. Charles I was entertained at Aston Hall before the Battle of Edge Hill.

Aston Cantlow

Estone: Osbern FitzRichard.

Aston Hall; Aston Lodge.

Atherstone

Aderestone: Nicholas from Countess Godiva. 10 sticks of eels.

Market town on the Roman Watling Street, Atherstone Hall.

Atherstone on Stour

Edricestone: Corbin from Bishop of Bayeux. Mill.

Austrey

Aldulvestren: Burton Abbey; Nigel from Henry de Ferrers; Nigel d'Aubigny.

Austrey House.

Avon Dassett

Derceto: Count of Meulan.

B

Baddesley Ensor

Bedeslei: William from Thorkell of Warwick.

Thomas d'Ednesoure gave the ground for the original Norman church.

Baginton

Badechintone: Alwin from Thorkell of Warwick. Mill.

Once a Bronze Age and Roman settlements; military buildings, 3 granaries and a gateway were discovered at The Lunt.

Barcheston

Berricestone / tune: Johais from William FitzCorbucion; Aelfric from the king. Mill.

Richard Hicks established his famous manufacture of arras fabric here in the 16th century.

Barford

Bereford(e): William FitzCorbucion and Hugh from Osbern FitzRichard. Mill.

Barnacle

Bernhangre: Hereward, the pre-Conquest holder, from Count of Meulan.

The original hall was burnt down by Parliamentary troops during the civil war.

Barston

Bercestone / Bertanestone: Robert d'Oilly from Thorkell of Warwick; Robert the Bursar; Robert from the king. Mill.

Bartley Green

Berchelai: Wibert from William FitzAnsculf.

District of Birmingham.

Barton on the Heath

Bertone: Grim from Robert of Stafford.

Barton House. 4 Shire Stone nearby marks the meeting point between Warwickshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Worcestershire.

Bearley

Burlei: Alric, the pre-Conquest holder, from Robert of Stafford; William FitzCorbucion.

Charles II avoided a troop of horses near Bearley Cross when fleeing after the Battle of Worcester.

Beausale

Beoshalle: Wadard from Bishop of Bayeux.

Beausale House.

Bedworth

Bedeword: Ulfketel from Count of Meulan.

Mining town. Fleeing French Protestants sought refuge here and set up looms to weave silk ribbons.

Bentley

Benechelie: Ansgot the priest from Geoffrey de la Guerche.

Bericote

Bericote: Tonni from Thorkell of Warwick. Mill.

Berkswell

Berchewelle: Count of Meulan and Walter from him.

Name derives from the Anglo-Saxon Bercol, who owned a well in the Forest of Arden, where Lichfield monks baptised the king of the Mercians.

(To find out more about Berkswell's history click here)

Bevington

Buintun: Evesham Abbey.

Bickenhill

Bichehelle: Thorkell of Warwick.

Biggin

Holme: Wulfric, the pre-Conquest holder; Ralph from Thorkell of Warwick.

Now Biggin Mills, previously Holme.

Billesley

Billeslei: Osbern from Hugh de Grandmesnil.

Bilton

Beltone / Bentone: William from Earl Roger; Gilbert from Thorkell of Warwick.

Bilton Manor House, Bilton Hall.

Binley

Bilnei / Bilueie: Coventry Abbey; formerly Aldith, wife of Gruffydd; Adolf, the pre-Conquest holder, from Thorkell of Warwick. Mill.

Binton

Beninton(e) / Benitone: William from William FitzCorbucion; Gerin; Urso d'Abetot; Hugh from Osbert FitzRichard. 3½ mills (4 packloads of corn, 8 sticks of eels).

Scott of the Antarctic married the rector's daughter in 1908.

Birdingbury

Berdingeberie / Derbingerie: Coventry Abbey; Jocelyn from Thorkell of Warwick.

Birmingham

Bermingeham: Richard from William FitzAnsculf.

City. Its Bull Ring Centre is on the site of the original village green, used for tethering cattle.

Bishop's Itchington

Icetone: Coventry Abbey.

Bishops Tachbrook

Taschebroc: Bishop of Chester. 2 mills.

Blackwell

Blachewelle: Worcester Church.

Bourton on Dunsmore

Bortone: Ingenwulf from Count of Meulan.

Bramcote

Brancote: Earl Aubrey; Robert Hunter from Robert of Stafford; Richard the Forester from the king.

Brandon

Brandune: Wulfsi from Thorkell of Warwick, the pre-Conquest holder. Mill.

Brandon Hall, formerly the Salisbury family seat.

Broom

Brome: Stephen from Bishop of Bayeux.

Brownsover

Gaura: Brown from Geoffrey de la Guerche.

A few houses on the outskirts of Rugby.

Bubbenhall

Bubenhalle: Aelfric, the pre-Conquest holder, from Robert of Stafford. Mill.

Budbrooke

Budebroc: Ralph de Limesy. Mill.

Bulkington

Bochintone: Salo from Count of Meulan.

Richard Hayward, the sculptor who created North America's oldest public statue, was born here in 1789.

Burmington

Burdintone: Robert of Stafford. Mill.

Burton Dassett

Dercetone: Harold son of Earl Ralph.

Burton Hastings

Bortone: Ralph from Henry de Ferrers. 2 mills.

Butlers Marston

Mersetone: Hugh de Grandmesnil. 2 mills.

Butlers Marston House.

C

Calcutt

Caldecote: Ermenfrid, Richard and Ordwic, the pre-Conquest holder, from Thorkell of Warwick.

Caldecote

Caldecote: Bishop of Chester. Mill.

Caldecote Hall.

Cawston

Calvestone: Aelmer and Ulf from Thorkell of Warwick.

Cawston Grange Farm; Cawston Old Farm.

Cestersover

Wara: Robert from Geoffrey de la Geurche. Mill.

Some houses.

Chadshunt

Cedelehunte: Coventry Abbey.

Charlecote

Cerlecote: Count of Meulan. 2 mills.

Charlecote Park, seat of the Lucy family. Shallow in Merry Wives of Windsor is a portrait of Sir Thomas Lucy.

Chesterton

Cestedone / Cestreton(e): Coventry Abbey; Abingdon from Thorkell of Warwick; Wazelin from Henry de Ferrers; Richard Hunter from the king.

Remains of a Roman camp.

Chilvers Coton

Celverdestoche: Harold son of Earl Ralph.

District of Nuneaton. George Eliot, as Mary Ann Evans, lived at Griff House from 1820-41.

Church Lawford

Leileford: Reginald from Earl Roger. Mill.

The River Avon crosses the Roman Fosse Way here.

Churchover

Wara / Wavre: Robert from the king. Mill.

Claverdon

Clavendone: Count of Meulan.

Claverdon Hall; Cloverdown, home of Sir Francis Galton, founder of eugenics.

Clifford Chambers

Clifort: King's land. Mill.

Clifford Chambers Mill, occupied by Tibor Reich, fabric manufacturers.

Clifton upon Dunsmore

Cliptone: Coventry Abbey before and after 1066; Earl Aubrey. 2 mills.

Clifton Court.

Clopton (in Quinton)

Cloptune: King's land; William Goizenboded.

Clopton (in Stratford-upon-Avon)

Clotone: William from Robert of Stafford.

Coleshill

Coleshelle: King's land. Mill.

Market town.

Compton Scorpion

Parva Contone: Alwin from Robert of Stafford.

Compton Verney

Contone: Count of Meulan; Alwin from Thorkell of Warwick.

Corley

Cornelie: Godwin, the pre-Conquest holder, from the king.

Corley Ash and Corley Moor hamlets; prehistoric fort above Corley Rocks. Corley Hall Farm is described by George Eliot in Adam Bede (1859) as the Poyser's farmhouse.

Coten

Cotes: King's land. 2 mills.

Coten End, a suburb of Warwick.

Coundon

Condelme / Condone: Coventry Abbey, Roger from William FitzCorbucion.

Coundon Court; Coundon Hall; Coundon House.

Coventry

Coventreu: Nicholas from Countess Godiva. Mill.

Industrial city with a modern cathedral (1954-62) beside the ruins of its medieval predecessor. A Saxon nunnery was destroyed by Canute and converted into a Benedictine Priory by Leofric, Earl of Chester, and Countess Godiva.

Cubbington

Cobintone / Cubi(n)tone: Coventry Abbey; Bosker from Count of Meulan; Roger d'Ivry.

Curdworth

Credeworde: Thorkell of Warwick.

Named after Crida, 1st King of the Mercians (583); said to be the oldest English settlement in the Midlands and the exact centre of England.

D

Dorsington

Dorsitone / Dorsintune: Stephen; Robert from Roger de Beaumont.

Dosthill

Dercelai: Robert d'Oilly from Thorkell of Warwick. Mill.

Dosthill House.

Dunchurch

Donecerce: William from Osbern FitzRichard.

Guy Fawkes House, formerly the Lion Inn, where the Gunpowder Plot conspirators met.

E

Edgbaston

Celboldestone: Drogo from William FitzAnsculf.

District of Birmingham; famous for its cricket ground.

Edstone

Edricestone: Robert of Stafford.

Edstone Hall.

Elmdon

Elmedone: Roger from Thorkell of Warwick.

Near Birmingham Airport.

Erdington

Hardintone: Peter from William FitzAnsculf. Mill.

Area in Birmingham.

Ettington

Ete(n)done: Ermenfrid from Thorkell of Warwick; Robert from Hugh de Grandmesnil; Saswalo from Henry de Ferrers; Ordric from the king. Mill.

Now 2 hamlets, Lower and Upper Ettington. Ettington Park is the most impressive High Victorian house in the country.

Exhall (near Alcester)

Ecleshelle: Thorkell from William FitzCorbucion.

By the Icknield Way.

F

Farnborough

Ferneberge: Bishop of Chester.

Fenny Compton

Contone: Gilbert from Count of Meulan; Aelmer and Roger from Thorkell of Warwick.

Fillongley

Fel- / Filingelei / Filungelei / Filunger: Bishop of Coutances; Coventry Abbey; Robert the Bursar; Alfsi, the pre-Conquest holder, from the king.

Ruins and moats of 2 castles, allegedly demolished by Cromwell.

Flecknoe

Flechenho / Flechenoc: Leofwin from Bishop of Worcester; Oslac and Alric from Thorkell of Warwick; Leofwin from the king.

Foleshill

Focheshelle: Nicholas from Countess Godiva.

Part of Coventry.

Frankton

Franchetone: Earl Roger; Ranulf from Count of Meulan.

Henry Holyrake, 1st memorable headmaster of Rugby School, was rector here from 1712.

Fulbrook

Fulebroc: Count of Meulan. Mill.

Ful(l)ready

Fulrei: Ermenfrid from Thorkell of Warwick.

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