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-THE ADLHS AREA
Our area has examples of every historic age from the Roman to the 20th century: prehistoric ages such as the Neolithic and bronze have left little discernible marks.
Roman
Remains of walls, buildings, roads - all underground at ALCESTER
British (Celtic)
Place names,
e.g. Walcot (Cot of the Welsh or stranger)
e.g. R. Arrow
Saxon
Cemetery at BIDFORD and many place names
Viking (Scandanavian)
Gunnings Bridge, ALCESTER
Norman
Architecture, Studley Church
Mediaeval
Ridge and Furrow; Cruck Architecture (14th cent. at 16, Henley St.,
Alcester:) KINWARTON dovecote: various parish churches: Priory remains at STUD LEY:
Moats e.g. WYKE, STUDLEY, BEAUCHAMP COURT.
16th Century
Some timber buildings
17th Century
Town Hall, ALCESTER: Ragley Hall, ARROW: many timber buildings
18th Century
Needle mill at KING'S CQUGHTON: turnpike roads: chapels
19th Century
Tracks of railways: Water Wheel ARROW: local village schools
20th Century
Supermarkets: By-pass roads: industrial estates: schools: garages
© Alcester & District Local History Society 1991