More information : Deserted Village. Milcote (172523) (SP).
Milcote is that part of Weston-in-Arden parish which is in
Warwickshire, Weston itself having once been in Gloucestershire, Rous
mentions destruction of a village here.
The church here was reported demolished in 1638. In 1649, 1663, and
1669 there were poor-law rate disputes turning on the absence of
parish officers to collect a rate. The air photograph shows some
earthworks in the gardens of the manor exactly in the alignment of the site of an old lane to Stratford. But there is not a great deal to see.
VCH v postulates two Milcotes, Upper Milcote (on Stour) and Lower
Milcote (on Avon). (1)
The published area has been ploughed and subjected to intensive
cultivation for the past few years. There are no surviving features.
(2)
Milcote village is named in an Anglo-Saxon boundary charter of 710 AD.(3)
(SP 170523) Cropmarks, possibly site of Milcote deserted village, visible on air photograph. (4)
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