More information : (SP 41656180 Area Centred). The manor of Southam belonged to Coventry Priory and "the Grange or Manor House, in all probability, stood in what was now called the Bury Orchard, a name highly suggestive of a Burgh Mote or Manor Court. This was borne out by the discovery of extensive foundations some years ago on that site, clearly evidencing the existence there of a building of considerable size and importance, a fact which was further proved by a deed still preserved in the church chest partly describing such a mansion on the occasion of the Division of the Manor many years subsequent to the Reformation." (1)
1 Allectus, 2 Magnentius found c.1850 in the Bury Orchard, Southam. (2)
The indicated area has now been landscaped as a recreation ground. (3) |