Cestersover Explained

Country:England
Official Name:Cestersover
Coordinates:52.435°N -1.26°W
Civil Parish:Pailton
Shire District:Rugby
Shire County:Warwickshire
Region:West Midlands

Cestersover is a deserted village in Warwickshire, England, now in the civil parish of Pailton.

History

It was a hamlet of Monks Kirby and was site of a watermill, a sizeable village and a chapel. The manor of Cestersover was held by the Waver (or Wara) family from at least the Norman Conquest; and the name of the village derives from Thester Wara (meaning "the Eastern" Wara).

The village was abandoned around 1467 when Henry Waver, who had made his fortune as a London draper (and was appointed a Sheriff of London) was granted permission to rebuild the ancient manor with turrets and crenelations and to enclose 500 acres of land.[1]

Current state

Today, remains of a moat and parts of the old manor are visible.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: William Dugdale. The Antiquities of Warwickshire (1656), p.60 . 3 January 2011 .
  2. Web site: 'The hundred of Knightlow', A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 6: Knightlow hundred (1951) . British History Online . 3 January 2011 .