Cestersover

Coordinates: 52°26′06″N 1°15′36″W / 52.435°N 1.260°W / 52.435; -1.260

Cestersover
Cestersover  Cestersover shown within Warwickshire
Parish	Pailton
District	Rugby
Shire county	Warwickshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Warwickshire
Fire	Warwickshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
EU Parliament	West Midlands
List of places: UK • England • Warwickshire

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]

Coordinates: 52°26′06″N 1°15′36″W / 52.435°N 1.260°W / 52.435; -1.260

References

1. ^ William Dugdale. "The Antiquities of Warwickshire (1656), p.60". http://www.archive.org/stream/antiquitiesofwar00dugd#page/60/mode/1up. Retrieved 03 January 2011. 
2. ^ "'The hundred of Knightlow', A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 6: Knightlow hundred (1951)". British History Online. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=57082. Retrieved 03 January 2011.