Weddington Hunting Lodge

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Watitune

In the civil parish of Nuneaton.
In the historic county of Warwickshire (Modern Authority of Warwickshire, 1974 county of Warwickshire).

The site of a medieval deserted settlement. It is mentioned in Domesday Book as "Watitune". It may have been the site of a royal hunting lodge of circa 1210. This hamlet, now in Nuneaton, was destroyed when the Marquis of Dorset enclosed the whole manor, turning it to pasture in 1491. Ten houses are reported pulled down in the 1517 Inquiry and sixty persons expelled. One of the lessees from the Crown, a Mr. Trye, rebuilt the village and made habitations fit for husbandry. This must have been before 1561. The church, which dates to C13-C14 still stands, and contains a C12 font, which may indicate that there was an earlier church on the site. A modern housing estate has been built on the site of the deserted settlement.

This site has been described as a;
Palace.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Nothing visible remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SP360934

Modern Map from Good for landscape form and features	Modern Map from Good for general location
Air Photo from	1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 336205

• Web site links
  • http://www.weddingtoncastle.co.uk/
• Journal Articles
  • 1945-6, Transactions of the Birmingham Archaeological Society Vol66 p98