History
A poorly preserved Roman Villa was excavated in 1974 at NGR SP 342624 near Pounce Hill Farm, approximately 1.5 km south of the village. See and .
The village is named after a family from Saint-Pierre-de-Semilly in Normandy - they were lords of the manor in around 1120.
The old Weedon to Leamington railway line used to run through the village but in the late 1960s the line was closed to passengers. The site of where the old line used to be is now a new cycleway as part of The National Cycle Network.
Read more about this topic: Radford Semele
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