Information for record number MWA10302:
Well in West Street, Warwick.

Summary A well dating from the post medieval period uncovered during construction work in West Street, Warwick.
What Is It?  
Type: Well
Period: Post-medieval - Modern (1540 AD - 2050 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Warwick
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 27 64
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 A well was uncovered during a watching brief. Th upper part consisted of a course of roughly cut sandstone blocks, some of which had handmade bricks (probably early 19th century) mortared on top of them forming at least one further course, below which it was cut into the natural sandstone. The fill contained a large number of similar bricks, and pottery from the 17th-20th century. The well may have been shared with 27 West Street as it was halved by the property boundary.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Watching Brief Report
Title: 29 West Street, Warwick.
Author/originator: Caroline Rann and John Harman
Date: 2006
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period Modern The Modern Period, about 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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period Medieval 1066 AD to 1539 AD (the 11th century AD to the 16th century AD)

The medieval period comes after the Saxon period and before the post medieval period.

The Medieval period begins in 1066 AD.
This was the year that the Normans, led by William the Conqueror (1066 – 1087), invaded England and defeated Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in East Sussex.
The Medieval period includes the first half of the Tudor period (1485 – 1603 AD), when the Tudor family reigned in England and eventually in Scotland too.

The end of the Medieval period is marked by Henry VIII’s (1509 – 1547) order for the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the years running up to 1539 AD. The whole of this period is sometimes called the Middle Ages.
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period Post Medieval About 1540 AD to 1750 AD (the 16th century AD to the 18th century AD)

The Post Medieval period comes after the medieval period and before the Imperial period.

This period covers the second half of the reign of the Tudors (1485 – 1603), the reign of the Stuarts (1603 – 1702) and the beginning of the reign of the Hannoverians (1714 – 1836).
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period modern About 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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monument BOUNDARY * The limit to an area as defined on a map or by a marker of some form, eg. BOUNDARY WALL. Use specific type where known. back
monument WELL * A shaft or pit dug in the ground over a supply of spring-water. back

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