Information for record number MWA10339:
Beggar's Well, Coleshill

Summary Beggar's Well was rebuilt in its current location in the second half of the 20th century due to road widening. It is not known if any of the original brickwork survives.
What Is It?  
Type: Well
Period: Imperial - Modern (1751 AD - 2050 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Coleshill
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 19 89
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 The well was rebuilt in it's present location within living memory, due to the widening of the Lichfield Road. Cllr P Fowler Pers Comm
2 Ordnance Survey Maps show that sometime between 1962 and 1983, the well was rebuilt in its present position. It's original location was 13m to the west (both locations mapped).
3 Photograph held in Warwickshire Record Office showing woman standing by Beggar's well (dated 1900-1909).
4 Photographs taken 2007. Shows rebuilt well is made of completely different material. It is not known whether this is encasing the original brickwork underneath or if none of the original brickwork survives.
 
Sources
Source No: 3
Source Type: Photograph
Title: Beggar's Well, Coleshill
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Date: 1900-9
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Source No: 4
Source Type: Photograph
Title: Beggar's Well, Coleshill
Author/originator: P. Fowler
Date: 2007
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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 Imperial 1751 AD to 1914 AD (end of the 18th century AD to the beginning of the 20th century AD)

This period comes after the Post Medieval period and before the modern period and starts with beginning of the Industrial Revolution in 1750. It includes the second part of the Hannoverian period (1714 – 1836) and the Victorian period (1837 – 1901). The Imperial period ends with the start of the First World War in 1914.
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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 ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. back
monument WELL * A shaft or pit dug in the ground over a supply of spring-water. back
monument RECORD OFFICE * A building where official archives are kept for public inspection. back

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