Information for record number MWA12049:
Abandoned Rail track

Summary Rail track abandoned due to its acute bend is evident as an embankment and distinct boundaries
What Is It?  
Type: Railway
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Lea Marston
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 21 91
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Level of Protection Local
Description

  
Source Number  

1 Rail track abandoned due to its acute bend is evident as an embankment and distinct boundaries mapped as part of English Heritage (EH) National Mapping Project (NMP)
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Aerial Photograph
Title: MAL/63577 Frame 109706
Author/originator: Meridian Airmaps Limited
Date: 2 Mar 1962
Page Number: Frame 109706
Volume/Sheet: MAL/63577
   
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Glossary

 
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Description  
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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monument EMBANKMENT * A long ridge of earth, rocks or gravel primarily constructed to carry a roadway. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument RAILWAY * A line or track consisting of iron or steel rails, on which passenger carriages or goods wagons are moved, usually by a locomotive engine. back

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