Information for record number MWA12344:
Site of Osier Bed, Shilton

Summary A small Osier Bed is shown close to Shilton House on the First Edition Ordnance Survey map. It also appears on subsequent Ordnance Survey mapping and the Tithe Map of 1844.
What Is It?  
Type: Osier Bed
Period: Imperial - Modern (1751 AD - 2050 AD)
Where Is It?  
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Grid Reference: SP 40 84
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1A small area of Osier Bed is shown close to Shilton House on the First Edition Ordnance Survey map.
2Plot 85 on Tithe map of Shilton, 1844 (CRO 0569-202). Idenitified as Home Close with Osier Bed.Owner: Ann Orton; Occupier: John Adkins.
3Research and site visit by Anna Stocks.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Map
Title: First Edition
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1886
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Map
Title: Tithe Map
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Date: 1844
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Volume/Sheet: Shilton
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: Pers. Comm. Anna Stocks
Author/originator: Anna Stocks
Date: 2007 onwards
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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 HOUSE * A building for human habitation, especially a dwelling place. Use more specific type where known. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument OSIER BED * A place where osiers (willows) are grown for basket-making. back
monument STOCKS * An instrument of punishment, in which the offender was placed in a sitting position in a timber frame, with holes to confine the ankles and wrists between two planks. back

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