Information for record number MWA12564:
Nursery, Long Street, Atherstone

Summary Large nursery with regular paths, trees and glasshouses. Site developed.
What Is It?  
Type: Nursery Garden
Period: Imperial - Modern (1751 AD - 2050 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Atherstone
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 31 97
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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2 Nursery, Long Street, Athersone. Lovie reports a large Nursery, once know as The Grapery, with regular paths, trees and glasshouses. There is some confusion in the source SWA17673 between the Nursery at Long Street and a Nursery known as The Grapery at Whittington (parish of Grendon). The following is quoted from the source SWA17671 compiled by Lovie. "The 6" Ordnance Survey (1888) shows one notable establishment on Long Street, to the south east of Atherstone. This extensive site was laid out with regular paths, specimen trees and a range of glasshouses. White's 'History and Directory of Warwickshire' (1874) indicates that this was the site known as 'The Grapery' which formed part of a property belonging to the Governors of Atherstone Grammar School. In addition to the site on Long Street, the property, which was let as a Nursery from 1718 to 1887, included buildings and land at Whittington in the neighbouring parish of Grendon. In 1874, The Grapery was described as "a large Nursery ground…occupied by Mrs. Sage"; by 1892 the business had passed to James Durno. 'Kelly's Directory' provides some indication of Durno's business which comprised: "Nurseryman, florist and seedsman, grape and rose growing a specialite, Long Street and the Graperies, Grendon". It is not entirely clear whether The Graperies were situated at Atherstone or Grendon, but there is no indication from map evidence of any Nursery premises at Grendon in the late 19th century."
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Warwickshire Register Review Data Tables (North Warwickshire, Nuneaton & Bedworth, Rugby)
Author/originator: Lovie, Jonathan
Date: 1997
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Warwickshire Register Review Report & Recommendations
Author/originator: Lovie, Jonathan
Date: 1997
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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 SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument NURSERY GARDEN * A horticultural site where trees, shrubs and plants are grown for sale and transplanting elsewhere. back
monument BUILDING * A structure with a roof to provide shelter from the weather for occupants or contents. Use specific type where known. back
monument GRAMMAR SCHOOL * A school founded in or before the 16th century, for teaching Latin, later becoming a secondary school teaching languages, history, science, etc. back
monument GLASSHOUSE * A building made chiefly of glass, used to grow plants and fruit in. Use more specific type where possible. back
monument PATH * A way made for pedestrians, especially one merely made by walking (often not specially constructed). back
monument NURSERY * A room or a building set aside for infants and young children. back

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