Information for record number MWA13153:
Site of Birch Coppice Colliery Railway, Polesworth

Summary Railway connecting Birch Coppice Colliery and main Midland Railway.
What Is It?  
Type: Railway
Period: Imperial - Modern (1751 AD - 2050 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Polesworth
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: 00
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Level of Protection Local
Description

 
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1 Site of Birch Coppice Colliery Railway track. From Map. Links Birch Coppice Colliery and the Midland Railway (Kingsbury branch) at Hill End sidings.
 
Sources

Source No: 1
Source Type: Map
Title: 1st edition 1:2500
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1882-1889
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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 COLLIERY RAILWAY * Railway constructed specifically for the movement of coal around the pithead of a coal mine. back
monument COLLIERY * A place where coal is mined. back
monument COPPICE * A managed small wood or thicket of underwood grown to be periodically cut to encourage new growth providing smaller timber. 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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