Information for record number MWA13349:
Site of former Clarke Cluley & Co Factory, Moorlands Avenue, Kenilworth

Summary Following successive bombing raids in Coventry, the engineering company moved its works to Kenilworth in 1941. It traded as an aero engineers during the war and was licenced by the Ministry of Aircraft production.
What Is It?  
Type: Factory
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Kenilworth
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 28 71
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Level of Protection Local
Description

  
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1 Shown on OS map of 1969.
2 Image from Windows on Warwickshire.
3 Clarke Cluley & Co., formed in the late 19th century as cycle manufacturers, originally had their premises at the Globe Works, Well Street, Coventry, but later moved to a site in Gas Street. Between 1922 and 1928 the firm experimented with motor car manufacture and after that with the production of parts for textile machinery. In November 1940 the factory was heavily bombed and the Ministry of Aircraft Production issued a licence for the firm who were now trading as aero engineers, to build a new factory at Moorlands Avenue, Kenilworth. Construction began in September 1941 after the Gas Street Works had again been extensively damaged by bombing in April. The firm remained at Kenilworth for many years before moving to Siskin Drive, Baginton.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Internet Data
Title: Windows on Warwickshire
Author/originator: Warwickshire County Council
Date: 2006
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Source No: 3
Source Type: Internet Data
Title: Online Database of the National Archives: Access to Archives
Author/originator: The National Archives
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Source No: 1
Source Type: Map
Title: 1:2500 National Grid map series
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1952-1984
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monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument MACHINERY * Apparatus used for applying a mechanical force, or to perform a particular function. Use more specific type where known. back
monument DRIVE * A road/carriage way giving access from the main road to the house, stables. back
monument WELL * A shaft or pit dug in the ground over a supply of spring-water. back
monument AIRCRAFT * An aircraft, either whole or in part. Aircraft often survive as commemorative monuments, gate guardians or crash sites. back
monument FACTORY * A building or complex, housing powered machinery and employing a large workforce for manufacturing purposes. Use specific monument type where known. back
monument WORKS * Usually a complex of buildings for the processing of raw materials. Use specific type where known. back

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