Information for record number MWA1434:
Railway Bridge over the River Arrow

Summary The site of a railway bridge which was built over the River Arrow in 1866 but which was demolished in 1965. A Midland Railway style quarter mile post stands north of the river. The site lies 200m south east of the church at Arrow.
What Is It?  
Type: Railway Bridge, Milepost, Bridge
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Arrow
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 08 56
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 Bridge over the Arrow built 1866 and demolished in 1965.
2 The former railway bridge abutment spanning the Arrow is very minutely described in a survey, and quarter milepost added to the record.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: A435 Norton Lenchwick Bypass Part III, The former Evesham and Redditch Railway
Author/originator: Collins P
Date: 1993
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Source No: 1
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Arrow Valley Gazeteer
Author/originator: Saville G E
Date: 1979
Page Number: 9
Volume/Sheet:
   
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Glossary

 
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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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monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument CHURCH * A building used for public Christian worship. Use more specific type where known. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument RAILWAY BRIDGE * A bridge carrying a railway track across a river, valley, road etc. back
monument BRIDGE * A structure of wood, stone, iron, brick or concrete, etc, with one or more intervals under it to span a river or other space. Use specific type where known. back
monument MILEPOST * A post or pillar set up alongside a road to mark the miles from or to a place. 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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