Information for record number MWA1444:
Pumping station S of Broom-Dunnington Road, Salford Priors

Summary The site of a pump house dating to the Imperial period. It is situated 900m south west of Broom.
What Is It?  
Type: Pump House
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Salford Priors
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 07 53
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 A brick built pumping station stands in a small wood to the south of the Broom-Dunnington road. Built by Alcester RDC to supply Bidford and Salford Priors. Now used by local farmer for crop irrigation.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: The Industrial Archaeology of the Lower Arrow Valley, Warwickshire
Author/originator: Saville G E
Date: 1979
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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 ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument WOOD * A tract of land with trees, sometimes acting as a boundary or barrier, usually smaller and less wild than a forest. back
monument PUMP HOUSE * A small pumping station. back
monument PUMPING STATION * A waterworks pumping station. back

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