Information for record number MWA1477:
Leamington Station

Summary Leamington Railway Station was built during the Imperial period and was reconstructed in 1936. It stands 300m south of Pump Room Gardens.
What Is It?  
Type: Railway Station
Period: Imperial - Modern (1751 AD - 2050 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Leamington Spa
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 31 65
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 Built in 1852 by the Great Western Railway on the site of Eastnor Terrace. Reconstructed in 1936.
3 Although there have been some additions by British Rail, the layout is essentially the 1936 one, as is the superstructure. The waiting rooms contain original Great Western Railway posters showing views of places in Britain; the rooms also contain much of the original wooden furniture.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Site Visit
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: MDT
Date: 1979
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 1466
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Royal Leamington Spa
Author/originator: Clarke H G
Date: 1947
Page Number: 90-91
Volume/Sheet:
   
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source SMR Card Sites and Monuments Record Card. The Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record began to be developed during the 1970s. The details of individual archaeological sites and findspots were written on record cards. These record cards were used until the 1990s, when their details were entered on to a computerised system. The record cards are still kept at the office of the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
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 WAITING ROOM * A room used by those who have to wait at railway or bus stations, etc. back
monument RAILWAY STATION * A place where railway trains regularly stop for taking up and setting down passengers or for receiving goods for transport. back
monument PUMP ROOM * A room or building where a pump is worked. back
monument GARDEN * An enclosed piece of ground devoted to the cultivation of flowers, fruit or vegetables and/or recreational purposes. Use more specific type where known. 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
monument SPA * A medicinal or mineral spring often with an associated building. back
monument TERRACE * A row of houses attached to and adjoining one another and planned and built as one unit. back

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