Information for record number MWA1533:
Imperial to Modern forge, Dunnington

Summary A forge where wrought iron was made. The forge was in use during the Imperial period.
What Is It?  
Type: Forge
Period: Imperial - Modern (1751 AD - 2050 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Salford Priors
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 06 53
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 Forge, still in use. Building is single storey with red brick tiled roof, and a double door at the west end. Source SWA2697 cannot be found.
2 L-shaped, interior has mostly original fittings. MWA1533 had been incorrectly plotted based on incorrect Grid Reference given in the text of
2. It is described in
1 as being in Dunnington, and transposing one digit in the Grid Reference (from 069573 to 069537) indicates a smithy in Dunnington which precisely fits the description in
1. In fact the correct Grid Reference appears in the index section at the back of
2 and on that basis it has been replotted in the correct location.
3 The NGR given in
2 appears to be wrong.
 
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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Source No: 2
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Industrial Monuments Survey
Author/originator: Falconer K A
Date: 1980
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Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: J Hodgson, Pers. Comm.
Author/originator: J Hodgson
Date: 1990
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Volume/Sheet:
   
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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 BUILDING * A structure with a roof to provide shelter from the weather for occupants or contents. Use specific type where known. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument FORGE * A building or site where bloom iron or cast iron is forged into wrought iron. back

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