Information for record number MWA1627:
Imperial quarry site, Long Itchington

Summary The site of a quarry dating to the Imperial period. It is marked on an estate map of 1783 on Stone Pit Furlong in High Clays Field. It was located 600m east of Long Itchington.
What Is It?  
Type: Quarry
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Long Itchington
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 42 64
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 Two public stone and gravel pits were nominated. One was on stone Pit Furlong in High Clays Field. This is marked on the Leigh Estate Map of 1783 and is at the above grid reference.
2 1776 Enclosure Map.
3 1783 Estate Map.
 
Sources
Source No: 3
Source Type: Map
Title: Leigh Estate
Author/originator:
Date: 1783
Page Number: Z149
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Map
Title: Enclosure Award
Author/originator:
Date: 1776
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: Long Itchington
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Early quarries of Long Itchington
Author/originator: Usher H
Date: 1977
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Volume/Sheet:
   
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Glossary

 
Word or Phrase
Description  
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 STONE * Use only where stone is natural or where there is no indication of function. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument PIT * A hole or cavity in the ground, either natural or the result of excavation. Use more specific type where known. back
monument FIELD * An area of land, often enclosed, used for cultivation or the grazing of livestock. back
monument GRAVEL PIT * A steep-sided pit formed by, and for, the extraction of gravel. back
monument ENCLOSURE * An area of land enclosed by a boundary ditch, bank, wall, palisade or other similar barrier. Use specific type where known. back
monument QUARRY * An excavation from which stone for building and other functions, is obtained by cutting, blasting, etc. back

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