Information for record number MWA1912:
Site of Ice House at Icehouse Spinney

Summary The possible site of an Post Medieval icehouse, a structure built partially underground in which ice was kept during warmer months. It is thought to have been situated in icehouse Spinney.
What Is It?  
Type: Icehouse
Period: Post-medieval - Industrial (1540 AD - 1900 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Radford Semele
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 34 64
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 An extremely early tradition says that 'a refrigerator' was built in Icehouse Spinney, near the railway, in Medieval times. It was an underground chamber dug out and lined with stone. This was filled with ice from the river in winter and was covered with sawdust. No trace of it now exists. Information D Waine.
2 This Icehouse would be Post Medieval or later rather than Medieval. It presumably related to Radford House.
3 The spinney was inaccessible as it has been recently planted with young trees, but the owner has noticed no evidence for the Icehouse.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Radford Semele
Author/originator: Parsons L
Date:
Page Number: 64
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Source No: 3
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: JTG
Date: 1987
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 1912
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: R.C.Hingley personal comment
Author/originator: Hingley R C
Date: 1989
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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 Medieval 1066 AD to 1539 AD (the 11th century AD to the 16th century AD)

The medieval period comes after the Saxon period and before the post medieval period.

The Medieval period begins in 1066 AD.
This was the year that the Normans, led by William the Conqueror (1066 – 1087), invaded England and defeated Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in East Sussex.
The Medieval period includes the first half of the Tudor period (1485 – 1603 AD), when the Tudor family reigned in England and eventually in Scotland too.

The end of the Medieval period is marked by Henry VIII’s (1509 – 1547) order for the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the years running up to 1539 AD. The whole of this period is sometimes called the Middle Ages.
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period Post Medieval About 1540 AD to 1750 AD (the 16th century AD to the 18th century AD)

The Post Medieval period comes after the medieval period and before the Imperial period.

This period covers the second half of the reign of the Tudors (1485 – 1603), the reign of the Stuarts (1603 – 1702) and the beginning of the reign of the Hannoverians (1714 – 1836).
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monument ICEHOUSE * A structure, partly underground, for the preservation of ice for use during warmer weather. back
monument HOUSE * A building for human habitation, especially a dwelling place. Use more specific type where known. back
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 STRUCTURE * A construction of unknown function, either extant or implied by archaeological evidence. If known, use more specific type. 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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