Information for record number MWA19149:
Fountain at Main Street (south of College Lane), Long Compton

Summary A 'fountain' marked on the 1st Edition OS map. The fountain is contained within a "Cotswold" stone fountain house with pitched roof and arched entrance and would have provided the villagers with clean water before the arrival of mains water in the 1950s.
What Is It?  
Type: Fountain, Fountain House
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Long Compton
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 29 31
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Level of Protection Local
Description

  
Source Number  

1A fountain shown on the 1st Edition OS map
2 This is a new record which appears to relate to MWA8069 on the Overlays, but which cannot be found in the database.
3 fountain photographed by J Brace in 2014 as part of a study of "The "fountains" of Long Compton, Warwickshire."
 
Sources
Source No: 3
Source Type: Archaeological Report
Title: The "Fountains" of Long Compton, Warwickshire or a Short History of Long Compton's Water
Author/originator: John Brace
Date: 2014
Page Number: Parish Mag File
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Source No: 1
Source Type: Map
Title: First Edition
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1886
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: Pers. Comm. Gill Stewart
Author/originator: Stewart G
Date: 2014 onwards
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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 FOUNTAIN * An artificial aperture from which water springs. The water supply usually came from a lake or reservoir higher up in order to ensure the necessary flow and pressure. More recently fountains have been powered by pumps. back
monument FOUNTAIN HOUSE * A building, in a garden, park or open space, either housing a fountain or the machinery which powers one. 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

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