Information for record number MWA2107:
Basket Hall, Shipston on Stour

Summary Basket Hall, a building dating to the Imperial period. It is located 650m north east of the library at Shipston on Stour.
What Is It?  
Type: Building
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Shipston on Stour
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 26 41
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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Description

  
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1 This small hexagonal, brick built structure was described as a toll booth (?) in the CBA Industrial Survey 1980, but the building was never intended to be and never was used for this purpose. The structure was erected by an Irish basket maker, George Hornsby, early in the 19th century. Previously he had used a large bell tent to store his baskets and this he pitched on a piece of waste ground belonging to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. After some time Hornsby decided to build Basket Hall around his tent, collecting the bricks by hand from a near-by brick-kiln. George Hornsby's prosperity was due to the fact that bee-keeping was a thriving local industry and he was able to supply baskets as "skeps" for housing honey bees. He collected his osiers from the banks of the River Stour. One day while collecting osiers Hornsby was arrested, accused of stealing a fowl and transported to Australia for life. His family was allowed to remain upon payment of a small rent, in the cottage behind Basket Hall which he had also built.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Newspaper Article in the Stratford Herald
Author/originator: Hancock W B
Date: 1960
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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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monument LIBRARY * A building, room or suite of rooms where books, or other materials, are classified by subject and stored for use by the library's members. back
monument KILN * A furnace or oven for burning, baking or drying. Use specific type where known. back
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 STRUCTURE * A construction of unknown function, either extant or implied by archaeological evidence. If known, use more specific type. back

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